The San Francisco call., 1910-09-12
FORTS INADEQUATE
SAYS navy EXPERT
Talk of Universal Disarmament
"AlI Rot" Says Hero of
Atlantic Fleet Trip
Would Demonstrate Advantage
of Oil as Fuel for Floating
ArsenaIs
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them to this coast.
I'VE should have an adequate fleet
on this coast. There should be no
shifting of the fleet from the Atlantic
to the Pacific and back again There is
no telling when some fellow will sneak
in and drop a site kof dynamite. A
hostile force could land just out of
range of the guns of the fort. You
have no military roads. nor the troops
TO put on them if you had the roads.
There has been much talk of peace by
disarming. L don't believe in any such
rot"
As a result of his recent trip through
the oil fields of this state Admiral
Evans is particularly enthusiastic
about the use of oil as fuel for the
navy. He said that when the fleets of
the world are in this harbor for the
exposition they should be converted to
the use of oil as its superiority over
coal could then be easily established.
Members of Conference
At last nights conference with Adj
miral Evans were the following: Ad-
miral Robley ID. Evans. Frank l..
Brown. James McNabb, Gavin McNab b.
5. Fred Hcgue and Al Lindley of the
exposition committee; Timothy Spellacy
OF Los Angeles. candidate for lieuten-
ant governor; p. A. Stanton, speaker
of the assembly; T. P. Gilman. formerly
state controller of New York Robert
Lee Dunn of New York, director of the
Lincoln University endowment; J. A.
Cruikshank, a New York capitalist.
With Admiral Evans on his trip
through the oil fields were: Messrs.
Spellacy. Gilman, Dunn. n. F. Wilson of
New York, Cruikshank, d. s. Machines
of London and John w. Mitchell, fora
mer Mayor M. P. Snyder. Colonel ]. b.
Lankershim. J. d. S. Thompson, Hubert
7. Morrow and H. B. Guthrie of Los
Angeles.
In connection with the recent pass
ing of resolutions by the extraordinary
session of the state legislature which
provide for the amending of the state
constitution so as to allow the people
of the state to tax themselves for So
100000 and the citizens of San Fran
cisco to bond themselves for a like
sum-the total of $4,000, 900 to be de-
voted toward furthering the Panama
Pacific International exposition-the
members of the exposition company
have secured from some of the most
prominent men in California state
ments explaining to the people Just
what the legislation means Among
those who have made statements boost
ing the proposed amendments are
Governor James n. Gillette Lieutenant
Governor Warren r. Porter. Speaker
Philip A. Stanton of the California as
sembly and Senator John B. Curtin of
Tuolumne county.
Following is the governors state
ment in full:
am well pleased with the action
of the legislature. and | approve
heartily OF the careful manner in
which a complicated problem was
makers. This furnishes dsiiesnth the : state te
with an opportunity to prSvide thu
needed sinews of war in the fight
against New Orleans for a great
the belief that the people of Cali =
fornia and the citizens of San
Francisco will take advantage of
the situation and finally settle pro-
: exposition by voting the 10000
goo asked. With this addition TO
the splendid nucleus San Francisco
has furnished, we may go Wash
ington at the opening of the ses-
sion and offer to the government
of the United States a pledge to ex-
pend $l7,o00,o0o, which is ample to
warrant further investment to
any amount, however great
For the very reason that the
west. west is able to demonstrate its
be the greatest exposition of mod
ern times, this whole section should
profit and benefit to an extraor-
dinary degree, because immigra
tion and investment are attracted
by the unique and unusual appeal.
we shall be given such advertis-
ing as was never received by a
state, because California, already a
name to conjure with the world
: over, has charms so numerous and
varied that their novelty is never
lessened.
With the cooperation of sister
states and foreign countries, to say
nothing of private exhibitors and
CONCESSIONS. millions of dollars will
be added to the original invest
ment, and if the mana cement
should see fit to bond their corpora
tion for the gate receipts. as has
been done frequently the 1915 fair
might be made a gigantic affair.
eclipsing anything of the kind
ever held in America.
have been made acquainted, to
that pervades the state, and l be-
lieve all California is eager to as
sist in achieving this substantial
Orleans. In the race for world
recognition. California, like other
western states, can not afford to
be oyereconomical in seeking that
necessary to more rapid develop
ment.
If the exposition will pay in
Louisiana-and 1t is apparent that
the people Of that state are in
earnest-it will pay in California,
and | sincerely hope that this great
impetus to western development
may come to San Francisco
BILLS ARE CONSTITUTIONAL,
Lieutenant Governor Warren r. Por-
ter, in speaking of the proposed amend
ments to aid the exposition, said:
"I consider the Panama Pacific ex-
position to be held in San Francisco in
1915 to be matter of the greatest i'm
portance. not only to California but to
the entire west. The members of the
legislature have givn the fair their