The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18


Sebree as commander of the second
division, hoisted his flag on the West
Virginia after Admiral SWinburne mao
taken his OFFICIAL leave.
The ceremony Of shifting flags began
at 10 O'Clock a. IA. when the neet
Joined I'm a 10 gun salute to Admlral
SWinhurnes Tag, which was taking ITS
last futter in the morning breeze; Al
the conclusion of the salute Swim
burne's flag was hauled down and the
reign OF SwinburDe was at an END, as
Ear as the Pacific feet was concerned
Before the blueJacket who had hauled
down the retiring commanders flag
lad unbent ii from the halyards there
broke from the Tennessee's main a blue
flag with two white stars on il, the
emblem OF the new chief. All the
ships again saluted.
Admiral Barrys flag. A red one. was
theu hOisted on the West Virginia and
West Virginia. in a Is gun solo,
A tied the blue flag on the Tennes-
Sc, The Tennessee acknowledged the
salute in a Is gun reply. There fol-
lowed an hour or two of official visit
ing and the fleet settled down 10 its
daily routine.
The change of commanders has re-
suited in changing the ships that for
merly constituted the second division
10 the first division. Admiral Sebree
selected the Tennessee as his flagship
and this cruiser viii head the first
division, which viii include the Wash
ington, California and South Dakota.
The West Virginia, so long the center
OF the navy world on the Pacific, now
lakes a back seat s flagship of the
second division, in which viii be the
Maryland Colorado and Pennsylvania.
Admiral Sebree yesterday announced
his personal stan as follows; Com
mander ". : Benson, chief Of STAFF
Lieutenant Commander c. y. Offiey,
feet engineer; Lieutenant d. W. Knox,
fleet ordnance officer; Lieutenant c. c.
Bloch flag secretary, and Lieutenant
r. s Holmes, flag Lieutenant. The
fanr will ha- MnHfpq1 InEnnFrOr Il
c. Byrnes, feet surgeon, and Major J.
T. Myers. L. = NJ. C. fleet marine Of
iicer Admiral Barry has not yet Sc
Commander Benson. the new chief OF
staff, is at present in command Of the
cruiser Albany. now on duty in the
revolution belt His place on the Al
banE viii be taken by Commander
oliver. who was Admiral Swinburne' S
chief Of STAFF.
First Division sails North
The flagship Tennessee and the ar
mOred cruisers Washington and Cali
f0rnia Of the first division of the Pa
ciic feet sailed late yesterday after
noon for Tacoma, where they viii ar
rive in time 10 assist in entertaining
The Japanese training squadron. The
ships Of the second division will sail
saturday for Seattle The cruiser Colo
RADIO, which has been on duty in Cen
tral America is due here Thursday and
VIII sail May 81 for Seattle. There
VIII be seven armored cruisers at Seat
tle June 10 for the opening of the
seattle fair.
After that occasion has been duly
celebrated the cruisers will scatter 10
the different navy yards. Four of them
viii go 10 Bremerton and three to Mare
island all for general overhauling.
Carries Many Passengers
The Pacific Coast steamship COM
y uySs President. which sailed yester-
day for southern California carried
about 2So passengers, among them
many students from the University
OF California and Stanford, homeward
and on vacation bound. The passen-
gers included:
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. Ores ". X. Hillyard
Miss K Wright Mr. ana Mrs. J. D. Ian,
Miss Weymouth Mrs. j. Stewart
Miss Hon Miss K. Lang
Mr. and Mrs. z. p. William Hayes
Robertson Mr.. and Mrs. J. W
". y. Mitchell Badger
A. Wright Mrs. Alexander HamiI
il ]. BlttlestOn ton and infant
Mrs ". r. Hughes Master Walter Gibson
Joseph W Nickers and nurse
a. ". BaIenplR
Company Escapes Penalty
The charge against the Oceanic
slea fnship company, sworn to by the
immi grafton authorities, for allowing
Michael Gabriel, an alien who had been
denied landing. to escape from the
terday by United States Commissioner
j. r. HeacOck. In dismissing the case
Commissioner Heacock instructed the
ofhclals Of the company TO provide in
the future a special Waterman for pas
sengers being held for deportation.
America Maru at ManzaniIIO
The japanese liner America Maru,
which formerly ran to this, port from
the far east was due yesterday at
Manzanillo on the new run connecting
j pan with Mexico The America is
due Thursday al Salina Crpz. where IL
VIII load cargo from Europe shipped
Dy way OF the Tehuantepec, railroad.
~. II. Avery. general manager of the
Togo kisen Kaisha, is now in Mexico
esta blishing the agencies for this new
lire Of the japanese company
Nippon Maru Due Friday
The Japanese liner Nippon Maru left
Honolulu for this port at j O'Clock
Saturday morning and Is due here
about noon Friday. The liner has 81
cabin passengers and II Asiatics. The
cargo includes 1S3 tons Of raw silk,
III tons Of mating and 1876 tons of
tsS and overland merchandise.
Concrete Worker Killed by Fall
Ed Larsen. 40 years old. a concrete
worker, fell from the superstructure
Of pier 80 Yesterday, struck the con-
crete floor Of the wharf with his head
and was instantly killed. Larsen was
experimenting the pouring of concrete
the wharf shed and was employed by
a subcontractOr.
In Port Since December. 1907
The steamer San Mateo. which has
been al anchor in the harbor since