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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-21

, eral got bill passed advancing each
IF them to the next higher grade. That
was done SO as to "equalize" the pay
Of retired officers. After they were
, retired a law was passed that there.
/ after all who had served in the civil
war, when retired, should be retired
in the next higher grade than that In
which they had been serving while on
| the active list. The officers who were
retired before that act was passed got
together and had Congress make pro.
vision for them.
The least any Of these 800 retired
general officers of the Navy receives
Is si125. The least any Of them will
receive should the proposed increase
be made in salaries will be $4,000 or
Sf995 to be exact. The officers have
heen figuring on how they should get
the increases for three years past. Be.
fore that time Army officers devoted
most Of their lobbying energies to get
ling equal pay for the naval officers.
AS soon as that was accomplished they
began figuring on how to get increases.
By various means they got increases
IN misunderstanding and longevity
pay being not the only income the
officers receive from the Government
but these increased allowances, or ad-
justments as they have been called,
amounted to but very little.
Desertions by enlisted men and the
increased cost of living are the two
things that have afforded fine excuse
for making demand for larger pay.
Every general officer in making re-
port for year or more, has called at
tention to the marked increase in de-
sertions. Practically all of them have
advocated restoration of the canteen
and an increase of pay to stop the
wholesale assertions.
So in making up the bill for increas-
ing the salaries of officers the enlisted
man had to come along to carry prac-
tically all the burden. According to
the picture painted ~ percentages OF
increase, the enlisted man is going to
get the long end of the stick this time
for once in his life. He is to get
an increase of 80 per cent in his pay,
while the lieutenant general is to get
only 10 per cent, the major and briga-
der generals only Is, the colonel, lieu
tenant colonel and major only 20, the
captain and lieutenants only25, while
he, by the big horn spoon, is to stand
on the ton OF the heap and get 80 per
cent increase on his s13 a month. -
In the fighting force of the Army,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-21
SUPREME COURT TO
f. ACT As ARBITRATOR

The matter of the Hawaiian Trust
Company, administrator of the Estate
~ Genevicve Dowsett Dunbar versus
he Henry Waterhouse Trust Company
and James ii. ana Phoebe Raymond
was submitted TO the Supreme Court
yesterday for arbitration. The point
OF law involved is the question of
whether or not an administrator has
the right In law to make an exchange
Of property for the benent OF the
estate.
year, left as part OF her personal
estate In this Territory SO bonds of
the Raymond ranch, par value $1,000
each. numbers consecutively from II
to 100, The Hawaiian Trust Company
claims that the terms of sale OF the
bonds were such as warrants 1t IN
bringing suit to have the sale an
nulled, and that on account OF the way
the bond issues were secured, IL is Il
question whether or not these NIFTY
.onds are rs valuable as those of the
same issue having earlier numbers.
The administrator offers 10 ex-
change for these fifty bonds the first
fifty OF the issue, but the Warehouse
Trust Company is advised by its at
torney that an administrator can not
exchange the property of his estate.
although he can sell ID, The adminis-
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-21
Rank and File Will Receive The
Greatest Percentage Of Increase
But Return For Their Efforts
Will Still Be Small

