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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-12
Our Navy and Japan S


extended as to have caused the cor
respondent TO Immediately cable it TO
his paper The despatch added that
Japan had placed a large order with
the Krupp's for numerous guns of va
rious caliber.
The other cable was from a CORE
spondent in the Far East, and which
said that all men in japanese arsenals
are working overtime. and that these
are turning out more guns and NUM-
tions Of war than had been done dur
ing the conflict with Russia. so far"
says the New York Herald, in editorial
comment, luck has spared US the
waiting throw of the dice, loaded in
Japan, or elsewhere, and saved US from
the ever-lurking bolt concealed in the
glad hand of smiling, diplomatic gam
blers. But luck is, and always has
been, tickle jade-and our unprepared
hour may soon be striking
One thing is certain. If Japan means
to force a war on this country, she
must do it before the completion Of
the Panama Canal, for after that wa
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OF UNITED STATES AND JAPAN

terway is cut, she must needs be in
finitely more powerful than she is at
present to wage successful conflict
with America.
But the completion of the canal is
some years distant. To get back to the
present. Owing TO the fact that Japan
made such short work of the Cars
warships, it is popularity supposed that
Japan has very superior navy. The
Mikado's navy is doubtless all right
But competent observers who followed
the Russo-Japanese war testify that
1t was not so much the excellence of
Japanese preparedness, tactics, and
gunnery that won, as il was the abb
sence of these qualities on the Russian
side
If Japan" said one of these to the
writer, ever goes against a first-rate
naval power she will find the difference
It was not so much what the las did
as what the Russians didn't do
The table published on this page tells
it's own story Of relative strength.
Matched. ship for ship, America could
look with utmost complacency urcn
the outcome. But there is time worn
adage about being first on the spot
with a superior force. In or Atlantic
fleet we have now battleship armada
that could undoubtedly destroy all IF
Japan's navy were war declared to-
morrow and this fleet in striking dis
lance, with its bases of supplies and
its coa!ing stations handy. But does
any one doubt that Japan would in
stantly seize these stations were this
feet to be ordered to the East? Then
tue acy antage would rest with her,
and in q ratio that cannot be approx
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COMPARATIVE NAVAL STRENGTH

English occupied Malta and he died a
British captive at st. Helena.
In one respect the Philippines and
the Hawaiian Islands are to this coun-
try today what Malta was then TO
France. And there is no weIl-informed
military or navy officer who doubts but
that Japan could now seize both and
possession of them would have an i'm
measurable advantage, as their loss
would deprive this country of bases of
supplies, coaling stations, and that big
drydock which was recently towed to
Manila, itself a great asset in war.
ssThrice is he armed who hath his
quarrel just, said the Elder Poet,
.sAnd four times he who gets his blow
in fust,'' added the vernaeular one.
More than four times armed would ia
pan be Ii she should seize the Philip
pines and the Hawaiian Islands; and at
the present moment there is no doubt
that she could easily take the two
groups, were she so disposed. And in
some circles there is no doubt but that
she is being urged on to conflict with
this country; urged on by European ma
lions who would like nothing better
than to see their two greatest COM
mercial rivals destroying themselves IN
war-one against the other. Whence
has come this talk Of the vast depre-
citation of American securities and
stocks and bonds2 Ask London; ask
Berlin.
The cables brought last week two in
teresting and informing paragraphs.
One, which took a Berlin date. said
that accredited enissaries of Japan
had been given the freedom Of the
Krupp works at Essen-a privilege
which seems to have been SO rarely
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Putting wholly aside that relation
which proverbiaIly exists between
smoke and fire, this article assumes that
there is no friction between the United
States and Japan But since there are
many TO assert that a conflict lies with
in the easy range Of possibility, and as
the navies of the two powers would in
all certainty bear the initial brunt Of
such encounter, it may interesting to
cast up the relative naval strength of
the two powers, and TO see wherein the
advantage might rest.
Just now this country has a prepon-
derance of naval strength. But that
strength is mostly assembled on this
side of the world, and with most of the
seven seas washing between it and the
Mikado s far -away fleet. And eontig
uous to the mailed squadrons of the
Rising Sun are those remote possessions
of ours, the Philippines and the Ha
waiian Islands
II had rather said Napoleon, see
the English on the heights OF Mont
martre than occupying Malta The
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Oahu Railway
TIME TABLE.
OUTWARD,

