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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-19

"The same afternoon, meet Captain
Pillsbury, the new Secretary of the
Naval Board, at his Office in the Mills
building. One meeting led to another,
the captain being most anxious to fully
inform himself as to Pearl Harbor and
the island of Oahu generally.
ADMIRAL DEWEY.
"Upon assuming the duties of his
new office, / do rot think that Cap
tain Pillsbury was specially interest
ed in Hawaii but being close student
of whae army and navy men now con-
slider one of the gravest of problems
the defense of the Pacifc-it was not
long before this able man became deep
ly interested in the plans for the i'm
provement of Pearl Harbor and no
member of the Naval Board took a
deeper interest in the matter. The
old saying that it is an i'll wind that
blows no one any good was verified in
the incident that led to the retirement
of Admiral Brdwnson and the advance
ment of Captain Pillsbury to the posi-
tion of Chief of the Bureau of Navi-
cation with the rank of Rear Admiral,
where, as adviser to the Secretary of
the Navy, his position is one of far
reaching influence. The rooms of the
Naval Board were always open to your
Continued On Page Two.)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-19
NATIONAL GUARD TO HAVE
MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPONS

New arms for the National Guard
will be issued to the men within a
very short time, among the munitions
of war arriving by the Siberia on Mon
day being a thousand new model
Springfield rifles, many thousand
rounds of ammunition of the recently
adopted pattern and a large shipment
of army overcoats, caps and other
to the armory and the work of casing
up the Krag-Jorgensen rifles, now in
use. and shipping them back to the
War Department, in exchange for the
new arms, will start at once. AS
result of the arrival of the new rifles
and ammunition, the guardsmen will
be put to work on the range. familiar
izing themselves with the weapon and
getting in practice for the matches in
which a rife team to represent Ha-
waii at the national match this sum-
mer will be chosen. There was some
doubt among those in authority as to
whether Hawaii would be able to send
a rifle team this year, but there is
no doubt now.
The new Springfield is regarded by
the experts as the very finest military
rifle in the world. The new cartridge,
which has been adopted to be used in
it. is also said to have practically revo-
lutionized work at the targets, the
scores made with them at the last in
ternational match for the Seagirt |
trophy having been phenomenal. AT
that match. in which teams represent |
ing America. Canada. Australia and |
Great Britain took part, every one of
the British teams made scores higher /
than the highest scores ever before |
made. but the American teams score
overtopped them all by large mar |
Gin, making in fact another class alto
gether. And this. as is generally
greed. was due to the superiority of /
the ammunition used, particularly the
sharp pointed bullet. The bullet in
the cartridge formerly used was blunt:
the new one runs to sharp point, and
the difference is that the sharp bullet
has a velocity in excess of the blunt
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-19
NEW WIRELESS
RECORD IS
MADE
Message Came Thirteen
Hundred Miles Last
Night.

Across thirteen hundred miles of
space a message was flashed at nine
o'clock last night to Honolulu from
the U. S. A. T. Thomas The COM
plete message was not received but
the operators at the Naval Station
caught fragments of it. Had there
been anyone on the receiving end at
Barber's Point the whole message
would have been caught, the location
of that plant being infinitely superior
to the one on the waterfront in the
city with the trolley cars passing it
every few minutes and interrupting
the long distant waves with their
electrical disturbances. Enough of the
message was caught during the quiet
er moments, however, to tell that the
Thomas was all o. K, the message
being a weather report of the same
nature as the one sent from that ves-
sci nine hundred miles away on Tues
day night.
Thus for the second time within
twenty-four hours the local record for
receiving was broken, the nine hun
dred-mile message caught by Opera
tor A. A. Isbell, the expert now test
ing the system, at Barber's Point the
night before, being the record up to
that time. Heretofore the farthest
the Naval Station wireless has re-
ceived has been five hundred miles,
taking message at that distance a
short time ago from the Thomas.
The messages being sent from Oper-
ator Farwell, aboard the Thomas, are
according to prearrangement with
Mr. Isbel. When the Thomas was in
port it was arranged that every night
commencing at nine o'clock two or
three attempts to call Honolulu would
be made until the transport was two
thousand miles away. The operator
on the vessel set his watch with that
of the expert here and is faithfully
carrying out his part, although there
is no possibility with the apparatus and
power available a8any of the Hawai-
ian stations to send back any replies.
For two days yet the Thomas will be
within the two thousand miles zone
and it may be that each night for the
next two the records will. continue to
be made.
In commenting on the work of the
CONTINUED on Page Seven.)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-19