plies OF all kinds from the quarter.
master and commissary at wholesale
prices. That amounts to a good deal.
For instance. the boy lieutenant just
out Of West Point is allowed for COM
mutation Of quarters, s2i month. II
be lives in only one room he gets only
sl2, but inasmuch as he Is entitled to
communication for two. he uses II up.
At the same time. he Is allowed, one
cord of oak wood during the months
from April 80 to August 81 and 21a
cords for each of the other months.
II he Is serving north OF the forty
third degree north latitude he gets
SO of n cord in addition to the allow
ance already mentioned.
In addition, the officer gets an al
lowance of 1900 feet Of gas per room
per month or its equivalent in acety-
enc gas, electricity or mineral oil dur
ing the winter months and somewhat
less for the summer months, The Gov
eminent PAYS that to the owner of the
Building o, his authorized agent
The ALLOW Ince was made In cords OF
oak wood v hen that kind Of wood was
IN common use. Nearly always the
oak wood allowance is committed into
coal, 1900 pounds of anthracite being
allowed for one cord Of oak wood or
el00 pounds of soft coal or 5000 cubic
feet of gas or 40 gallons of mineral oil.
Anothe". addition to the income, and
I amounts to a good deal II an officer
is ordered to do much travelling. is the
mileage of Z cents. That more than
pays for all the actual expenses OF
travel and the overplus, II the officer
travels modestly, goes into his pocket.
except when he is travelling on the
ocean; then he gets only actual ex-
Lenses.
That the allowances are not mig
gardly may be inferred from the fact
that each of the nine senior rear ad-
.nirals while on duty in Washington
is entitled to communication OF quar-
ters allowance of sl296 year, ffty-
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-21

colonies may not receive more than
$4,000 and lieutenant colonies not
more than $40.
Under the pre- 1osed law, the limit of
colonels will probably be raised ia
$500. the salary now received by
rrigadiors. II that limit is not placed
upon them the base pay will be $4,000,
to which the longevity pay of s16sO
VIII be added unless the law fixes the
limit at $500 If no limit is placed
on the pay of lieutenant colonies they
VIII receive base pay of $4,000 in
stead of $4,000, and to that will be
added $1440 for all those who have
served twenty years, making the pay
Of lieutenant colonel 5000 instead of
$4,000.
There is no limit on the pay of ma
Jors now. Their base pay is s25OO.
and as nearly all of them have served
twenty years their pay now is s35OO.
Under the new law they will receive
base pay of $4,000 and longevity of
$1,000, making $4,000 under the pro-
posed law.
Captains now have a basing nav OF
1880. Under the new law 1t will he
S2160, with 5000 added for twenty
years service. For mounted captains
that is, for captains Of cavalry and
artillery and captains serving as stan
ofiicers-the present pay is $4,000, and
under the new law II will be $25O0
Adding to 1t longevity pay for about
fifteen years the pay of the captains
will be. $3.50; for the foot captains of
Ike service the total pay will be about
s2925.
First lieutenants, mounted, now re-
oeive $1,000. Under the new law they
Will get $4,000. Foot first lieutenants
now receive $500. Under the agree
inent they will receive 1885, Allow
ing them longevity pay for five years
service, the mounted first lieutenant
will receive $4,000 and the unmounted
S2O62.
The poor little second lieutenant,
who is still ready to blush like a
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-21

vas more quviet as you could hear a
pin dhrop on der Sidewalk. Yah, you
could hear a barrel of dem dhrop.
fwo days before Monday | got an in
vite paper to go by meeting called
her Research Club" don'dt know
what II ISIS for. bud vas going by dot
meeting for | think more as anything
dot dey vas going to have another
look for prass lamps und fittings In
der Junk shtores. You don'dt forget
aboudt dot Teller What ] tole you
aboudt two weeks ago, what shleeps
ty der next room TO me. He vas
opening a can off peans der other
night ven der can-opener shipped and
he got a goot cut by der fingers. Och!
You should hear What he said. lie
said dot he vas excuse himself for
dot oral EXPRESSION, und der same dav
] read by der eefening paper der vas
n department of oral EXPRESSION in der
College here. Mein Got and Himmel
Adolph, you think dot vas, de kind OF
'f'uh wv NoS t'h'hlHb pONH
girls at der college. Der vas new
telephone company going into der
pisness here purity Quvick yet Maybe
dey make a go by II. Der vas nc
telling, Some of der old company
Hello girls vas very accommodating
tole you how | found dot oudt Won
day vas hear u lady py der telephone
ir der house say "hello condral. vas
going oudt for a leedle While. | han
pad der receiver in der cradle by der
baby She vas ashleep now, bud IN
you hear her cry you will please call
IN half-whito 247 und tole me aboudt
H." Now, AdolDh, In dot vas not
accommodating What ISIS 1t You shpeak
IN dot letter What you write aboudt
how does der laundry do up shirts
down here, Veil, tole You | got Won
SHIRT left Dots der way dey do mine
mp, You bedder como down und shtay
awhile nit me. Bud, say, Adolph,
Gnn'dt forget TO pring a shteamer NIT
you. Your friendt,
SPIEGELMEYER.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-21
MONSTER METEOR
NARROWLY MISSES SHIP