OUTWARD.
FOR Naiauae, Waialua, Kahuku and
Way Stations-*9:15 a. m, $3.50 p. m.
For Pearl City, EVA Mill and Way
etations-t7:30 a. m, 1915 a. m, #11: 05
.. N, s2tl5 p. M, 1920 p. m, 1918 p.
NJ, 1880 p. m, til p. m.
For Wahiawa-s9:15 g. m. and 1913
INWARD.
Arrive Honolulu from Kahuku, Wal
slua and Waianae-%8:36 a. m. 5:31
p. IN.
Arrive Honolulu from Eva Mill and
Pearl City-f7:46 a. m, 1896 a. m,
.10:3s a. m, LAO p. m, s4:31 p. m,
1871 p. m, .7:30 p. m.
Arrive Honolulu from Wahiawa-
$3.50 a. m. and *5:31 p. m.
Daily. Elk. Sunday. Sunday Only.
The Haleiwa Limited, a tws-heur
train {only frst-class tickets honored),
leaves Honolulu every Sunday at s:22
o. NJ; returning, arrives in Honolulu
at 1910 p. m. The Limited stops only
at Pearl City and Waianae.
G. P. DENIsON, F. C. SMITH,
Supt. G.P.&T.A.
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RESPECT FOR GERMAN POLICE
MAN.

Herr Muerbe, a Dresden sehoolmas-
ter, on visiting Halle lately, went up to
a policeman and, touching his hat,
begged In a courteous tone TO be di-
rected to his destination. The police
man stared at him. and told him that
if he desired reply he must speak
more respectfully-his interrogation
must, in fact, take off his hat. This
was too much for Herr Muerbe, who
asked the policeman not tn he insOlent.
Legal proceedings followed. and the
court has decided that. while Herr
Muerbe was not obliged to take off his
hat when addressing policeman. he
must pay a fine of Is marks for using
the word " insolent -
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VIM. G. IRWIN & CO.. LTC
SUGAR FACTORS AND
CONFESSION AGKGTs
VIM. g. Irwin-President and Manage
John D. Spreckels-First viee-PresideEi
". II. Giffard. Second Viee-PresideAa
n NJ Whitney Treasures
Richard Iyers Secretary
W, III. Hu40ns - &NAAsSt
AGENTS FOB
Oceanic Steamship Co., San Fras
cisco, Cal.
Western Sugar Refining Co., s<s
francisco, Cal.
Baldwin Locomotive Works, PAtis
dslphia, Pa
Newan Universal Mill Co.. AsAs
faeturers Of National Cane shrsdsf
New York, N. 7.
Pacific OIL Transportatiez Go, es'
Francisco, Cal.
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mated. Once more Napoleon and Nal
ia. What American President but who
would rather see Jap army encamped
CT III" Potomac than to see the Mi
kado's flag waving over our Maltas
Of the East? There could De no doubt
of the fate of the one, but there world
be serious doubts about the CsLer.
Ali of Japan's naval forces, as all
may l.row, are concentrated in or
around the waters of japan, and the
foregoing table shows what tina.
strength is. Americas naval strength
in those far-off seas is not strength at
all-weakness more than strength. We
have out there a division Of armored
cruisers-four of the best of their type
afioat and commanded by one of the
most capable officers of the navy,
Rear-Admiral Willard H. Brownson.
But what could four armored cruisers
avail against the thirteen battleships
and thirteen armored-cruisers of Jap
an? We have also in those waters
division of protected cruisers, four in
all-but against these japan could
send twenty-one of an equal or SUI
perior type Our five destroyers would
be pitted against ffty-three- We have
no torpedoboats in the East. Japan
has seventy-nine. Nor have We any
submarines out there. Japan has
seven.
IL was only a few days ago that the
cables brought news of the launching
of a hotilia of new destroyers from
japanese ship-yards. The Japs entered
the war against Russia with only nine
teen of this type.
No one knows what else Japan is do
ing to increase her naval and military
strength. This seems to have been
merely an item that some alert cor
respondent sent to his paper. Great
Britain as an ally of Japan naturally
was the first to profit by the lessons
of the war, and although the building
of her Dreadnought was concealed as
sedulously as possible, news of the con-
struction of that great vessel was In
most every admiralty office soon after
the keel was laid. And while all of
these were doing their utmost to find
out what the new vessel would be, what
would be her speed, displacement. guns
and armor, japanese Dreadnought,
all unheralded, went overheard from a
japanese ship-yard. And no one knows
how many more Japan has building or
projected.
All other things aside, Japan is wor-
thy of serious consideration. Less than
half a century ago Japanese generals
went clad in armor and armed only
with fans, with which they waved their
spear-armed hordes to conflict.
Now the ink is hardly cold on the
type which told of how this little ma
ton, hardly considered in the rank Of
frst-rate powers. had overthrown the
great Northern Bear, the nation which
had SO long been feared by all of Eu-
rope and considered as being able to
hold its own against the combined
powers of the Old World.
Less than a score of years ago and
presses were practically I'M
known in Japan and books were a
rarity. Last year the presses of this
progressing nation turn
ed out more books than all of the
presses of England and America.
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II THE SUN WERE ANOTHER
COLOR.