Secretary FL. P. Wood made his
formal report of his recent trip to the
mainland on behalf of the Chamber
of Commerce to that body yesterday
afternoon Much of the matter treat
ed in the report has already been dealt
with in the Advertiser, but there was
also much that was new of the great
est interest. The attendance at the
meeting was smaller than the impor-
tance of the report deserved.
Mr.. Wood prefaced his remarks on
his work at Washington by sketching
his movements across the continent, re-
ferring briefly to his visits and calls
on the commercial organizations of San
Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego,
Kansas City, St. Louis and Louisville,
arriving in Washington on December Z.
OF his mission there his report, in part,
says:
ION Monday, December 9, pre-
sented my letter of introduction from
Admiral Very to Captain Barnett,
formerly secretary of the Naval Board,
who had just been given the position
of Superintendent of the Naval OBJ
servatory. 1 found in Captain Bar
nett warm friend of Hawaii and
jealous advocate of the early improve
ment of Pearl Harbor.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-19
HISTORIC BATTLESHIP IS
BURNED OFF CUBA
WASHINGTON, March Io-The old warship, the Mononga-
hela burned yesterday Guantanamo Cuba where
commissioned a storeship.

a
1862 blockade
Hudson Mobile
following employed
converting
seship
Vandaa
Nipc. training school
rs a o
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-19
WOOD PREDICTS
BRIGHT FUTURE
FOR HONOLULU
Regiments of Soldiers, Completion of Great
Fortifications and Opening Up of
Pearl Harbor

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situation and Others
expendi
which
millions dollars
artillery
of
regiments troops reservation
Leehua
history Hawan'H P Wood, in his
yesterday to Chamber Commerce
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-19
EX-PRESIDENT HALE AT SEVENTY ONE.

LAKEWOOD New Jersey March Ie.-ExPresident Grover
Cleveland celebrated his seventst birthday anniversary
day His Health better than it has been for time
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-19
MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR ILL.
BOSTON, 1oGovernor Guild of Massachusetts is ILL
BURNING BUILDINGS TO
KEEP DOWN THE PLAGUE

GUAYAQUIL Ecuador March 1e-The epidemic of bubonc
plague here increasing there being one in the azareo
has been decided by the
hail. historic building hundred
old will have to burned down
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-19
AMERICAN MAN AND WIFE
AIR SCANDALS ABROAD

PARIS March 1o-In the progress of the divorce suit which
Mrs Hart Mckee has brought against her husband Labor the
the beee Mrs Mckee of being unfathfu
marriage naming Italian Marquis and Lord Roslyn
as correspondents
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-19

through the
of Colonel
famed
millionaire
prominently the Phpps divorce
is
olencean to and
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-19
LIBERIA ASKS
ASSISTANCE FROM
UNITED STATES
African Republic Fears Designs Of France Upon
Her Territory---CWil War Naval
Relic Burned.
ASSOCIATED Press cablegrams.)

WASHINGTON, March 1o-An appeal has been the
United States from the
protection against France The Lberian authorities claim that
France making aggressive within Lberan territory
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-19
GENERALS HAVE PRIVATE WAR.

PETERSBURG, March 1sLieutenant Generals smirnof
engaged today pistols. smirnof probably nju
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-19

viinou crimes the lege
He witness
of the Federation who found not guilty
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-19
GERMAN LINER DAMAGED.

March 18The Atlantic liner Kon PTinz Wilhelm had
result of collision with the Crown Castle
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-19
PREPARING FOF

PREPARING FOR FLEET ARRIVAL.
POINT Iona California being
ation at
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-19
ORCHARD SENTENCED TO DEATH.

