Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-02


9 large parade is planned for 10 o'clock 2
@ this morning. All who can spare the @
9 autos are urgently requested to bring 9
@ them to the Chamber of Commerce g
@ building before 10 o'clock this morn g
@ ing and report to Secretary Frank q
9 Virgins of the chamber of commerce. @
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A half dozen deadly demons of de-
struction poked their long, slim noses
into San Pedro harbor yesterday after
noon and were soon peaceably tied up
to the wharves, and instead OF the
huge clouds of inky smoke that they
had been belching a few minutes be-
fore, long gray filaments slowly rising
from their stacks and an occasional
puff of white vapor were the only in
dications of the power that lay Gagged
within their holds.
At o'clock yesterday morning the
torpedo boat flotilla left San Diego,
and at Q O'Clock. yesterday afternoon
they were tied up in the channel of
San Pedro harbor alongside the piers.
While the long slim boats, with their
coats of dark green paint and tunnels
aslant, did not look so majestic as the
ships of the great white feet that came
into the same waters a few days ago.
the impression of enormous strength
and speed was conveyed very strongly
to those who watched their arrival.
In single file, just as the warships
paraded the coast, the line of six de-
stroyers headed straight for the mouth
of the harbor, and with the government
pilot aboard the Whipple they slid UP
to their moorings at slow speed.
So smoothly did they go through the
water that 1t was difficult to tell at
times that they were moving.
Two of the boats. the WhippIe and
the Stewart, tied up to the Banning
pier on the San Pedro side of the cham
mel. and lay there side by side. Within
twenty minutes after their arrival the
Sunset Telephone company had tele-
phone In commission on the Whipple.
Hardly had the boat reached the pier
before the reception committees from
San Pedro and Los Angeles went
aboard to pay their respects to Com
mander H. ]. Cone of the flagship
Whipple.
Personnel of Committee
j. w. Walton, mayor; John T. Gaf-
fey. president of the chamber of COM
merce; w. Bickenbaugh, w. c.. Miller,
r. Angel, w. J. Wood. Hadley Gross
and B. NJ. Scott were the reception
committee of San Pedro.
Mayor Arthur c. Harper and Frank
Virgins represented Los Angeles. At
ter a short chat with the commander
arrangements were made as to the
time that the officers and men would
be entertained in Los Angeles.
Only sixteen of the twenty-four Of
ficers of the fiotilla could be spared at
one time, but $50 of the enlisted men
will be given shore leave and viii be
on hand this morning at 10 O'Clock to
take advantage of the automobile trip
that has been arranged for them.
The cars will start from the chamber
of commerce building and after the
ride lunch will be served the enlisted
men and some form of entertainment
provided for them at Chutes park in
the afternoon. The theaters will be
attended In the evening. The officers
were entertained at dinner last evening
at the Jonathan club, where they
stopped over night. This morning they
will be given an automobile trip in
dependent of the men, which will prob
ably include a stop at Hollywood to
see the festivities during the after
noon.
The great hospitality of Los Angeles
has been advertised among all of the
men of the fiotilla, and they were all
anxious to get ashore and see for them
selves the city that has won such
warm place in the hearts of their asso-
ciates on the big fleet
Girl Falls Overheard
The small boy at San Pedro was
highly pleased when the destroyers tied
up alongside the piers, and he did not
walt for gangplanks or invitation, but
jumped aboard with a flying leap. Lit
tie 9-year1old Katharine Caillaud es-
sayed to do the same feat that she had
seen the boys accomplish successfully,
but she failed and in an instant she
was in the water between the side of
the Whipple and the piling. 1t seemed
for an instant that she would be
crushed as the boat swayed with the
tide, but only for an instant, for like a
flash Fireman w. A. Coffman dived as
the little girl struck the water, and
when she came to the surface he
grabbed her and held her head above
water while several of the sailors
climbed down the side of the ship and
pulled them up on deck again.
Little Katharine was taken home no
worse off thaa for the wetting, and a
half hour later was romping with her
playmates with nothing more than her
wet hair to indicate that she had been
so near a fatality. Coffman mOdestly
disclaimed any credit for his manly act,
saving that any of the boys would
have gone overheard after her, but he
happened to be the nearest. He tried
to beg off from having his picture taken
for The Herald, and 1t was only when
he was told that 1t would speak well
for the sailor boys to have the story
printed that he would consent to have
snapshot made.
The ease with which the boats could
be boarded soon had the effect of MAX
ing them appear like sardine tin with
the inmates still wiggling. Finally the
officers had to call halt ON the num-
Der going aboard and only let them
cross the gang plank to the boat as
Those left who had seen all there was
to see.
Engine room, bridge, officers quar-
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