Boston, Aug. 2O.-omcers of the
steamship Cambrian, which arrived
in port from England today, are au-
thority for the statement that the
liner narrowly escaped destruction
by monster meteor which came
crashing down from the heavens
while the ship was laboring along
under full steam in a perfect night
last Friday. According to the sail
ors the Cambrian was several hun
dred miles south OF Cape Race, lati-
tude 1905 north and longitude 51.lO
west, when in a clear sky, way down
on the northeast horizon, a big star
fiared up and at once rushed across
the sky like rocket. The next mo
ment It passed over the topmast of
the liner with a thunderous roar,
and ploughed up the sea about fifty
yards from the boat. The upheaval
OF the water was terrific but the ship
was not damaged.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-21
BY r. p. dunno.

We'll, sir" said Mr.. Dooley
they're givin' that there Prince Nv
Sweden tn time Nv his life in New
port"
What are they dom to him?''
asked Mr.. Hennessy.
What amt they dom to him?" said
Mr.. Dooley. "'Tis tn lucky boy he is.
Ye see his grandfather, that's tn old
King Nv Swenden, stint him over here
tc study our dimmycratic institutions.
TIL old boy wanted him to look at
him near by SO that he'd know how
TO act If anything happened that'd
sind him back to wurruk at his great
Sgreat-grandfather thrade. Willum's
Observation-Disclosures was lawyer.
Frinch lawyer, at that, an not much
good, be tn name In Barney Dot. /
have tn whole story firm Hogan.
Willums great-great- grandfather a
lawyer, too, like himsilf; an II II
hadn't been that Willum's great grand
father was wild tn beauchous ladies'
Nv Newport wud no more be haulin'
at Willum,s coat tails this blessed day
thin at Counsellor Noonan's. But
Willum's great-grandfather was q
tough; he was tn disgrace iv tn
fin'rals Nv Napolyon, Impror w tn
Fr-rinch. By an by Napolyon got SO
he cudden't bear tn sight ov his face
an 1t was thousand to wan that he'd
Il
him. About this time tn Swedes come
around lookin' f'r king, tn king
they had havin givin' notice. In thin
days Napolyon was kind iv intilli-
gence Office fr kings. II amy proud
nation wanted wan Nv tn anointed iv
tn Lord, as Hogan says, to bend its
head to, Napolyon was tn boy they
vlnt to see. Havin' met good NANNY
Eings, or overtaken thin as ye might
say, he had an idee that anybody that
wasn't good f'r much else was good
enough to be king He was mighty
careful about who he picked out fr
Just as leave shut his eyes an pull
sthrange name out Nv hat. He
showed how he felt about 1t be maxim
kings iv bis brothers, Whin custo-
iner turned up, says he: 4 can't
spare so-an'-so, he tells a good story;
or so-an'-so he can spell; or so-an'-so,
he knows all about dogs. But | can
let we have me brother Joe If ye can
wake him up, or that old mutton
headed ginral standin' in tn corner.
He'd be gr-reat king fr we. His an
cesthry is all right, His father was
d tailor So whin tn Swedes come
lookin' f'r a permanent boss he gave
thin Barney Dot because he didn't
like him or tn Swedes ayether. An
thus was founded tn dynasty that
rules over proud people that has
cone much " tn heavy housework "
th wurruld, rubbed tn roomaticks out
Nv our backs an give III name Nv
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-21

