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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-09-11

SEPTEMBER II, 1908. Isl
pretty well decided, for the navy of
one country or the other will have to
establish and keep open lines of com
munication for invading armies.n
Battieships Of the Future.
Admiral Evans sat on chair in a
little balcony leading ont from his
rooms at the Lake Mohonk Mountain
House. The leg which has given him
trouble almost constantly since he was
wounded in leading an assault upon the
Notifications of Fort Fisher, in 1865,
rested on n camp stool, and the foot
was wrapped in bandages. He said he
felt better than he had for long time,
and was gaining in weight. His every
movement suggested virility, force, de.
cision. As visitor at the hotel put it:
"Admiral Evans looks today as If he
was fit to command feet and fight
it to a glorious victory
az am sixty-two years young today, "
said he, smilingly, in response to FIRE.
quent congratulations and wishes for
"many, many happy returns. i" Dur
ing his stay at the Mountain House he
has had two operations performed to
remove chalky substance which has
gathered in his injured foot.
He did not look for any radical
change in the construction or type of
battleships in the near future 81
Think said he, "that they will keep
on building battleships of the Dread.
nought type until they get up to build.
ing ships of $4,000 tons. don t think
any larger battleships than that will
be built, because when you build them
larger than that they are too large to
handle dexterously. They become un-
wieldy, and ships of that size can carry
as heavy metal as is now desired"
He thought the same general type
of torpedo boat would still be built.
edo you think assertions among the
enlisted men in the navy are becoming
and will become more frequent7'' he
was asked.
"Figures Show" said he, "that de-
sertions in our navy are steadily fall
ing off. There is nothing like as many
assertions now as there used to be
And there are several reasons for this
Among them are the facts that the en-
listed men have better quarters, are
better cared for and get more liberty
than they used to-"
He said the navy was steadily get
ting higher class of men and that the
standard was improving each year. He
did not believe the service would evel
suffer from inability to get good men
Gas matter of fact said the ad
miral, "our requirements are exceed
ingly severe. If we were to be les
strict, even make our requirements
slightly easier, we could and would
easily get more men for the servic,
: than are needed or than we could us
There need be no uneasiness abou
this.'
"Of course when we get midshipmel
fresh from Annapolis they know littI,
or nothing about handling men and no
too much about gunnery. They haven ;
time to learn those things; they are to,
busy studying. But it is not Difficult
matter to lick them into shape, ant
most of them can be developed into ex
cellent officers"
His Greatest Achievements.
In looking back upon the forty
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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-09-11
His Greatest Achievement.

In looking back upon the forty
eight years of your naval career, what
do you regard as your greatest achieve
ment?'
II regard as the best piece of work
ever did the organization and equip
ment of the battleship fleet and taking
that fleet around Cape Horn into the
Pacific Ocean. No other thing in my
career gives me as much satisfaction
as that, nor do l consider anything i
did so important.
The most disagreeable duty / ever
had was when L commanded the Iowa
at the blockade of Santiago. 1t was
trightfully hot, and, of course, our
decks were cleared for action ali the
time and the matches battened down.
But then there was the battle finally.
The pleasantest cruise l ever made was
just before the Japanese-Russian war,
when L was on the China station. The
japanese people showed me unusual at
tention and courtesy, and look back
ON that time as the pleasantest of my
entire naval career"
lie thought the Naval Academy was
turning out excellent material In re-
gard to the course at Annapolis, he
Wainwright committee. "'It seems to
me- he said, THAT perhaps a little
too much time is being devoted to me-
ehanicai drawing. i am not speaking
authoritatively, neither am / criticiZing
in any way. That is simply my i'm
preston, but / do not know enough
about the exact situation to give any
definite opinion upon that question
l..
should receive careful attention at the
Academy, and that is the question of
the eyesight of the midshipmen. Ann
apolis is sending out too many men
with impaired eyesight. ] have no.
ticed that large number of the pass.
ed midshipmen have to wear glasses
Something should be done to rectify
this. do not know whether the fault
lies in the lighting system at Annapolis
or in the mechanical drawing course;
but it is there.
"Admiral, is there any truth in the
story that after the battle of Santiago
you called out from the bridge of the
Iowa to captain of another battle
ship: "Those Spaniards can t hit a
damned thing except wateri"
Admiral Evans laughed heartily. 81
will tell you what really did say and
what the incident really was" he said.
'One drizzly day during the blockade
we stood in toward the harbor and
shelled the shore batteries. 1t WASH I
us exciting as it might have been. for
whether We hit anything or not know
the Spaniards didn't come lear US.
After the Smelling was over press
boat laid alongside my ship and a
newspaper man asked if we had been
hit. ! shouted back, "They didn t
touch us. The Spaniards didn't hit
! anything except water, and they
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16
DATE Is SET
FOR HEARING
c Curry will be Brought here
Friday Night.
CALL MANY WITNESSES
Court Officials, and Witness
Court Officials, and Witness
es will Fill Courtroom.
Little Chance fer the Curious to
Gain Admittanc e-Hearipg will
NOT be Postponed.

