The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-08-06
PEARL HARBOR
INSPECTED
From saturdays Advertiser.l

(From Saturdays Advertiser)
Secretary and AIRS. Straus, Con-
gresham and Mrs. Longworth. Mr..
Straus Jr., Governor and Mrs. Carter,
Chief Justice Frear, Associate Justice
Hartwell, Secretary Atkinson and
many others, were guests of Admiral
Very yesterday for a trip TO Pearl
Harbor on the L. S. S. Iroquois, Cap
tain Carter. The vessel started from
the Naval wharf about 10 o'clock af-
ter a salute OF seventeen guns had
been fired in honor of the Secretary
and the marine guard had presented
arms
The journey TO Pearl Harbor was
over a pleasant sea. After introduce
tons of the Honolulu people TO the
distinguished guests had been made,
two large charts of Pearl Harbor and
its approaches, which hung from the
upper framework of the Iroquois, we-e
explained by Admiral Very. The Ad-
| mtral Showed the needs of the harbor.
the bearing its development would
| have on commerce and naval convent
ence and pointed put the special OBJ
jects of interest. Mr.. Straus was
deeply attentive and called his secre-
| tary TO take notes. Mr.. Longworth al
so familiarized himself with the geog-
raphy of the plan.
! As the Iroquois steamed into the
| beautiful lochs, Secretary Straus said
| that the harbor and the country about
/ il were finer in every way than he had
anticipated. II have travelled much"
| ne said, and know the spell of the
| Orient, but anything like this 1 have
never before seen. 1t is my first
| glimpse of the actual tropics. You
must enjoy life here. We had been
warned against the heat and MOSQUE
toes and have found neither. Mrs.
! Straus says she is sorry We can't stay
! longer and I feel that way too
I'VE hope you will come back, some
/ time, Mr.. Secretary" was remarked.
Il don't see how we can stay away
he answered.
The Longworths were equally charm
| ed with the trip. With the Presidents
| daughter and Mrs. Straus. were Mrs.
Richard Ivers, Mrs. George Davies and
Mrs. George r. Carter. At the PENN
sula Mrs. F. NJ. Hatch came on board.
| Luncheon for the party had been
sent to the Iroquois from the Univer-
sity Club and had been reinforced by
a chowder made on board. It was
served on the after deck. Besides the
chowder We're roast chicken. lobster
salad, three kinds of sandwiches and
hard-boiled eggs.
After luncheon the visiting notables
and some Of their hosts made an auto
mobile run TO Wahiawa and Haleiwa,
returning late in the afternoon. Some
| Of the voyagers went back to Honolulu
! by train, the rest returning TO town
on the Iroquois. arriving at $3.50
o'clock
Those present were Secretary of
! Commerce and Labor o. S. Straus,
Mrs. Straus and Master Straus and
! Secretary Straus' secretary, Mr.. Weed;
| Congressman Nicholas Longworth and
his wife, Alice Roosevelt Longworth;
Admiral Very, Governor and Mrs. G..
| R Carter, Secretary of the Territory
A. L. c. Atkinson, Justice Hartwell,
Surgeon-in-Chief Cofer, U. S. NJ. H.
Service; Major Dunning, U. S. A; u.
| s. District Attorney R. W. Breckons,
| Collector of Customs E. R. Stackable,
nspector-in-Chief of Immigration R.
| c. Brown, Prince David Kawanana-
koa, Captain Orwell U. S. A; George
and Mrs. Davies, Chief Justice Frear,
| B. F. Dillingham;, Walter Dillingham;
Water G. Smith, F. L. Hoogs, W. r.
Harrington, W. o. Smith, NJ. Phillips,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivers, Professor Scott,
F. NJ. Hatch, W. G. Irwin, Jared G..
Smith, Col. Samuel Parker, Senator
]. C. Lane, ]. j. Garden, ]. H. Craig,
c. VI. Cooke.