school girl, will have to struggle along
ON measly allowance of only
ment now allows him. II so be he be-
tones an aide to some one, and mus;
perforce ride horse, his pay will be
$3.50 instead OF only $500. Ten per
cent will be added II he doesn't get
the single bar Of first lieutenant be-
fore he has served five years. II he
achieves the bar before he has serve,
made to his pay as first lieutenant.
Good times or bad, war or peace, the
pay of the commissioned officer In the
Army or the Navy increases at the
rate OF 2 per cent per annum for
twenty years. unless In that time he
becomes a lieutenant colonel or a
colonel, which is unlikely. The only
time the longevity pay stops is when
he achieves the star or stars of a gen.
eral. Then he gets no more longevity
pay.
NO EXAMINATIONS AFTER MAJOR
After an officer receives a commits
sion as major he doesn't have to
stand any more examinations. He gets
the Increased pay. no matter what
happens after that.
In the matter OF increasing the pay
CT servants the American Government
IL the most generous on earth. No
other government, in the first place,
nnyg eurh Iarga volo riaa ~ ,,,o, ,m
rers, and not one of them thinks OF
such increases as are given under pre-
tense of longevity pay. Longevity pay
was invented while promotions in the
Army were dreadfully slow-while
they were SO slow that men often be-
came .grandfathers while serving as
,ieutenants.
Since that time the plan of pro-
noting a dozen men in one day and
retiring them the same day as brig
adler and even major generals has
been invented. There are in the
neighborhood of 300 retired generals
Of the Army and 2S7 retired rear adj
mirals and commodores and majors
and brigadier generals Of the Army
and Navy, making in all a force OF
general officers outnumbering those on
the active list by ten to one.
Washington is the favorite place OF
residence for these veterans, and many
of them devote practically all their
time to lobbying, in one way or an
H. II
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-21
Il MR. DOOLEY DISCUSSES VISIT OF THE PRINCE Il

, Newport cud give tn coort Nv Louis
Cans cards. spades, little an big ca2op,
slam tn deci; in It's face an cate Il
f'r amy sum firm three to three nill-
yon dollars. Ye bet ye'er life on Tat,
says ].
ITS tn grand place. IT'S there IN
gr-reat Caps iv France hurry whln
wearied with tn chumult " tn mart
and tn grand jury room to relax their
minds be a meal with blue-nosc
rnandril, chimpanzee or an ape. IT'S
there tn fair DESCENDANTS Nv tn heroes
Nv tn revolution an tn steel merger
come to an arrystocratlc clinch an
i.oll on tn flure IN deadly embrace,
"fis there that tn rude rebate, tn
overcharge an tn short change, thin
cOorse but niciSsory factors In our In
dusthreel diy.iopmint ARE turned as
If be magic into tn autymobill an tn
alimony. Blessed spot, where gather
tn signs Nv our premachurely old
families to revel in tn pleasures Nv
refined wealth an belt each other over
tn heads with tn Howin' wine bottle.
1T was there that Prince Willum
thraveled nachrally an Newport made
up Its mind to rayceive him as become
his ancestry II he whit far enough
back, It's too bad ye didn't read 1t In
III pa-aper. I've read nawthin Mise
f'r week. Glory be, but it's been a
fine ginteel scrap An so excitin'
TIL shindig started whin Mrs. Slosh,
tn acknowledged queen Nv Newport
s'ciety handed II out that anybody
that wanted to larn whittier tn Prince
tte with his knife or not would have
to look pretty good to her. TIL chal-
lcnge was bravely took up be Mrs.
Splosh. another acknowledged queen
iy Newport s'ciety. who passed back
a remark to tn gin'ral effect that
though she'd known Alfalfa Slosh
since her father dealt faro bank In
butte she'd have to inform tn wurruld
that no lady with cast In her eye
an much ~ her hair rented wud liver
see Prince Willum onless she peeked
through a hole in tn Splosh fence,
Well, sir, that started II. An now
skip ivrything in me daily pa-aper to
get down to tn fight news. IT'S tn
Ony readin': 'Mondah; Mrs. Slosh
SCORED signal yicthry Yesterday be
s!ndin her former husband to Prince
Willum to tell him that II he didn't
appear at tn Slosh mansion Thursdah
'nornin' at nine o'clock he'd have his
head punched 'Choosdah, Mrs.
Splosh had tn betther iv YESTERDAYS
nanoovers. Be some means she man
aged to convey TO his rifle highness a
Flint that tn pie-plant at tn Sloshs
ouse was full lv Paris green, Wins
dah: A tur-rble ARRAY took place in
front " tn readin' room this after
noon whin Mr.. Splosh and Mr. Slosh,
tn divorced kings " tn achnowl-
edged queens " Newport s'ciety met
an jumped into each other, All New
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-21

