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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-07
Romera's First voyage.

With 5690 tons OF PocahontaS coaI,
the British steamship Romera, which
arrived off port Friday night from Nor
folk, Va, came inside the harbor yes
terday morning and tied up at the
naval wharf She looks weather worn,
but as it was one of her first coats
of paint, that was to be expected. She
will commence discharging on Tuesday
The coal is for the naval station.
Manchuria Took Local Cargo.
When the Pacific Mail steamship
Manchuria departed for San Francisco
at ten clock yesterday morning, she
took about three hundred tons of local
products, including bananas and canned
pineapples. A large number of local
people also departed on the big liner
for the mainland.
Korea Talks $500 Miles.
r. P. Schwerin, vice president and
general manager of the Pacific Mail S.
S. Company, during the recent wire
less agitation said that before outfits
would be installed on the steamers of
that fleet it would have to be guaran-
teed that communication could be had
with the Coast from the other side of
Honolulu. The experimental outfit on
the liner Korea has evidently made
good. At p. m, October 90, the
Korea reported her position to the sta
ton here at 1881 miles off the coast
of Japan, distance of $500 miles from
San Francisco. Although it is not
known, the Korea was in all probability
in communication with Japan at the
same time she was talking to the Uni
ted Wireless bureau of the Chronicle.
In the aerogram received Friday
night the Korea reported all well on
board. The weather was cloudy, with
gentle easterly breeze and sea and
| small swell. Every day since leaving
here, October 90, the Korea has been
| in communication by wireless with the
outside world. Those on board have
received the news of the world s do
| ings and flashed home across the sea
| messages to their relatives and friends
| The Korea's set is a powerful one OF
! FIVE kilowatts, and even better work
| than she has thus far accomplished i:
expected of hers. T. Chronicle, Oct
| 81.
Cruisers for Honolulu.
The Dutch cruiser Noordbrabant i
expected here on Tuesday from Sar
Francisco, and the Japanese cruiser Id
Zumo on the 14th or 10th from Mon
terey The Arcona has also sailed from
San Francisco, and is expected to stol
here en- route to China. It is alst
possible that the Italian cruiser Gala
bria may pay visit here en- route t.
| the Far East.
Shipping Notes.
The Arizonan is bringing Coast, a
well as New York via Tehuantepec
freight from Seattle.
Purser Phillips of the steamer Mau
ma Kea, arriving from Hawaii and Mau
ports yesterday, reports the following
sugar awaiting shipment on Hawaii
Punaluu, 1925 sacks; Honuapo, 211i
sacks.
Hilo shipping as reported by Purse
| Phillips Of the steamer Mauna Kea, in
cludes the arrival of the bark Anni'
johnson, twenty-five days from Sal
Francisco with general cargo. TIL,
schooner w. II. Marston arrived at Hill,
on last Wednesday, twenty eight day
from Redondo with cargo of lumber
and the schooner Oeeania Vance reaches
that port on Thursday with lumber from
Eureka, and was nineteen DAYS in max
ing the port.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-07
Manchuria Took Local Cargo.

When the Pacific Mail steamship
Manehuria departed for San Francisco
at ten clock yesterday morning, she
took about three hundred tons of local
products, including bananas and canned
pineapples. A large number of local
people also departed on the big liner
for the mainland.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-07
OFFICIAL REPORT OF
BATTLE is LACKING
Details of Fight With Moro
Chief Not Fully Known

WASHINGTON July 6.-Many in
quiries reached the war department to-
da as to the identity of the officer
and soldiers reported to have been
wounded yesterday during the engage
ment with Jikiri. the Moro outlaw
chief. and as to the character of their
injuries.
The officials were unable to give any
information because no official report
of the fight had been received up to
the close of office hours.
OF the officers reported wounded.
Second Lieutenant John T. Kennedy is
from South Carolina and was grad
uated from the military academy in
February. 1903. First Lieutenant
Archie Miller is a native of Illinois
and served during the Spanish-Ameri-
can war in the Sixth Missouri infantry
and was afterward appointed to the
regular army. Second Lieutenant Ar
thur II. Wilson is from Illinois and
was graduated from the military aca-
DENY in June, 1904.
Captain Byram. who commanded the
military part of the expedition, is a
native of Mississippi.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-07
AUTO ELOPFMFNT
ENDS IN DIVORCE
Georgia Society Girl, Who Ran
Away With Chauffeur, Is
Given Freedom