The Curry murder trial which was
to nave been held this morning, has
been postponed until Saturday
morning at O'Clock. Ii. X. Curry
who will be compelled to answer for
the staying of John William Jack,
son on the afternoon OF November
Both will be brought to the city
Friday from the Delaware county
Jail, where he has been committed
since the day of the murder.
Mayor Scherff and his assistants
were busily engaged today in is
suing subpoenaes for the forty
witnesses which win be summoned
at the hearing. The trial will not
be postponed aIgain and it is an
assured fact that it will take place
promptly az eight o'clock Saturday
morning.
Mayor Scherff has determined to
hold the hearing at his office aud
the anxious public who have de-
pended upon attending the arraign-
lmenb will be disappointed, There
is scarcely room in the court to
accommodate the forty witnesses
the prisoner, Officers and lawyers
and only those persons who are for
tunate to secure the few remaining
seats, will get TO hear the trial.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16

When the country farmer sends
his rustic daughter to the city col
lege, he is taking some chances of
destroying her happiness. The point
is well developed in Robert Sher-
mans comedy drama, My Friend
From IArkansaw, which is to be seen
at the Grand, December 10. The play
tells the story of poor Arkansaw
farmer, with ambitions for his
daughter, and sends her to college,
where she comes in contact with peo-
Pile above the sphere she has lived
in home. On her return to her
country home, she finds that nothing
suits her, and she can find no agree
able companion, except certain
Granville Dudley, who wears the best
store clothes. This fellow, as might
be supposed, is a wolf in Sleeps
clothing, whose read character is new
er suspected by the unsophistlcated
country girl. Her parents, whose
hearts have not been hardened by
contact with the business or social
world have hope of their daughter
marrying one Tom Howe, a manly
fellow with an honest heart, and
then he has furnished the father with
the means to keep his daughter in
school. But it is the same old story,
the girls choice is never the parents
choice, so the sleek fellow with the
store clothes becomes the daughters
favorite. He manages to borrow
money from her, promising to repay
1t in time to pay the mortgage on
her fathers farm. This he fails to
do, and when she meets him in the
, school house aud demands II, ne
! becomes so enraged that he strangles
her and leaves her for dead. After
he has left she revives sufficiently
to enable herself to write ON the
blackboard, the name OF the man
who has attempted her murder, but
the villain returns afterfthe woman
has again become unconscious, and
erases his name and writes that OF
Tom Howe. While In the act OF
doing so, he is detected in the act
by Oscar Stone, supposed deal
mute, who in reality is a detective
In search of this very man. Dud-
ley manages to escape, leaving the
mute wounded, and the latter at
tempts pursuit, but is overcome from
loss of Blood and faints in the
woods. The sheriff and others ar
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16
THIS AFTERNOON
Excellent Program is Rem
dered.
Another Session to be Held To-
night-Much Interest is Mani.
tested by Public

