The San Francisco call., 1908-05-02
FLEET WILL CIRCLE
SHORES OF BAY
Admiral Thomas Will Guide
Ships Close in Shore to
Please Ranchers

SANTA CRUZ, May l.-Santa cruz,
which astonished a nation recently by
improvising the adage that half a loaf.
or rather feet; was less 70 be desired
than none at all. is busily engaged to-
night in preparing to prove its graft:
tude for the whole loaf that is TO be
guided TO it The loaf comes in slices
or rather squadrons at time. but the
local papers have demonstrated that
the first squadron has the real class.
and at $50 o'clock tomorrow morning
the first squadron under Admiral
Charles NJ. Thomas viii drop anchor in
the Santa Cruz side of Monterey bay
Admiral Thomas has hit upon novel
scheme IN bringing the feet 10 Santa
Cruz from Monterey Instead of steam
ing his eight white fortresses directly
across the bay, a distance Of 25 miles,
he is going to lead his crafts around
the shore line of Monterey bay, &c
miles. so that jewellers IN the sand
dunes and shore lire ranehers can. see
the wonderful sight without leaving
the old homestead. Many lowland
farmer will awaken tomorrow to find
the great white PROV Of the Connecti-
cut disturbing the morning bath OF his
ducks.
RAIN FAILS TO DIsMAY
Fitful gusts Of rain blew in from the
Pacific ocean tonight and the surf
doomed in resounding frenzy on the
beach, but Santa Cruz was undismayed
and worked after supper tacking up
bunting and lashing redwood boughs
to the masts The rain was good for
the evergreen and could not affect the
incandescent bulbs which tonight out
line the Casino, which has its last.
chance to blaze unchallenged by the
electric display for the ships. Pacific.
avenue is srched with incandescent
lights the full length Of the business
district and the power was turned on
tonight.
Santa Cruz had it's first naval en-
thusiam this morning when the re-
frigerator ship Glacier, Commander
Hogg and the tender Tankton, Lieu
tenant Commander Gerhardt, arrived in.
the harbor. These auxiliary craft came.
as a sort of homeopathic dose to pre-
pare the citizens of the Surf City for
the more heroic task OF assimulating
8 SQUADRON OF lighting machines.
The Glacier, whose talent lies in cold
storage operations, came for an un-
usual cargo of sand, which Will be
used in holystoning the decks of the
fleet The Yankton came here for mall
for the vessels. The appearance of real
bluejackets on the streets thrilled
Santa Cruz
PREPARE ACRES OF PIE
The big tree grove at FELTON, is to be
the seat of most continuous hospitality.
Tomorrow afternoon free excursions TO
petty officers. sailors and marines viii
be given. The women Of Santa Cruz
tonight are preparing myraids of sand
- ~ y,ff the
sshment Of the men when they are
under the robust influence Of the spicy
redwood groves.
Sunday there will be another excur-
sion for the men behind the guns. On
Monday the officers are TO be received
and barbecue viii be the great thing
at that reception. In the language of
the appetizing Ham Tree" there Will
be 500 ioates Of bread inlaid with 100
pounds Of meat Eight forequarters of
beef viii go on the spit, accompanied
by y sheep. Two hundred pounds of
potato salad viii be supplied for the
regaling OF admirals anG midshipmen
and those who come between. There
viii be - cases Of beer-not an enor-
nous quantity-and 27 cases of wine.
The arithmetic of hunger has been
carefully worked out by the. commit
tee. -.
AUTOMOBILES WILL PARADE
An automobile parade is scheduled
for this afternoon. The officers are to-
ride in the automobiles and VIII be
cunningIy led into fragrant anbus-
cades. TO be attacked ruthlessly by
school children armed with bouquets.
The program: in detail for tomorrow
$50. a. ul.-Arrival FIRST squadron At
lantic baxtleship fleet. Salute = by
fourth division naval militia. of Calf
fornia.
10 a. In.-onicial. welcome ITO Santa
Cruz on board u. s.. s. Connecticut by
Mayer Palmer and committee: l. 2 and
.. m-Free excursion for bluejackets,
petty oficers and marines to big trees.
D. nt-ExeFcises in honor. OF ad-
airais and officers Of fleet by the school
children Of Santa Cruz in Pacific ave-
nue. Battle of flowers. !: Automobile
ride. of officers from. Casino up Pacific
avenue, Mission street. Walnut aveIfue
and back TO Casino. Band to play: :.
.2-30 p. m.-State league. baseball
game, Oakland and Santa Cruz; Beach
baseball park ="
4 p. rn.-Reception to admiraIs and
officers Of feet and their wives. in
CASINO auditorium by women of. satur
day Afternoon club.
p. m to $40 p. rn.-searchHght dis
play by battleships.
p. ms 10 8 p. ni.-Promenade con-
cert and fireworks at beach.
p. m, to TO-. p. .nn.-Concert on Sea
Beach hotel veranda- !.
s p. m. to II. p. p.-Illumination. of
battleships and. city.
9 p. m.--Admirals' ball at Sea Beach
hotel. rendered BY J. J. c. Leonard. in
vitational,
WARN CROOKS AWAY
The band Of crooks which has fol-
lowed the feet. along the coast has
had representatives IN Santa Cruz De-
tectives Steve Bunner. Charles Goff and
Freel have been dividing their time
between Monterey and this city and
have warned many bad characters to
quit town.
But those folks are but small quota
OF the tolly gathering which fills the
Santa Cruz hotels tonight
Among the members OF officers fam
lilies registered at the Sea Beach hotel
are: Mrs. Wallace; Mrs. J.. H. Mer-
riam. wife OF Paymaster Merriam ci
the Kansas; Mrs. James IL Johnston
and Miss Anne r. and Olive z. Johns
ton of Chicago: Mrs. A. Althouse, wife
OF Commander Althouse OF the Yer
mont with two children: Mrs r ID