The San Francisco call., 1909-10-13
NIPPON CAPTAIN
CALLS ON MAYOR
Commander Takeshita Returns
Formal Call to Heads of Por-
tola Festival
Friendship of Two Nations
Heartily Toasted in Proof OF
Good Feeling

Good fellowship as well as interna-
tional good will was dominant at the
reception in the office of Mayor Ed
ward f. Taylor yesterday, when Cap
tain Isam Takeshita, commanding his
imperial Japanese majestys warship
Idzumo, paid his formal complimentary
visit to the mayor, returning the
formal call the city's executive and
members of the Portola committee paid
to the Japanese cruiser on Monday.
At the reception yesterday were the
United States naval attaches of the
Japanese captain and the Portola COM
mittee and members of the executive
and reception committees of the Por-
tola festival.
Toasts were drunk to the mikado,
the captain, the United States. Presi-
dent Taft, Mayor Taylor, California.
the Portola festival, the cruiser Id
zumo and other appropriate subjects.
Things Japanese were discussed, from
a Japanese poet. whom Mayor Taylor
knew and the captain didn't, to the i'm
| perial chrysanthemum gardens at
Tokyo, which the captain knew but
the mayor didn't.
The captain granted the city permis-
sion to take photograph of the
famous resolutions of 1860, in which
the greetings of the city were ex-
tended to the first Japanese warship
ever to visit an American port The
resolutions are framed and have a
place of honor in the cabin of the Id
Zumo.
FETE OFFICIALS ATTEND
The reception was held at 2:30
O'Clock. Mayor Taylor was attended at
his Offices in the Mills building by the
| members of the Portola festival COM
mittee, James Rolph Jr., Philip t. Clay,
Milton Esberg, Robert A. Roos, James
McNab, Edgar Peixotto, Captain Rob-
erty Dollar. Arthur f. Briggs, f. Fl.
Merrill. Robert Capelle and Harry Nc
Kannay. Lieutenant c. A. Gardner of
the United States armored cruiser st.
Louis, Admiral Phelps representative
at the Portola festival, was also pres
ent.
! The captain of the Idzumo arrived
punctually. attended by Lieutenant a.
b. Reed, u. S. N, engineering officer of
| the Albany, detailed as escort for the
visiting captain. Both officers were in
the full dress of their rank. The cap
| tain from the mikado's ship wore the
handsome insignia of the order of the
Rising Sun and carried his sword.
In honor of the visitor there, was a
huge bowl of chrysanthemums in the
room.
When the potions suitable for the
| toas sting ceremony had been brought
in Mayor Taylor arose and proposed
the health of that illustrious and
| eminent potentate. the emperor of
Japan. The mayor then proposed the
health of the captain.
Captain Takeshita then proposed the
health of your president, Mr. Taft
and followed that with the health of
Mayor Taylor.
PROVES GOOD AT PUNs
James Rolph Jr. nominated the
cruiser Idzumo and the health OF its
crew.
After the ceremony there was an in
formal reception, during which the
captain met the various members of
the committee and was promised by
each in turn splendid time during
the Portola celebration.
One joke was pronounced during the
function, and that by the guest of
honor. When he was introduced to
the venerable Captain Dollar he said:
"Ah, the almighty Dollar" Captain
Dollar enjoyed the humor as properly
as modesty would permit.