Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-30
TARS PREY
OF VENDERS
SANTA BARBARA DEALEP> -
MERcENARr : = -
SELL PIECES OF GLASS from
WRECKED CAFE
Stay of Enlisted Men In Port Not
Pleasant - Fleet Sails This
Morning Bound for -
Monterey

Special 20 The Herald.
!. SANTA BARBARA; April 29.-Some
merchants and vendors in this city are
nothing If not enterprising.
The incident of last night in which a
restaurant was wrecked by angry sail
ors who had been overcharged> had
hardly become generally known today
before venders on the wharf before
which the fleet is anchored were -Isy
selling bits of broken glass from the
damaged building as souvenirs OF tne
occasion. Twenty-Five and DO cents
were asked for the mementoes, pur
there was not a brisk demand for
them by sailors or civilians.
The incident was not officially report
ed to the flagship up to a late hour
this afternoon. 1t Is not known that
Admiral Thomas will take any steps in
the matter, although he deprecates
very greatly that anything of the Kind
should have occurred to mar the ex-
cellent reputation of the men for good
conduct ashore.
There Is no outward disposition, new
ever, on the part of even the citizens
of Santa Barbara to blame the blue
Jackets for their drastic retaliation
for alleged Ill treatment of them. No
further trouble is looked for.
Fleet Sails Today
After a stay of five days in this port,
the fleet will sail tomorrow morning at
: 6 o'clock for Monterey, the next sched-
uled stopping place on the long timer
ary. -
dance of the flowers tonight In
honor of the officers of the fleet, and In
which forty of the young women OF
Santa Barbara's society took part, was
the closing feature of the entertain
ment here. The dance was given on
the Plaza del Mar, where large tent
had been erected.
The visit to Santa Barbara has been
replete with social functions In honor
OF the officers and the spectacular
flower parade on Monday last eclipsed
anything seen on the entire cruise from
Hampton Roads.
But the stay of the enlisted men
here has not been an entirely happy
one. No special entertainment was ar
ranged for them, and they were al
lowed to 70 their own way without Of
ficial attention of any sort.
Some of the residents of Santa Bar
bara endeavored today to arrange
barbecue in honor of the enlisted men,
but the effort was not successful, the
time intervening being too short.
Thomas Working Hard
Admiral Thomas and members of
his staff are working under high pres
sure aboard the flagship formulating
the final plans for the fleets entrance
into San Francisco. The admiral and
most of his officers are also busy with
innumerable social affairs ashore which
occupy their attention both night ana
day. All intervening time far into the
early morning hours of each day Is
taken I'D with official laborS.
Admiral Thomas today issued orders
to Lieutenant Commander Cone, COM
manding the second torpedo fiotilla
now at San Diego, to proceed to San
Pedro and spend as much time there
as possible, allowing sufficient in
terval for the fiotilla to reach Santa
Cruz and join the fleet on the morn
ing of May 4. Official orders were also
sent to the fleet today which will be
of interest to the health authorities of
San Francisco.
The order directed that after the
ships reach their anchorage in San
Francisco bay that no garbage or re-
fuse of any sort be thrown overheard
which might be washed ashore and
thus furnish food for the wharf rats.
The Kansas was today placed under
partial quarantine by the medical au-
thorities aboard on account of a sup
posed case of spinal meningitis which
developed aboard. An ordinary sea-
man named Wilson was stricken yes
terday with a malady the symptoms
of which resembled meningitis, and the
I authorities deemed 1t wise to establish
quarantine. Visitors were barred from
the ship today in consequence. Friends
and relatives of officers who came
aboard were restricted to the officers
quarters.
Arrange for Sailors Ball
Admiral Thomas today received a
committee of women from San Fran
cisco headed by Mrs. Arthur N. Corn
wall. The committee has in charge the
arrangements for the ball which is to
be given to the blue JackSts in San
Francisco BY appointment they met,
while on the Connecticut, representa-
tive of the enlisted men from each
ship.
The admiral received the committee
In his cabin and assured them of the
cooperation of the commanding officer
in furthering the plans for the func-
ton. The committee promised that
1000 young ladies of San Francisco and
Oakland would be in attendance to
make it pleasant for the sailors.
The hall in which the ball will be
held will accommodate 1000 couples ON
the floor, according to the committee
Cant. Grant chief of staff, discussed
at length the plans for entering and
anchoring in San Francisco bay. In
reply to the criticisms of the local au-
thorities in San Francisco of the plans,
Capt. Grant stated that the whole pro-
gram was outlined by the secretary of
the navy and that the fleet had but to
obey the orders given. Admiral Thom-
as part in the program extended only
as far as designating the ships which
should occupy each particular berth.
Plans for Anchorage
II would be necessary, he stated, to
maintain a clear path of considerable
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