ATLANTA, Ga, July 6.--Despite the
attempts of the parties concerned to
keep it a secret, it was learned today
that Mrs. Silvey Speer Thomas was
granted a decree of divorce in the su-
perior court here today.
1t was last September that Miss
Speer, daughter of w. A. Speer. and
prominent in local society circles
eloped with her chauffeur, r. ]. Thorn
as. Her parents followed the couple.
had them detained and carried off the
bride. She was spirited to New York
and thence to Europe to escape the
search of her husband. The latter has
brought suit against his father in law
for alternating his wife's affections
A statement, signed by Mrs. Thomas,
was read to the court and jury. She
said in this statement that young
scented it. Next he told her that I'M
less she married him he would kill
her father. On the day of their elope-
ment. September Is. Thomas father
telephoned her that unless she came
to Marietta and married his son her
father would be killed She went to the
place agreed on and was very nervous.
The elder Thomas. she claims. gave
her tablet and, after swallowing it.
she did not remember what happened
except in a dazed way She believes
now that she was drugged and that
while in that state went through a
marriage ceremony.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-07
Joy RIDERS LAND
IN JUMBLED HEAP
Mystery Thrown Around Acci-
dent in Which Seven Persons
Have Narrow Escape

Mystery has been thrown around an
automobile accident in which seven per-
sons narrowly escaped death at $3.50
o'clock yesterday morning at point a
mile and a half north of Redwood City.
Measures were taken by all involved to
hide their Identity One member of the
PARTY. understood to be a prominent
real estate man of this city, suffered a
dislocated elbow, while his two male
companions and the chauffeur and three
women VINO completed the party were
all badly cut and bruised
The accident occurred at bad stretch
of road while the automobiles big six
cylinder Franklin touring canvas
speeding at a rate of nearly so miles
an hour. The car turned over twice,
hurting all its occupants into the road
end pinning the chauffeur beneath the
steering wheel.
Before walking on into Redwood City
the men in the party stripped the num-
Der and all distinguishing marks from
the machine and managed to get it out
of the roadway. Though the tenders.
radiator and body of the car were badly
smashed, the machine was still in con-
dition to be used.
The battered up members of the 10y
party" who admitted that they had
been on their way TO San Jose, stayed
until late yesterday afternoon in a Red
wood City hotel and were treated for
their injuries by DIR. H. w. Taggart.
Every effort was made to conceal the
identity of the three men in the party
and DR.. Taggart would not divulge
their names last night.
About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
after making temporary repairs on the
wrecked Ear. the party returned to San
Francisco. The car. which is a rented
machine bearing the initials "A. c. on
the doors, was driven at the time of the
accident b. Chauffeur Harry Andrews
who returned it last night to garage
at Golden Gate avenue and Polk street
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-07
GIRLS MUST NOT
EXHIBIT LINGERIE
Maidens Should Pose Gracefully
if They Would Loiter in
Union Square

You must pose my merry maidens, you must pose.
You must strike dashing fgurs in repose.
When you're lounging in the square,
Maidens, maidens, please take care
That you never show glimpse of dainty hose.
The art of lounging In Union square,
or how to look beautiful when a police
man passes, is the latest\ difficulty, an
edict having gone forth from Chief
Cook s Office yesterday stating that ow-
ing to several complaints all persons
not Longing in respectable attitudes
must be forthwith arrested and hauled
to the city prison The query in the
minds of the harassed policemen who
patrol that beat is:
What is a respectable lounging pose7
Is one leg cooked up in the air, with toes
pointing to the blue heavens, artistici
How much lingerie may girl displav xuhan
lying the grass to be within the new ruIe
1t was the display of lingerie and of
dainty hose that caused the trouble
Hitherto, the policeman Flooding his
weary way around the square blush
ingly accepted these tokens of feminine
vanity as bright and fascinating fea
lures of an uncolored existence. Now
he must jar the romance out of his
system and lay rude hands on fair
shoulders of those who violate the new
order.
The men loungers the police regard
as a hopeless task. When a man
sprawls on the grass he sprawls, and
there's an end of 1T. Most of the in
habitants of Union square are not par
ticular about posing as beauty objects
and their ideas of the esthetic are
vague, humble and clouded. Yet, they
must strike a respectable pose.
The complaints were chiefly from
hotel guests, whose sense of the artis-
tic became troubled at the sight of
men and women lying in unconcerned
and comfortable attitudes on the grass.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-07
Mrs Myrtle Platt Becomes Bride of Recently
Divorced Army Officer
[Special Dispatch 10 The Coll