Idaho March 8arry Orchard today sentenced
May emittal sentence
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-19
HAYTI QUIETING DOWN

sThe situation at Hay improved Refugees are pei
nit 20
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-19

DIES MONIES Iowa. 1s-Taft delegates chosen at
lican convention today
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-19

SAN FRANCISCO March steamship Pomona is prot
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-27

ment Delaney watched him closely Evidently
the sound of his own voice recalled his honors
good humor, for he banded personal jokes,
bantered on personal characteristics, recalled per-
sonal stories. The shouted the women
screamed the stiff little boys and girls giggled
with laughter. The mayor being of the oppos-
ing party and recognizing this as the judges
best political manner, scowled iercey. Miss Jen-
nison the representative of pedagogc learning,
continued her nervous twitching; such banalities
were beneath her notice Delaney, having taken
the measure of the man who was to be the judge
in his case, was bored.
Before the judge had finished his speech it
became evident to Winthrop that somewhere on
the platform mischief afoat The disappear
once of Miss Jennison confirmed his suspicious
quick glance and significant nudge added to
the evidence The judge had just stumbled to his
seat amid the violent applause of his admirers
when Miss Jennison came to the front of the
platform.
Master John Mclean was to have sung The
Bridge" she began alphabetically, but he has
broken his leg-and-"
where? Whom?" Three excited women of
clan Mclean were in the aisle.
"Why-he fell off a barn. Was 1t barn.
Thomas?"
Lean filed down to the door. John Carrolps
Imagination picturing the finding of this John
Whose only ailment was stage fright, hiding
in the cellar laughed, but his face sobered as
Miss Jennson continued so Master John Car
roll will sing-er-a-song.
The boys eyes sought the face of a little old
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-27

turned the corner of the hotel abruptly and stood
outlined against the blazing sunlight Drowned,
dusty boy of the plains.
Hello" he said bthely, watching the two men
critically but genially
Halo son. said Winthrop when did you wake
up?"
-Four o'clock" was the matterof-fact reply.
HAS anyone walked up since?"
The boy laughed. at is sleepy place." he
admitted; I'VE get up eary-mother and me-to
do the wash. Say, have you any washing to send?
I'll call for it, the Chink will take all the color out
of it,"
We'll send it to you" said Delaney; whats
your manner"
John Carroll"
LAS the only awake in your progressive
city Mr.. Carroll" said Winthrop, could you tell
us any sights that my friend and might enjoy?
Are there lynchings shootings to enliven
existence?"
John grinned. You can't never tell what'll hap
pen, but the only show we're dead sure of is the
graduation at the town hall tonight"
do you graduate?' asked Delaney.
Eyes, SIR"
What are you going to do them"
I'm promised a place in the factory at twenty
dollars a month" He announced 1t in the rev
erential tone one instinctivey employs in alud'
ing to sacred mystery.
We'll be there tonight, Johnnie" said Win
throp. did you notice." he asked Delaney, how
the Bohemian in him recognized the Bohemian
in me? He called you sir and he treated me
II 7 were another boy"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-27

as IL l were duOlleI Doy
"And what else are
you?" Delaney asked.
The night was oppres-
lively warm and the
doors and windows of
the hall were wide open.
Ill-smelling. smoking
lamps with dusty re-
Electors cast their light
down upon the women
huddled together on the
benches. the men in the
doorway and the chill
dren on the platform;
tired looking ranch wo-
men, rough ranch men
and awkward, stitfly
dressed children. The
exercises had evidently
begun when Winthrop
and DELANEY reached
the door. Winthrop oc-
cupied himself with
studying the tvnes in
the audience while De-
laney listened without
interest to the monoto-
nous nasal chant of the
mayors vapid praise of
the school system.
Look at the embodi-
ment of Minerva" whis-
pered Winthrop, 81 fan
CIV our Johnnie is one
of her trials" Delaney
smiled. The tall, spare,
specialized WON a n
seemed to be seated on
thorns.
The mayor resumed
his seat and the judge,
rising ponderously, ad-
vanced to the center of
the platform. He STUN
bled over a chair and
John Carroll snickered
audibly in spite of Miss
Jennison's warm n g
frown. The judge be-
gan his remarks ner-
vously, his face purple
with heat an embarass-
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-27

