The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-12

dine next Friday evening. connecting
with the Lurline at Kahului.
Among the passengers who arrived
was r. I. Lppitt, cotton manufac-
turer u Providence, r. l.. accompanied
by his wife. who will remain here dur
ing the winter. Two families from
Salt Lake City-those of Soren Han
son and Thomas Smart-came to take
look at. the Islands.
Buford Has 'Shavetails.
! SAN FRANCISCO. December A.
The Army transport Buford, which
sails at noon tomorrow, will carry to
the Philippines the first shipment of
copper pennies minted especially for
circulation in Uncle Sam S Island pos
sessions. The troopship's treasure room
viii he worth guarding in other re-
spects, for in addition to 100000 of the
small copper coins there will be stored
there 100000 silver pesos, all fresh
from the mint in this city. A special
guard VIII accompany the treasure
from mint To ship and an armed watch
VIII be maintained at the door of the
treasure room on the transport until
the coin is landed at Manila.
The BufOrd IS taking a large cargo
of military stores and will leave here
deep down in the water. Among the
passengers viii be a large number of
bluejackets and marines for the Asiatic
station. The cabin passengers will in
clude twenty West Point graduates, or
" shavetails.' as they call the newly
emancipated cadets in the Army. These
trained but untried warriors, slender,
straight and beardless, have been com
mssioned as lieutenants in the Philip
pines and viii be assigned to posts in
different parts of the Islands.
Losses at Sea.
September, according to figures just
issued by the Bureau Veritas, French
company, which, among other things,
makes it business to compile the
maritime disasters of the world, suf
fered unusual losses. Forty-three sail
ing vessels of various nations and
twenty-eight steamships were lost
seventy-One in all.
One hundred and nineteen sailing
vessels suffered serious accidents and
347 steamships, a number almost I'M
precedented for a single month.
OF the sailing vessels totally lost,
eight were American, ten British, one
Danish, one Dutch, five French, two
Greek, two Italian, six Norwegian,
three Russian and FIVE Swedish. Two
American steamships were lost, one
Austrian, one Belgian, fourteen Brit
ish, three German, one Italian, two
japanese. three Norwegian, one Span
ish. Of this number, one steamship is
missing.
The causes Of total losses show the
relative frequency of the various dan
gers associated with the deep. Seven
teen sailing vessels were lost as re-
suit of stranding, two by collision, one
bv fire. nine foundered. three were
abandoned. ten were condemned, and
one is missing. Of steamships, seven |
teen stranded, three sank in collision, |
two burned, two foundered. three were
condemned and one is missing.
The causes of accidents. not entail |
ing total loss, to sailing vessels were: |
Strandng. twenty-four; collision, TWEEN
tv-seven; fire, three; leaking, fourteen;
stress of weather, ifty-one. Seventy |
four steamships were injured by |
strandinc; one hundred and thirty |
were in collision; thirty-twO were on !
FIRE: eight were leaking;. thirty-six suf- |
fered through stress of weather, and |
vessels sustaining accidents to engines
and boilers numbered siXtv-seven.
Marines as Infantry.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-The Pres
ident has decided practically to throw |
the entire marine corps into the army /
in the form of ten regiments of infan-
try. The plan has been discussed by |
the President and General Leonard
Wood and the details are now being
worked out.
Army officers heartily favor the idea,
while navy officers oppose it. They
hold that the marine corps should
guard naval bases, yards, arsenals, etc.
The army officers see in the plan a
good way to increase the strength of
the army without great expense. 1t is
expected that the President will for
ward the plan to Congress with strong
for the necessary legis-
.ation.
Mule SINNERS Here.
In charge Of the army mules brought
here aboard the Lurline were large
number Of "mule SINNERS the semi
,fficial designation of the chamber
maids for Uncle Sam s famous kickers.
The "skinners'' are a unique class of
men attached to the army, and are gen
rally Al men who know about all
here is 10 know about horses and |
mules, and especially about those own
d by Uncle Sam.
Hilonian Sails Monday.
On Monday afternoon at 3 O'Clock
he Matson steamship Hilonian will
all from San Francisco for Honolulu.
This will insure her arrival here the
morning of December %.
Moana Due Today.
Davies & Co., agents for the Cana ]
Ian Australian company expect the
teamship Moana to arrive here today
rom Vancouver and Victoria. She
viii be given quick, dispatch for the ]
'olonies.
Shipping Notes.
The Army transport Dix left Maya
aki yesterday for Honolulu
The Japanese liner Tenyo Maru sail 7