DETROIT, July Colonel w. F.
der sensational circumstances from
May Logan Tucker, daughter of Cen
eraI John A. Logan, was secretly mar
ried today by Justice of the Peace
Felix Lemkie to Mrs Myrtle Platt, CO.
respondent in the divorce case. The
civil ceremony will be supplemented
later by church ceremony. probably
Catholic, though it is not definitely
known Mrs Plat 5 . Catholic.
Today's ceremony took place at the
residence of Rev William S Sayres.
church. Mrs. Platt has been his guest
for several weeks, and it has been ru-
mored indefinitely and denied several
times that as soon as Mrs. Tucker OBJ
tanned her divorce Colonel Tucker
would wed Mrs. Plat Just when Mrs.
Platt came to the city no one who
knows will state Neither is it known
when Colonel Tucker came here or
where he has stayed since his arrival.
LEAVE FOR HONEYMOON
After the ceremony at Rev. Mr..
Sayres home the wedding party pro-
ceeded TO the Hotel Pontchtrain for a
and Mrs. Tucker left for an extended
Journey. Their destination IS kept
secret The religious ceremony, it is
understood. will not be performed un-
til they return to this city. 1t is be-
lieved they will make their permanent
residence here after Colonel fuckers
retirement from the army on account
of his physical disability.
There was some doubt when the fact
of the marriage became known regard
ing the identity of the bridegroom.
When members of Rev. Mr.. Sayres'
family were questioned a few days ago
regarding the report of the coming
wedding it was denied in Mrs. Platt's
behalf that she had any other interest
in Colonel Tucker than the interest of
a nurse in the patient Il was even
intimated that she had come to Detroit
seeking seclusion from the limelight
into which the recent divorce pro-
ceedings had again brought her, and
from the colonel himself. For this
reason it was believed by some who
assumed to be close to Sayres family
that Mrs. Plat had decided to end
all talk and suggestion of scandal re-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-07
AUTO SPEEDERS MAY
FACE JAIL SENTENCES
Los Angeles Council Orders At
torney to Prepare Ordinance

Los ANGELES. July Los Ange-
les is going to send automobile speed
maniacs to jail if the present inten-
tions of Mayor Alexander and the city
council are carried out
The council asked the city attorney
to prepare an ordinance reducing the
speed limit in certain districts from
20 miles an hour to 10. and to II miles
viding for licensing of chauffeurs and
holding of owners of cars responsible
for acts of their chauffeurs; and fixing
a penalty for the first offense at from
SO to 500 fine and jail sentences for
subsequent infractions of the law
The council will hear arguments of
the automobile club tonight regarding
the proposed ordinance.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-07
Benson Bids for State Land
ISoec;oI D;,eo,cb r. The Call

SACRAMENTO, July among the
bidders at the auction sale of state
lands held I'm Surveyor General Kings
bury's offices today was John A. Ben
son, convicted land grabber. Benson
was one of the principal bidders for
the land and bought a quantity of it,
sometimes paying as high as $3.50 an
acre. F. A. Hyde, said to have been
a partner of Benson in former deals.
was not present personally, but was
represented by clerk.
1t is not known how many acres
Benson and Hyde bought. as the iden-
tity of some of the other bidders was
not known. Surveyor General Kings
bury sold 5000 acres at prices ranging
from 81 to S. an acre. A first batch OF
5000 acres was sold at an average of
1923 an acre.
The state will receive more than
SCI 600 as the result of today's sale.
The same amount of lands under the
old system would have brought but
$3.50. Fifty bidders took part in the
auction.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-07
FISHERMEN ON STRIKE
ON THE FRASER RIVER
Gamers Refuse to Pay Price
Demanded for Sockeyes

NEW WESTMINSTER. B. c., July G..
A deadlock has arisen between the
white fishermen and the canning COM
panies Of the Fraser river. through the
refusal Of the companies TO pay the
men ! 3 cents for eacn sockeye caught
The Gamers persist in their determi-
nation 10 pay only l2H cents during
July and 10 cents in August
The fishermen have refused to go out
in their boats since the opening Of the
season and the Japanese are now sup
porting the white men. As a result no
sckeyes are being taken.
Unless a compromise is reached there
viii be no salmon fishing or packing
on the Fraser river this year. as Can
ada recently passed a law prohibiting
the export Of salmon.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-07
LIVES OF CHILDREN
PLACED IN DEADLY PERIL
Excursion Schooner Capsizes
Off MoIokai Island