clancy and Winthrop, sum-
moned from their ranches three
hundred miles away, by the call
ing of the court which placed
their titles in jeopardy, endured
Star City one day without COM
plant. On the second day, Win
throp, being voluble, began the
abuse that by the fourth day of
their enforced residence in the
little Nebraska town had grown
to a torrent. Delaney, taciturn
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-17

ing cargoes from the standpoint OF
american citizenship has been less i'm
portant to them than the swelling of
the ticket sales. The rejection Of so
large a number of candidates for place
in the steerage carries with it a sug
cred good enough to pass muster, even
If they were lacking In the essentials
needed to make desirable citizens. But
the reckless enterprise manifested by
them Is seriously checked when they
have to face the expense Of carrying back
on the return trip lot Of people deem
ed unworthy Of the opportunities af-
forded the deserving in the United
States. This possible expense item
seems to be lettering them from much
Of the pernicious activity with which
they have been charged. Secretary
Straus believes that the immigre ion
laws are In satisfactory shape at pres
emit He sees little in them which
should be changed. Those who have
been excited to alarm by the influx Of
undesirables from Europe ought to feel
encouraged. In some instances Euro
pean governments are using their influ-
ence to discourage emigration. They
are trying to make conditions Of life
at home more attractive. The attitude
Of the steamship companies is helping
toward the improvement Of conditions,
A few years Of experience with the i'm
migration laws as they now stand may
bring about state of things which
most Americans will recognize as de-
sirable one. 1t is the scum Of the ma
tons that Is Objectionable The wor-
thy always have been welcomed and
always will be. If the revised immigra-
ton laws Of the United States are now
so working as to exclude the former
and encourage the latter there is
ground for qualification.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-17
Saved Some Pain.

Mrs. Leahy was determined that
Norah, the only girl in the family,
should learn to play the piano Their
father has fine big voice and me own
is not bad" she told a neighbor, "but
there can't one O them children sing a
note. So Moran must learn the piano,
and We'll have to Fave the boys GO"
How is Norah getting ON with the
piano?" inquired Mr.. Leahy's employer,
to whom Norah's father had confided
the fact that ais daughter was taking
music lessons.
''She shtrives with might an MAN,"
said Mr.. Leahy. land she's on a grand
piece. Well, sorr, all can say is, that
if Mr.. Chopping that she tells wrote
the piece-cud come to life again an
hear Norah play it, he'd be thankful
he was dead an buried before liver Mrs.
Leahy TUX the notion to have Norah
study the piano. An that's the thruth!"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-17
Revolt of Farmers in the Blue
Grass State Against the
Tobacco Trust.
HAD MANY TRAGIC FEATURES.
Aow the Fight Was Forced on the
Growers-Night Riding and
It's Grimes.

Kentucky Is the tobacco State. While
she produces hemp, wheat, corn, horses,
hogs and cattle in abundance and with
profit, tobacco Is her great cash crop
OF the 40 counties (mountain, blue
grass and Westerly there are few if
any which do not consider the plant a
staple. 1t Is the crop which costs the
most to produce, calls for the greatest
amount Of labor, most rapidly deblli-
tates the soil and, under normal condi-
lions, brings the greatest returns.
Kentucky may be divided into four
large districts, with four separate and
distinct types Of tobacco, none compel
ing with the others In the extreme
western part Of the State Is the dark
tobacco district (Which includes about
twenty counties in Kentucky and ten in
Tennessee). There the growers are or
ganized into what is known as the
Planters Protective Association, with
headquarters at Guthrie. The tobacco
grown in this district has a very large,
almost black leaf. While some of it is
used in domestic manufacture the bulk
of the crop Is exported to England
Then comes the stemming district of
seven or eight counties, so called be-
cause the stem is removed from the leaf
before marketing. Nearly the entire
crop is exported to England, France
and Italy.
The Green River section includes six
or seven counties and produces a to-
bacco midway between the dark tobac-
so and the white hurley. 1t Is used in
both the domestic and export trade.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-17
The recent great increase

