The San Francisco call., 1910-11-01


axe place at 10 o'clock a. m, when
Admiral Harber, after reading the or
ders turning over the command to Ad-
mlral Barry, will haul down his flag on
the California. AS the flag comes down
the California will fire a salute of 13
guns; As the last gun explodes. Ad-
miral Barrys flag will be broken out
on the West Virginia, which the new
commander in chief has decided to re-
tain as his flagship The West. Virginia
will salute the new flag with 13 guns
and when the flagship has given the
new old gentleman all that is COM
ing to him." the other ships of the fleet
viii join in 1S gun salute to Rear
By this time the West Virginia will
be the flagship of the Pacific fleet, and
Admiral Thomas will report there to
masthead Admiral Thomas flag, a red
one. signifving subordination to the
chief, will then be broken out and the
California will salute it with 13 guns.
will this; afternoon be in the second
division and. vice: versa: and the West
Nirginia VIII once more. be the first
ADMIRAL and Mrs. Harher wiIfleave
. here NoVenfber. for Honolulu. where
they Will spend a: few weeks visiting
: *Washin gton; where the admiral will be
assigned ITO shore duty. =; :. !:
{. Eieutenant -Commander j. ". Chase
and LieGtenant L r. I.eahy Of ADJ
:froml HUT u. with the Pacjfic fleet today.
l.eahy- has been. ordered home. Captain
ehase4 has been ordered to the mont tor
n llahassee to take charge of a. series
of ordnance experiments:
T: :. The fleet will leave here. November
3 for San Diego: to. prepare for battle
practice They Will return here Noveili-
Der IL TO receive the Japanese training
squadron.. q nd: wien the. visitors depart
get range, where a. big effort will Ire
made to bring the trophy back ito the
Pacific fleet.
Captain James II. Smith has been de-
tached from the South Dakota and or
dered to command the receiving ship
Hancock. He has been succeeded by
Captain T. M Bannett, who Yesterday
ANNOUNCED his official presence by firing
a salute of 13 guns to Admiral Harbers
flag. -.
HonoIuIuaa Is on the Way
The big steamer Honoluluan. which
was built in the east by the American
for this port with a cargo consigned
to Williams, Dimond e. Co. When the
new steamer arrives here it will be
turned over to the Matson navigation
company and will be. operated under
the Matson flag between here and
Honolulu. When the Matson company
probably VIII be turned back to the
American Hawaiian lines. The Homo
luluan will have capacity of about
5000 tons of freight and will have ac-
Tenyo Maru VIII Sail Today
The Japanese liner Tenyo Maru Cap
tain Ernest Bent, will sail at ] o'clock
today for the far east. The liner will
carry large. number of passengers
and big cargo. The freight will in
/. clude an unusually large shipment of
raw cotton. Among the cabin passen-
gers will be a number Of prominent
and the Baron and Baroness Hachiro-
yemon Mitsui. Among the steerage
passengers will be about 400 Celestials
on their way to the Flowery King
dom to celebrate the Chinese new year.
The body of the late Mrs. Greene.
wife of Captain w ". Greene of the
Ghiyo Maru, was placed on board the
liner. 1t will be taken for burial to
Japan, where the dead woman's sur
viying relatives reside.
w: H Reid. formerly freight clerk of
the liner, goes out as purSer, having
succeeded c. Lacey Goodrich. Goodrich
the new year, where he will act as
general passenger agent for the Toyo
Kisen Kaisha and Western Pacific.
Passengers Are All Pleased
General Manager George II. Higbee
of the Pacific Coast steamship company
received a testimonial yesterday, four
feet long, signed by the passengers who
arrived here last Saturday from Seattle
on the steamer Queen They liked
the Queen. thew enjoyed their meals
and appreciated the efforts for their
comfort and entertainment made by
the officers so much that they had to
tell the general manager all about it,
1t was signed by every passenger
The company's liner Governor, which
sailed yesterday for southern Cali
fornia, carried a large number of pas
sengers. among whom were:
C. D. Willis and wife Louise P6effer
B. F. SkilliDger and Mrs. L. P Bidgood
wife Mrs. G. e. Mckinley
Mrs. NJ. Roach L. Gslahorn
Harry Beach Mrs Lacblsn
Mrs. l.. A. Merrill j. P Thompson
z. r. Park and wife g. Adler
II. Leist Grace Worrell
Jerry Toles and wife Mrs. II. B. Iverson and
Mrs. Beryl Williams daughter