HONOLULU, July 6.-The power
schooner Rainbow, carrying an ex-
curslon party of % school children and
a number of women, suddenly capsized
on the island of Molokai near Pukoo
harbor, Sunday afternoon and slowly
sank. =
All the passengers and crew were
saved, but one woman died soon after
ward from the excitement and shock
Word of the disaster was received here
today in a wireless message from
Pukoo.
have the proper number of life pre-
servers and other life saving eouip-
ment and an investigation has been
ordered.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-07
FATHERLY DUTY BEFORE
WHITE HOUSE INVITATION
Senator Davis Was Seeking His
Missing Bow

WASHINGTON. July s.-As one
father to another Senator JEFF Davis
of Arkansas explains to President
Taft in letter made public TO-DAY
that his failure to attend the White
House dinner the other night at the
presidents invitation was due. no, RI
Intentional oiscourtesy, but to his pur-
suit Of his u year old son. who Went
10 Fort Myer to see the aeroplane f1v
and did not return. Explaining his
search for his son the senator adds:
Il did not return until 1t was too
late 10 be present in obedience to your
kind invitation"
The senator states further that his
letter owes its origin to newspaper
criticism and says he writes IN the
fear that some of these may fall with
in the presidents observation. He
SAYS he does not want TO be consid-
cred rude.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-07
JAIL DOORS OPEN
FOR JOHN BENSON
Final Order for Confinement OF
Land Grabber Goes Into
Effect Today
United States Court Refuses
Appeal for Writ and Ends
Long Case

John A Benson is going TO Jail. This
was decided by the United States cir
cult court of appeals yesterday when
his appeal for a writ of certiorari to
the United States supreme court was
denied The order will be spread on
the minutes of the United States dis
trict court where he was convicted
this morning and United States Mar
shall c. T. Elliott will then turn over
the convicted land grabber to the Ala
media county jail for year of safe
keeping.
Benson has made a long fight against
the federal government to keep out of
jail. 1t really commenced some 20
years ago, when irregularities in land
transactions were traced to him. but
the conviction on which he win COM
mence serving time today was under
the prosecution of United States At
torney Robert T. Delvin before Judge
John j. de Haven, in the United States
district court, in August. 1907 He
was convicted. with DR.. f. B. Perrin,
of conspiracy in obtaining government
timber lands in California.
The case was fought for years. Last
February the circuit court affirmed the
Judgment as to Benson, but granted a
new trial TO DR.. Perrin.
Benson then fled a petition for re-
hearing on the ground that new
trial could not be granted TO one de-
PENDANT alone. where the charge was
conspiracy. The petition was. denied
and June Benson obtained an order
staying for 80 days the writ of man
date to the district court, where he
was convicted. so that he might apply
to the supreme court Of the United
States for a writ of certiorari. Ben
son. however, did not file his petition
for this writ within the specified time,
explaining yesterday that he had been
without funds to pay for the necessary
printing. He asked for another stay
until October 1.
Deylin said that he had received a
telegram from Attorney General Wick
ersham requesting him to oppose any
further postponement Circuit Judge
w. w. Morrow refused the request for
further time and ordered the writ of
mandate to be issued at once. Future
proceedings in the Perrin case are
still to be determined.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-07
HARRY. k. THAW GAINS
STEP TOWARD LIBERTY
Temporarily Removed From the
Matteawan ASYLUM

WHITE PLAINS, n. Y, July e.
Counsel for Harry X. Thaw today
scored partial victory in the hearing
to determine his sanity, held before
Justice Mills, by obtaining from the
court an order removing Thaw from
Matteawan and placing him in the
custody of Sheriff Henry Schert of
White Plains until the hearing is con-
cluded. The hearing was adjourned
until Monday.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-07
PACIFIC GROVE ACADEMY

OPENS SEPTEMBER 4. 1909
A boarding and Day school for Boys
Geaeral ana college preparatory courses. Spe-
cial attention to pupils whose previous training
has been irregular. Individual instruction al
home life. Healthful climate. moral infHencss-
outdoor recreation the entire year. Animal
charge $500 For information and Literature
address
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ST. MARY'S COLLEGE
oAKLANp. ~