The recent great increase In the
number Of unemployed able-bodied
men and the simultaneous cry from the
farm districts for more help draw
sharp attention to an incongruous con-
dition. The problem of inducing able"
bodied men TO remain upon or return
to the farms is one that becomes more
difficult, and yet more lusistent, every
day. II must be solved, somehow, if
the prosperity Of the country is to con-
tinue. 1t Is little wonder that the
President and his cabinet are forced
to consider the subject, with a view to
lending federal assistance In disposing
of it. 1t would be poor business poll
cy, and worse charity, to feed the
army of unemployed in the large cit
les while the farms are lacking labor
ers. If any among the unemployed are
sick. or unable to stand the strain of
hard work, let other provision be made
for them; but there is no excuse for
the encouragement of idleness and vice
by feeding able-bodied fellows who will
not go into the country. Any unem-
ployed, able-bod!ed man who refuses
an opportunity to so into the country
to work. preferring to bask in the
bright light of the city, should be con-
victed as a vagrant and made to build
roads
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-17

situation without Joining in the strug-
gle or making any of the sacrifices.
The Society Of Equity kept hard at
work and daily added new recruits to
Its ranks, SO that a much larger pro-
portion Of the crop of 1907 was pooled.
The annual crop in the white hurley
district is from 13O,OOO,O0O to 14O.-
100000 pounds OF the crop of 1906
the Equity has now on hand about
100000 and of the crop of 1907
about 100000 pounds. Practically
all the non-pooled tobacco has been
sold. Within the past few weeks the
trust has come forward and bought
100000 pounds Of pooled tobacco at
Equity prices and the independent
manufacturers are buying a little.
With about 100000 pounds Of
hurley tobacco pooled, the Equity
growers decided that it would be mad
visable to increase the store until the
trust was forced, from lack of other
supply, to purchase what is already in
hand. Their slogan became mo tobac-
co crop for 1905" and it is the effort
to enforce this mandate upon it's mem
bers and upon other growers which has
resulted in the night riding which has
attracted so much attention.
The Equity owners recognize the
hardship which would be incurred by
cutting out the crop of 1908, but they
agree that it is better 70 receive Is
cents a pound for two years crop than
to be forced to accept about 6 cents
for three years crops. Meantime they
would turn their attention to other
crops and, best Of all, give their lands
a rest
The sympathy of the great mass of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-17

A small piece of window glass W."
be useful for holding the leaves aPai'
on a cook book and one can read ''S
recipe and not soil the book Dy NV
much handling.
Water in which rice has been Do'ieu
may be used for starching ola ld'''
choice handkerchiefs, etc. 1t gives
soft and dainty stiffness which auu" "
charm to the appearance.
To remove tea, coffee, cocoa or cho'o
late stains, soak in cold water Li'',
then place the stain over a bowl aIU
pour boiling water through it, holuin5
the tea kettle at a height to lhS"''
force.
Instead of trying to pour not ""'1.
over the frozen faucet, I'LL TIE
water bag with hot water ana lLi7o. ),
the faucet in it and fasten securely an
the heat will soon open the tauce' i
is not too badly frozen.
Brooms should always hang When ~
in use. Have hole bored throusn ID
handle four inches from the ellu a..
large enough to slip over all oiuin ,nn,
nail When left on the floor d ~ IL
soon loses it's shape and will DOL "
good work. ..-~~
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-17
Food that Absorbs Odors,

Flour should not be kept in a store
room or pantry where there is cooked
foods, as it absorbs odOrs. Ignorance
of this fact accounts for poor bread
oftener than an inferior quality OF
-four. Articles of food that are made
Of gelatine or of milk should always be
kept covered, as both milk and geatine
are literal scavengers Of the air ana
absorb not only odors, but germs. Ne-
Their cheese, cabbage. fish nor baked
beans should ever be put into the re-
frigerator. They all leave an odor Of
which it is difficult to rid the refTls-
orator, and they also favor the fooo-