1t is amazing to consider the posi-
bilities if the sun were some other
color. If it were blue, for instance,
there would be only two eolors in the
world-bIue and black; or, if it were
red, then everything would be red or
black. In the latter ease we should
have red snow. red lilies, black grass,
black clear sky and red clouds. There
would be little variety. however, If
the sun were green Things that are
now yellow would still remain that
color, but there would be no reds. pur-
pies, orange or pinks. and very few Of
those CHEEKY hues that make the world
so bright and pleasant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-26
SENATE MIGHT SESSION
First One Is Held and Many Bills Are
Passed.

The senate was in session from 8
until 10 O'Clock Monday night, and
passed "a general bills. 1t was busy
nights work.
Among the more important meas
ures passed were these:
Senator Brewers bill creating the
office of state dairy commissioner.
Senator Stewards bill requiring rail-
roads to build sheds at division points
for the protection of Iaborers working
on car repairs.
Senator Stewards bill making a
penalty of from Is to 40 years in the
penitentiary for blowing up a bank.
Representative STANDARDS bill Great
ing state board of veterinary regis
tration and examination.
Senator Stewards bill relating to
truancy
The bill by Senator Porter of Craw-
ford, authorizing all members of the
Anti-Horse Thief association to act as
emergency deputy sheriffs was up last
night. and Senator Getty made
speech against it. He said that he
thought the bill would let loose on the
community lot of irresponsible dep
uty sheriffs, and thought that there
ought to be some way of amending the
bill to make it more practical. Sena-
tor Porter agreed with him, and the
two senators will fix up an amend
ment.
A number of important bills intend
ed especially for the city of Kansas
City were passed
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grounds to the city waterworks pump
ing station. At present the city has
| no road of its own.
Among other. sure and unfailing signs
that it is now springtime. can be no
ticed the large number of boys after
school hours congregating on the diff
ferent street corners and vacant lots
engaged in the youthful pastime of
playing marbles.
Jack Johnson, the colored heavy
weight boxer, will be the feature of a
boxing exhibition to be given by the
Business Mems club Thursday night
at Metropolitan hall. He will meet
Ed EdmondS and William Brooks in
six round contests.
Today is the last day for the mem
bers of the legislature to draw pay.
Some of the country members will leave
for their homes tonight, but the more
public-spirited members will remain
over a few days to look after the in
terests of the ''pee-pul."
The AL G. Barnes show at the Audi
torium will have to pay license of
only 81 a day. After first attempting
to charge the usual $50 a day for a
collector were made to see that it was
not a circus and that 81 was the IL
cense.
Here is a question for the voters to
solve: If there are ten more days for
registration for the city primaries and
the people are registering at the rate
of fifty per day, how many will there
be who would like to vote on the day
of the primaries and who will find
themselves out in the cold.
The chicken show at lis East Sixth
street is now well under way and
good many people are attending. Near
the door there is a place arranged
where all who wish to do so can indi-
cate their choice for mayor by putting
ticket in either OF three boxes, each
one containing the votes for each can
didate for the mayoralty.
The city is still trying to get the
street railway company to hurry up
in fixing up its tracks on Clay between
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, so that
the street may be paved. The city has
been compelled to wait on the rail-
road company for five months. Com
plants come in every day from resi-
dents living in that part of the city.
P. A. Vickland, of HOO Brooks ave-
nue., is slowly recovering from the in
juries which he sustained Saturday
evening by being knocked off of his
bicycle in a collision with a horse driven
by ]. c. Tulloch. The horse became
frightened at a street car and SHE'D.
The accident occurred at Fifth and
Kansas avenue. Mr.. Vickland is at
Keith's hospital His breastbone is
broken.
This is what the Atchison Globe says
about the candidacy of DR.. B. F. Boyle
of that city for congress. DR.. Boyle
was brought out by the G. A R. posts
of Topeka: Without casting any re-
Elections on any of the other candidates,
isn't DR.. B. F. Boyle the sort of a can
didate for congress We, the People,
have been hollering for? Isn't he hon
est, cannot he make good speech,
isn't he a friend of the old soldier and
all that? If he were nominated and
elected, would you ever have any fear
of him allying himself with the In
terests against the People? But the
politicians will never allow DR.. Boyle
to receive the nominal ion.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-26
SHAW'S NEW JOB.
He Is to Become President of the
Carnegie TrustCompany.