OAKLAND CAL.
Founded 1863. Empowered BY state 1872. With
all rights accorded universities Complete courses
Literary Scientific Commercial Civil and Min
ing Engineering Architectural and Mechanical
Drawing. High School and Preparatory Grades
form distinct departments. Complete gymnasium
equipment. Physical culture courses. Apply for
catalogue TO Registrar. Studies resumed Mon
day. September 9Th.
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cASTILLEJA SCHOOL

PALO ALTO, CAL.
Home and day school for girls. Prepares for
colleges. East and West Domestic science.
sie art out OF door gymnasium work. Illus
rated catalogue. School opens August 80. 1909
Principal. MARY I. JOCKEY. A. B.
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garding herself and Colonel Tucker by
marrying some one else.
FORsAKES FAITH FOR SOLDIER
1t also was pointed out that Mrs.
Pla+t could not possibly marry Colonel
Tucker because of her religious faith.
which forbids her to wed a divorced
man Detroit priests are said to have
stated when spoken to about the mat
ter that the religious ceremony posi-
lively could not be performed for her
and Colonel Tucker by Cat holic
clergyman, so it appears that Mrs. Platt
has even forsaken her faith for the
soldier.
Rev. Mr.. Say1.es and his wife are
both old friends of Mrs. Plat and pro-
tected her in every possible way. 1t
is believed that Mrs. Plat declined 10
be married by Rev. Mr.. Sayres in the
hope that "A special dispensation may
be obtained from Catholic authorities
that church, and that, failing in this,
she will embrace +he Episcopal faith
and have the marriage confirmed by
Rev. Mr.. Sayres.
Married Young Army Officer
SANTA ROSA, July 6.-The woman
who has been accompanying Colonel
William Tucker. the army officer whose
domestic difficulties resulted in his ar
rest for deserving his wife. the daugh-
ter of the late General John A. Logan.
is Mrs. Ralph Platt, whose husband,
Lieutenant Ralph Plat, lies buried in
the Santa Rosa cemetery.
AS Miss Mabel Frye she was a nurse
in a Portland. Ore, hospital when
Lieutenant Ralph Plat was sent there
TO recover from a wound he had re-
ceived while serving in the Philippines
and he fell to her care. The two fell
in love and after his recovery he took
her to Grand Island, Neb., where his
parents lived, and they were married
with much style.
Platts father was formerly mayor of
Grand Island, but shortly after the
wedding moved with his family to this
city. a few years later Lieutenant
Plat was brought here seriously Ill
and shortly afterward died. There was
a contest regarding his estate, and
after that was settled his widow went
to the Philippines, where she is said to
have first met Colonel Tucker
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-07
SMELL SEMINARY

2T21 Claiming way, Berkeley Boarding and
Day School for Girls. Accredited to the Univer-
sity OF California Stanford and eastern colleges.
Term opens August 10. MRS EDNA SMELL.
POUI son. Principal
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Take an outing on the Ocean Shore
Railway and enjoy the beautiful
beaches and grand scenery Train sery-
ice to Tunitas Glen (3S miles from San
Francisco) connects with stage for San
Gregorio, Pescadero and Pebble Beach
For schedules see published time card
in this paper.
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MISS HARKER's SCHOOL


Boarding and day school for girls. Certl6cats
admits to college. intermediate and primary
departments Special attention given to music
arts and crafts send for catalogue. Opens
August 16. 1902
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DLYTECHNIC BUSINESS COLLEGE
Hitchcock Military Academy

SAN RAFAEL. CAL.
Accredited, Government Detail, Separats
Rooms Large Campus. Gymnasium.
Rife Range. Swimming. Annual Mill
tary EncampmenG Term Begins Au
gust 18th.
For ILLUSTRATED cataIogae address the Prlnclna-
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ANDERSON ACADEMY

Equipment teaching. discipline. situation. eli
mate unsurpassed Next term begins August
TO- Send for catalogue 10 WILLIAM WALKER
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Shorthand and Typewriting

give you the benefit Of my Il years expe-
rienee In court and general reporting. Instruc-
lions privately OF by nail Positions secured.
MISS NJ q. BARRETT. rooms 2sO-2S1 Russ
building 235 Montgomery st.
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California COnSerYatOryOf Music

Has removed to lat PRESIDE AVENUE, be-
tween Washington and Jackson SITS. Applica-
lions will be received there and at 1912 Clay 81.