Between three and four hundred
delegates representing not only Ohio
associations but fair boards from a
number of surrounding state ar
rived this morning to be in attend
ance at the annual meeting of the
Ohio State Managers Association.
Managers and friends who reached
the city early were shown about by
the entertainment committee, and ex-
pressed the greatest admiration for
the prevailing conditions over town.
The afternoon sesson convened with
a splendid attendance which presages
one of the most successful conven-
tions in the annals of the associa-
ton. The program for this session
includes an address of welcome by
Warren G.. Harding, following a sell
ection by male quartet. Hon. "A.
P. Sandles, OF Ottawa, contributes a
review of WORK accomplished by the
organization in past sessions and n.
r. Grieve Is slated for the annual
address of the president. T. j. l..
Calvert, of Columbus, F. H. Zerbe
and ii. NJ. Brown, of Hillsboro, ap.
pear on the afternoon program.
Interesting features OF the Wednes
day evening meeting VIII be Mrs
Alfred rights "Value of Fine Arts
at the County Fair" and discussion
of ''The Taxpayer, the FARMER ant
the County Fair" by John Beggs, o.
Columbus Grove. #
The purpose of the convention i
the exchange of ideas, protective anC
progressive, in the management o
fairs. Boards all over the state re
ceive valuable information alonl
practical lines at these sessions which
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16
Porto Rican Enulish.

The English language may be steadi-
ly encroaching upon the Spanish In
Porto Rico since our occupation Of the
island, but at least the Porto Ricans
seem to be making some Encouragement
of the new tongue so that 1t may cons
form somewhat to Spanish ideas.
For instancrTirf-a recent issue Of a
San Juan paper there appears the an
nouncement Of a "mitin" to take place
at such and such a time and at such
and such a place, a political "mitin,"
in fact.
Which, in case there are readers
who are still mystified, is a good, rapid
transit version of our friend, meet
ing" arranged to suit Spanish eyes and
throats.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16
TIME IN TURKEY.
The Hours Are Always Changing and
Holidays Arc Numerous.

In addition to laziness In Turkey
there is inaccuracy. The Turkish Of
fetal is naturally inaccurate, and habit
and conceit make him more so. This
perhaps is due to the way In which
Turkey measures time. Twelve o'clock
in the day corresponds with sunset
that is to say, whatever hour the sun
sets, It must always be IL. Conse-
quently the hours change always, get
ting later the first half of the year and
earlier In the last, which compels ev-
erybody to put his watch TO daily tor
ture. SO no one In Turkey can hatter
himself that he has the exact time.
The most strict of Englishmen soon
loses his national punctuality, so when
two Turks make an appointment 1t is
within the limit of half an hour or an
hour, and even then they don't gen.
orally arrive till after the time agreed
on, each one calculating on the utmost
possible delay on the part Of the other.
Consequently the state employees are
not bound down by very severe dis
\ cipline. No one expects them to arrive
| at their Office at any particular time,
especially as the majority Of them go
hardly at ALL AS for the most indus
trious they appear for two or three
hours in the afternoon only, and rather
late. In the morning state offices are
usually closed. Besides this workdays
are rather scarce for the race Of Off
cials. Friday is the Sabbath Of the
Mohammedans. Saturday is the day
after feast day, and one does not do
much then. Sunday the Greeks and
Armenians remain, like good Chris
tians, at home, and the Mohammedans
generally initiate so good an example.
Monday is again the morrow Of feast
day. Wednesday there is a meeting of
the council of ministers, and few en-
ployees go then to the ministry. With
religious festivals added In 1t is easy to
understand that out of the 365 days OF
the year there are not many left to con.
secrate to the interests Of the Otto,
man empire.-Nicholas G. Adossides In
American Magazine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16
Queer Economy.

81 can't give you a transfer now"
said the conductor on the Euclid car.
"You ought've asked when you first
got on"
"oh, we'll, be good fellow and let
me have a transfer" coaxed the pas
senger, at the same time handing the
conductor a ten cent cigar.
The conductor Immediately punched
the transfer, charging the customary
penny for 1t.
Just how the man had saved any
money by exchanging the cigar for a
transfer worth only cents at the
most none Of the other passengers
could figure out. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16

house, Tuesday afternoon at two
O'Clock. The engineers report was
accepted without amendments and
sale was ordered for December 26th.
Curtis Morrow, democratic can
didate for clerk of courts of Mar
ion county in the recent election
and for several years past sales
man with the @. w. McClain furni-
ture company has accepted a posi-
tion with the Moore Brothers, whole
salers of stoves and ranges with
factories at Joliet, illinois. Mr..
Morrow will travel over an Ohio
territory.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16
Social News