Olsen to tn entire population " tn
state " Minnesoty.
AN there ye ar-re. TIL prisint
king of Sweden seems like a dacint
sort Nv an old la-ad. It's aisy come
aisy go with him. II anybody wants
a part " his kingdom all they have
to do is to crt off slice. He keeps
open house. WhiL tn Norwegyans,
thin liberty lovin' DESCENDANTS Nv tn
old Vigings,' demanded their rights.
whin undher tn INTREPID leadership
iv B. Yonson b. Yonson-if Hogan
give me tn name right-an' Dock
Nansen an others, they Numbered at
tn gates iv tn palace, did tn king
dhraw his soord an attimpt to defind
tn possessions iv tn great house Nv
Barney Dot! Faith, he didn't do amy
Thing Nv tn kind. He laid down a
glass iv limonade he'd been slipping
an called: Catch A fine hospitable
old fellow, says !. TIL Norwegyans
havin' got their liberty wint of an
hired Dane to be king over thin
TIL king had to marry SO he loole.i
over tn Norwegian ladies an married
an English lady, as most kings do an
will always do while England hol -
tn supremacy Nv tn sea. II England
liver blows up ye'll read Nv good
nanny divorces in high circles.
There's wan thing tn English rifle
family is doin' be marryin' into other
rile families. It's putin tn govern
mint iv tn wurruld into tn hands iv
tn plain people.
80 tn old king STINT Willum over
here to study dimmycratic institutions
an he's havin' tn time " his life.
since Left Erickson he's tn first
Swede, bet ye, that liver wint into
a Newport house through tn front
dure or without bundle. An there's
no place in tn wurruld like Newport
to study dimmycratic institutions
firm. Ye can look right down on
thin, Firm Newport our institutions
all look very dimmycratic; firm Ar
Ichy Road not so much 20. II at all.
Ye can say what you like about New
Port, but to me, Hinnlssy, it's tn fair
est flower iy our civilization. | read
shout 1t iv'ry day in tn palajeemses
iv our liberties, as Hogan says, an
1t thrills me to tn marrow Nv me
bones. I've niver been to Newport;
be tn way tn bumper counts up iv'ry
night III niver get nearer to 1t thin
Saint Joe, Michigan. But I'm proud
iv 1t Just tn same Lave any insolent
Euro-peer ask me what this country
can show but coorse an vulgar ma
teeryalism an I'll pint to Newport,
Look at that says |, an tell me
that we're sunk in commercyalism!
Look at that an tell me, says !, that
wealth in tn right hands an tn left
cant projooGe culture an cefineminl
akel to anything tn capitals Nv
Europe can show! Why says |, 'whin
1t comes to culture, an rehnemirt,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-21