New York, Feb. 26.-Leslie NJ Shaw,
secretary of the treasury, who will retire
on March 4, according to a story published
In the Herald today, is to become the
president of the newly organized Carnegie
his family to New York, and the story
states, the future will disclose whether
Mr.. Shaw will relinauish his legal resi-
dence in Iowa. Mention is made of pres
idential ambitions Mr.. Shaw is supposed
to possess and the statement made that
his friends say he is still candidate.
The board Of directors of the Carnegie
Trust company, it is understood, will hold
a meeting this week and elect Mr.. Shaw
president of the corporation. Charles C.
Dickinson, the present president of the
company, will retire to make room for
Mr.. Shaw. The capital stock of the COM
pany is $1OOO.0O0. A surplus of $4,000 has
been fully paid in.
Mr.. Shaw, it is stated. has made plans
to leave Washington Immediately on the
% 9eI1 OF Sohg fe ana IS expecteo
Trust company on Tuesday, March 5.
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STOLEN BY GYPSIEs.
Girl Is Found by Her Father After
Search of Months.

| Chicago, Feb. 26.-After a search OF
| nearly a year, in which almost every
gypsy camp in the south and north
west had been visited, Cecilia Demetro
| IL years old, daughter of wealthy
| Greek in Little Rock. Ark, who had
been kidnapped March 1, 1905, was found
| in a camp near Thornton, Ill. The lit
tie girl was given shelter alta police
station here last night. 1852 ~ ( i
Trace of the girl was obtained by
Leo Demetro, her father, who had
searched for her eight months in vain.
Then he met gypsy in Salt Lake City
who learned of his sorrow. The man
promised to inform him should he ever
hear of the camp in which the child
was held.
Accompanied by four deputy sheriffs
Just beyond the outskirts of the town
is a camp consisting of mole than 100
tents. 1t was there" that Cecilia was
held prisoner. When the Greek copper
smith and his companions arrived the
girl was playing on the prairie with
several other youngsters.
Before Demetro could reach his
daughter he was thrust aside by John
joe king of the camp, and who is
said to have kidnapped the child. Joe
burst from a tent and seized Cecilia
as she was about to spring into her
fathers arms. In an instant hundreds
of gypsies were swarming out of their
smoke filled homes and hurrying to the
scene.
Demetro seized the Gypsy Joe by
the throat. While they were strug-
Cling on the ground scores of Joe's
followers crowded around and threat
ened to interfere but the deputy sher-
ifs drew their revolvers and seized the
little girl. An instant later Demetro
regained his feet and taking his daugE
ter stood with the officers. Awed by
the display of weapons the gypsies re-
tired and the sheriffs hurried to Thorn
ton where they boarded a train for
Chicago.
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At the Play Last Night.

