The sun., 1919-03-31
MAYOR ROLPH HERE
TO GREET SOLDIERS
San Francisco's Chief Execu-
tive Royalty Welcomed by
Old Side Kicker.
"JIM" WOODS IS HIS HOST
Former Associate, Now New
Yorker, Kills the Fatted Calf
for Noted Westerner.

jim WOODS, who used tC be Doss OF
the st. Francis Hotel in San Francisco
when he wasn't that city's Police Com
missioner, was UP betimes yesterday and
hurried his ponderous self out OF his
suite in the Commodore, the Manhattan.
the Murray Hill and the Belmont-for
Jim IL boss of them all-and surveyed
the magnificancs of the old rose plush
lobby of the last named caravansary.
Stretched across the sidewalk from the
curb and under the marquee UP the
steps was a strip of thick ducal car
pet. At either side was q squad OF
porters, the three revolving doors had
two chaperons each, and sprinkled all
the way UP the staircase TO the throne
desk were all the uniformed bellboys
OF the Commodore. the Manhattan and
the Murray Hill, for Jim, as has been
said, is boss OF them all, and maybe
he couldn't have them II he wanted to
when a pal OF his comes to town.
It was Just before noon, when:
Here he Isl" ratified the whole length
OF the army Of buttons from the side
walk to the desk Clerks dropped their
pencils, lobby loungers their papers, and
all the ladies on the magazine covers
GRAINED their necks for a peek.
Tho Guest Arrives.
All smiles, perfectly groomed. a huge
carnation as fuffy as chrsanthemum
and as pink as his cheeks. his Honor.
James Rolph.. Jr., Mayor OF San Fran
cisco, Cal. and buddy extraordinary Of
Boss Jim Woods, stepped out OF a
limousine and waded through the soft
carpeting into the outstretched arms Of
his former Police C'mish.
Yin -
James,
And they embraced again.
where in thunders your trunks.
james, asked the boss OF the Bates and
Bowman hotels. His Honor laughed.
That's a funny one. JIM" said he.
When YOU wired me you had reserved
the whole NTH floor OF your hotels for
me and Mrs. Rolph, and said you'd show
me this town OF Manhattan north and
south, the porter checked my baggage
to Manhattan and over at the Penn
Station Just now they told me there
wasn't any such place on the line"
The Mayor had a busy day. An hour
tillery. all San Francisco draft boys,
came In on the Aquitania, and went at
once to Camp Merritt. All the cloistered
ones from the Friars Club begged him
TO occupy a seat as guest of honor at
their annual banquet last night, but the
Mayor had to forget the invitation. and
hurried over to New Jersey to greet the
boys from his home town.
About 5 o'clock a gentleman who had
called UP on the phone previously to say
he'd like to meet Mayor Rolph. strobe
into the hotel When he told the desk
clerk who he was the clerk called UP the
NTH floor OF the hotel and announced {:
"Hylan's here"
Here to Welcome Soldiers.
That's the Mayor" explained Mayor
Rolph TO his visitors and so 1t was.
While movie men and photographers hid
under the lobby palms and shot, the most
popular Mayor OF the Pacific coast shook
hands with the-the. err. HiZzoner.
Mayor Rolph explained the purpose Of
| his visit besides feeling Jim Woodss
pulse. He is to welcome the sS3d In
tantry, known as Mayor Rolph's Own. "
a regiment which carried the colors over
tho top in the Arsonns. These are boys
to whom he bade farewell up in Camp
Lewis several months ago when they
had Just been whipped into fighting trim.
Three hundred Of that number will be
missing when the Kentucky brings the
remnant on Thursday.
| At a luncheon in the B!ltmore this
noon Mayor Rolph and the California
Society will plan for the reception of the
| California boys The Mayor has al
ready obtained permission of tho War
| Department to have them deurobilixed In
San Francisco. at the Preside. instead OF
Camp Kearny. as originally scheduled
In order that nothing should interfere
with the big celebration that Is planned
for them in the liveiiest horne town west
OF the Rockies