Mrs. William Bennett Fisher, of
New York city, the house guest of
Mrs. Charles C. Fisher is being
honored at a number of pretty ar
fairs this week.
Last evening Mrs. DeForest Ed
wards entertained with dinner OF
handsome appointments at her East
Church street home for Mrs. Fish
er
Clusters of English violets CEN
tered with pale pink carnations were
the artistic table adornments, covers
being laid for twelve. After, dinner
hours were featured by an informal
musical program.
Today Mrs. George Christian, Jr.,
will compliment Mrs. Fisher with a
luncheon.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16
LOCAL
EVENTS

Regular business was transacted
at the meeting of the Woman's Re
lief Corps held in Maccabee hal!
Tuesday. Appointed offices will not
be filled by the new corps president
until early in January
Francis willard w. C. T. U. held
regular program and business meet
ing with Mrs. p. w. Fetter of East
Center street Wednesday afternoon,
There was a large attendance and
the study of ''Narcotics and Their
Effects" was profitably pursued. The
Union will meet again in three weeks
The hearing of the county COM
missioners on the engineers report
of the Linn ditch located north OF
the city, was held at the court
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16
Persian Justice,

The revolutionary party In Persia is
circulating on postcards and in larger
form picture descriptive of Persian
Justice" which shows three bandits
hanging by their feet from the city
gate of Taurls. The men, almost ma
ked, are shown suspended from an
opening I'm the wall, the ropes binding
their feet being fastened to pillar,
next to which a military guard stands
at attention" For hours" runs the
legend under the picture, ''these
wretches, the robber Ago and his COM
panions, hung in their badly wounded
condition before death relieved their
agony. Thousands of people of all
ages and classes looked mournfully
upon these victims of Persian JUS
tice.'"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16
Royal Arcanum also Chooses
Executives for Year
WILL CONFER DEGREES
Candy Lodge Plans Initia-
ton for Next Week,
Red Men Arrange for Stag Social to
be Held Next Tuesday-Lodge
Notes.

The Maccabees held a very in
teresting session in the lodge halls
Tuesday evening. Routine business
was considered following which the
nomination and election of officers
for the ensuing year took place
The following were chosen: WILL
lam Fleming, commander; Elmer
Oborn, lieutenant commander; E.
b. Main, record keeper; Benjamin
Bciber, finance keeper; Alfred
Mason, chaplain. Harry Shaw, SER
geant; II. b. Perrine, master at
arms; Daniel Sorden, first master of
guards; J. w. Hawk, second master
of guards; w. S. Myers, sentinel;
Wil,iam Monahan, picket and Sam
uel Smith, trustee for three ytars
The installation Ct the new. Of
ficers will take place early in jan
uary. There will be no meeting of
the order next Tuesday evening on
account of the holiday season.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16
Dolce Court

The grocery store of E. l.. Nc
Kinley, located at the corner OF
State and Playground streets. was
broken into some time Tuesday
night and small quantity of goods
was stolen. The miscreants entered
the grocery by forcing rear door.
A few pennies and small guam
tfty of tobacco was the sum OF the
robbers loot. The police were noti-
fed of the burglary and Immediately
investigated the circumstances. The
police believe that it was the work
of gang of small boys and an eff
fort will be made to find the gull
ty parties.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16

Owen Ingle of east Farming
street was taken into custody last
evening by Officers Cusic and Bell.
He was arrested upon instructions
from the Gallon police department
where an affidavit had been filed
charging him with disposing of
team of horses for full value after
having given a chattel mortgage on
IT, )
A Gallon officer took charge OF
the prisoner last evening and took
him to Gallon, where he viii be
arraigned in mayors court Thursday.
lngle had been working in Gallon
and through some alleged fraud
deal, he disposed OF the horses,
pocketed the money and returned
to his home in this city.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16