To witness the performance of 1.-The
Lilac Room which Miss Amelia
ter last evening, would be sufficient
for one to form the conclusion that it
was the product of a feminine play
wright, had the program not been con-
suited to learn that the little comedy
was written by Evelyn Greenleaf Suth-
erland and Beulah Marie Dix. These
two women also collaborated in the
writing of 1.-The Road to Yesterday"
and they succeeded in giving the stage
two entirely original offerings that
have more or les merit and which are
to say the least distinctively odd. In
doubtedly of the two 1.-THE Road to
Yesterday" is the more pretentious
from a standpoint of dramatic
value 1.-The Lilac Room is written in
a lighter vein and is the least con-
situations of 1.-THE Lilac Room are
highly improbable, but they are treat
ed in such a unique manner and the
dialogue so entertaining that the in
consistencies are for the time lost
sight of.
The Road to Yesterday" purports
to be out of the ordinary. The first
act presents a crowd at a week end
house party. One of the girls of the
party wishes she could live in the time
of her ancestors three or four CEN
turtles before. The second and third
acts find her in the garb of that per-
iod of time where she wanders in her
dream. Her dream also clothes all the
other members of the house party in
the dress and manner of the earlier
date. and they do and say the things or
the earlier generation of people. A ro-
nance is begun in this fashion that
has it's sequel in the fourth act after
she has awakened from the dream.
This is one of the plays that was ac-
corded a warm reception in New York
this season.
THE Lilac Room is in nowise sim
liar to 1.-The Road to Yesterday" and
depends on none of the features of the
latter piece for it's favor. 1t is upon
the Inconsistencies of the former that
it depends for its success.
Miss Bingham as Emily Painter, the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-26
KILLED HIS FRIEND.
Factory Watchman Fatally Shot the
Engineer During a Quarrel.

New York. Feb. 26.-Thomas Noonan,
d factory Waterman, was arrested to-
Gay charged with shooting to death
FhlII1p McNally, night engineer in the
factory where Noonan was EMPLOYED
Noonan admits the killing, but declares
tnat he acted in self defense. The trou-
pie winch led to the tragedy arose some
time ago when Noona1 lost his position
as waterman because of intemperance
he held Mentally to account for the loss
OF MS position, declaring that he was
dlscharged upon information given the
factory superintendent by the engineer.
Ih1s was denied by the superintendent
however, who told him that not onlv
did McNally not report him but that 1t
was through the intercession of the en-
g1neer that the Waterman was later
re-employed. The superintendent also
SAID that part Of the time when he was
Idle Noonan was sheltered in the hons,
winch McNally maintained for his three
motherleSs children. Last night accord
ing to the story given the police,
Noonan had been drinking and went to
the engineer and resumed the quarrel.
suddenly two shots were heard and
McNally staggered out of the engine
room and fell into the arms of one of
the factory employees. lr e-1
Tom, the watchman shot me-" he
said Good bye. For Gods sake tell
the boss to look after my kids Then
he died.
Noonan was found outside the fac
tory. IF he had got the iron bar on
me first he'd have killed me- said the
Waterman at the police station.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-26
FOOTBALL AT HARVARD.
Special Committee Seems to Agree
With President Roosevelt.

Boston, Feb. 26.-Football will be
played at Harvard university next fall,
according to statements made by Pres
ident Charles w. Eliot, which were
made public today. The recommended
lions of the special investigation com
mittee, which was appointed some time
ago to make a report on the general
subject of athletics has been awaited
with some concern by the undergrad
yates, in view of the stand taken by
President Eliot in regard to football and
other intercollegiate sports In the in
terview made public today President
Eliot is quoted as saying:
mo one for long time has proposed
to stop intercollegiate athletics at Har-
ward Last year some people wanted
either to stop football or change It,
Football has been changed and SO far
as 1 can see, it will go on as usual at
Harvard next fall. The special investi-
eating committee, which was appointed
some time ago, has rendered two re-
ports, a majority report and minority
report As yet l have seen only the
majority report Football. has not been
singled out for special consideration
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-26
TOPEKA PROOF

Mrs. Tile Won Wolf of 2032 Buch-
anan street, Topeka, Kan. says: For
some time I had suffered from severe
backache, brought on 1 think by over
doing. I paid little attention to it,
thinking it would pass away but in
stead it grew worse. When 1 exerted
myself or caught a cold I was sure to
suffer from severe pains in my back,
especially at night when my rest was
much disturbed. 1 was also troubled
with dizzy spells and rheumatic pains
in my shoulders. Learning of Doan's
Kidney Pills 1 gave them trial. This
was six years ago and at that time I
gave a statement telling my experience
and recommending this remedy. I
have had no reason for withdrawing
my first statement. Any medicine
whose effect holds it's ground like
Doan's Kidney Pills deserves to be
known by every one