port s'ciety is wurruked I'D over tn
dreadful affair. TIL socyal capital Nv
tn country Is divided into two rival
camps. Fights are Nv daily occurrence
in tn streets. In siv'ral instances hat
pins have been dhrawn. So far II Is
Ennybody's battle 'Thursdah: The
Princes boat appeared in tn ofiine
this mornin' an In tn prisince iy a
tumulchuse crowd Nv cheerin' shriekin
arrystocrats. tn two socyal queens
swan out to meet his rile highness
Both ladies are sthrong swimmers an
they we're over tn rail about tn same
tn queens but tn superior socyaI
address Nv Mis-. Slosh prevailed Afther
ffteen minyits Nv in fghtin' she put
her right acrost to pint Nv jaw. This
seizin' belayin' pin she moved down
a body Nv marines that guarded tn
princes cabin an offered spirited
resistance. Manetime tn craven Off
GERS an crew had jumped overheard
W.
tn prince fought with all ahis might
he was no match f'r his lovely hostess
who swan ashore with him an car
ried him more dead thin alive to tn
Sosh mansion where he is now closely
confined. Admission to see him is be
ticket on'y. Mrs. Splosh. though de-
fested, is not disgraced. She is organ
izin' a stormin' party, which will be
wan iv tn ivints " tn season, an she
declares she will have tn prince out
II she has to blow down tn front wall.
But 1t is sin'rally conceded that Mrs.
Slosh has rightly gained tn title Nv
undisputed queen " our best sciety.
Noblesse oblige.
AN there ye ARE. It's been a gr-
reat fight an tn best queen won. I'm
glad Prince Willum has had chanst
10 see how good we are whin we're at
our best"
"'Tis tn likes Nv thin that Sch
wartzmeister says provoked tn FRI
rinch revolution" said Mr.. Hennesy
gloomily.
Don't We believe It," said Mr..
Dooley. I'VE cudden't injye poverty
II we didn't see tn way other people
'njyes wealth. Iv'ry time read about
a socyal war at Newport feel less
disturbed about socyal war in our
fback alley, Whin ye come to size 1t
Up socyal war Is tn same thing as
what is called In tn polls coorts a
clothes-linu row, ony in wan case tn
ladies wear tiaras on their heads an
In tn other case shawls, An what
wud be tn use iv havin' revolution
an desthroyin' thin, They'd on'y be
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-21
Next Congress Will Undoubtedly
Pass Favorably On Appropria-
ton For Increase In Income
For National Defenders

washington, Aug. SLATER two
years Of pondering and planning, of.
hcers OF the Army and Navy inter-
ested In getting their own pay in
creased have presented a plan which
meets the approval of President
Roosevelt. Speaker Cannon and Sena-
tor Hale of Maine, who constitute tho
only real Lawmakers of the country
30 far as legislation for the Army and
the Navy is concerned.
The plan provides for a 10 per cent
increase In the salary of the lieuten-
ant general of the Army: Is per cent
for major and brigadier generals, col
onels, lieutenant colonels and majors /;
captains and first and second lieuten-
ants. % per cent, and for enlisted men
30 per cent, inasmuch as existing law
~ equires that officers in the Navy
shall be paid the same in correspond
ing grades, the increases apply to
them as well, the nine senior rear ad-
mirals corresponding to major gen.
erals, the nine junior rear admirals to
brigadier general, captains to colonies,
commanders to lieutenant colonel,
lieutenant commanders to majors, SEN
Tor lieutenants to captains. Junior lieu
tenants to first lieutenants and ensigns
to second lieutenants.
INCREASE UNDER NEW TABLE.
Under the new table the lieutenant
general will be increased from Sl1 900
TO s12,10O. The Navy having no vice
admiral, there is no corresponding
rank in the Army. Major generals
will receive sS615 instead OF $500,
rrigadier generals s6325 instead Of
$500.
All officers under the grades of rear
admiral and general receive longevity
pay, which is 10 per cent increase
over the base pay every five years for
period not exceeding twenty years.
All colonies and lieutenant colonies,
many majors and some captains, hav-
ing served twenty years or more, are
entitled to 40 per cent more than the
base pay, with this Imitation That