rive, and arrest Tom Howe for the
crime, and have him locked up.
Dudley, in order to avert attention
from himself, organizes a mob, and
endeavors to have Howe lynched,
but in this he is thwarted at the
end of the third act. Eventually
Nell Coon RECEIVERS her reason and is
able to tell who Is really the guilty
party, and the william gets his usual
punishment. There are many hum
orous and interesting characters, all
of which supply plenty of comedy,
and every line Is full of interest.
The Grand Opera house announces
'The Cow Puncher" on "Wednesday
evening, Dec 2Srd. 1t is the work of
Hal Reid. No writer of modern fic-
ton has a more enYiable place in
the list Of dramatists OF the present
day than Mr., Reid. He has laid his
play of 'HThe Cow Puncher" in the
Golden West. His characters are
clean cut and well developed, and the
rich natural atmosphere of the plains
is never for a moment forgotten.
His love scenes are deliciously droll
and unique. The dramatic endings OF
each act, soon to come without an
effort, like a distant roll of thunder,
they come nearer and nearer until
they seemingly burst with spontah-
eous combustion as the curtain falls.
His comedy is refreshing and neat.
Peals of genuine laughter is brought
from the audience at the witty lines
and clever situations. w. f, Mann
who produced the play, is to be con
sratulateds iab the excellent manner
in which the piece is staged One
forgets they are merely looking az
play, the scenery is so true to liie
that we can imagine ourselves IN
Arizonia without knowing how we
got there.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16
unkind.

"My dear" exclaimed young bride,
"my husband writes so beautifully
You really ought to see some of his
love letters" "Yes, dear, l know"
was the unkind retort. 81 have draw
er full of them at homer Manchester
Guardian.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16

Mizpah Encampment, l. o. o. +.
met last evening with an exceed
ingly large attendance Aside from
considering regular business, the
patriarch degree was conferred upon
on candidate. Three applications
for membership were also received.
At the conclusion of the session, a
social session was enjoyed
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16

Candy lodge No. 81, knights of
Pythias, met last evening with large
attendance. Aside from considering
regular business, the first degree was
conferred upon one candidate. An,
invitation to attend a dance given
under the auspices of Uniform Rank,
was received and accepted. Ar
rangements were made for comforting
the second degree Tusday night.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16
HARGIS
TRIAL ON
Son Accused of Killing Fa-
ther, to be Assisted by
Mother.

Irvine, KY, Dec. 16.-'The trial
for the murder of his father Judge
Hargis, opened today. Hundreds are
foelSing to town. His mother says
she will spend her entire fortune to
free her SON. Young Hargis arrived
in court early, apparently uncon-
cerned.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16
Genius.

is genius really the capacity for
taking pains?"
mo" answered the poet. Genius
is the capacity for going without eat
ing."-Loulsyille Courler-Journal.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16

The Royal Arch Masons held an
enjoyable social session and smoker
in the lodge halls Tuesday evening,
The attendance was large.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16

oientangy Council No. 355 Royal
Arcanum met Tuesday evening and
business of Importance was tran
sacted. Three applications were act
ed upon and a smoker enjoyed. The
election of officers for the new
year was taken up and the fol-
lowing We're selected: +. r.. Find
ley, regent; L. b. McNeal. vice
regent; G. IT. Uhler, orator L. F.
Bailer, secretary; Alfred Horn, coll
lector; Henry Alderman, treasurer;
J. S. Randolph, chaplain; C. II.
Martin, guide; J. e. Williams, war.
den; ], G. Treftz, sentry; b. F.
Waples, William Muntsinger and
William Gracely trustees. L. F.
Bailer was selected as representa-
tive to the Grand Council and e
II. Raffensperger as alternate repre-
sentative.
The Installation OF the new Of
flcers viii take place on the first
Tuesday of January.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16

At well attended meeting of the
Red Men held last evening, routine
business was transacted and arrange
ments were made for stag social to
be held in the lodge halls next Tues
day evening.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16

Give your children the character
building paper-The Youths Compan-
ion, at Wants.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16

Handkerchiefs galore at Ludwigs.
Finest line ever shown IN Marion.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16

No paper gives so much for so lit
tie money as The Youths Companion.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16

l CAN SELL you good land cheap
in Central Oklahoma. Address A. H.
Myers. Shawnee, Okla.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16

are not only beneficial but inspira-
tional in nature. Adjournment will
be made Thursday.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-16

Beginning Wednesday, this store
will be open evenings till after
Christmas. Ludwig's Specially Store.