Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-11-15
CRUISER IDzUMO
NOW IN PORT
Officers Praise Highly
Their Reception on
Coast.

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lions and entertainments accorded
them by the hospitable San Francis
cans during the period of Portola
Festival I'm San Francisco, the ram
Gus cruiser idzumo. Captain Take
shita, of His Imperial Japanese Ma
iesty's Navy, arrived yesterday
morning and after saluting the hmeri
can flag entered the inner harbor AMI
locked at the Channel wharf, She Is
now taking on coal,
Captain Isam rakeslita. the cont.
mandep. assisted by his loyal officers
and men. brought the warship from
San Diego without experiencing any
accident. They left the latter port
Nov. 4,
Besides being naval officer, Cniil
tain Takeshita is considered one OF
the ablest statesmen in the Japanese
navy, This, is due TO the fact that
he has been naval attache In the
japanese Embassy in Washington
under Ambassador Takahira from
1902 to 1908.
The captain and commander, shl-
getoshi Takeuchi Lieutenant Com
manders Kanzo Tsunoda, Reliizo Mi
yamura, lchisabura Minoguchi and
Nobuichi ramaguchi all speak thu
English language nucntly. while the
rest Of the officers and few of the
men also speak the language SUM
GENTLY to understand whCa spoken
to.
The ldyumo. which was attached
to the second squadron, under ieai
Admiral Kamimura. during the
Russo-Japan war. has on board rel
les of the famous battle fought In
the Sea of Japan Nov. 81, 1905. one
lor the shells. weighing $50 pounds,
fred from the Russian cruiser, pene'
trated the Idznmo and was fortu'
nately blocked in the coal bunker
from where II was carefully taken
out. and Is now placed on the deck
of the cruiser as an exhibit. Lieu
tenant Commander NJ. Furuya. who
showed the Bulletin man ovel
the ship today, stated that the shell
did TO explode after penetration
How'll happened he could not under
stGnl. After II was tukCn out tn,
eEpioaivca were extracted from 1t il
Crdcr , prcvout further pilikia.
In ID, cabin OF Takcshita, whit
Liadl &C. wed the B1lletin man
are 90. If the famous Admiral
To- ,op,g, l-nna,tioI NuyN
. e. ..uac the liG1est portrait o
. Admilr roga, the conqueror of tn
R"sso-Iapan war. Others are pic
f." # Vice Admiral sa!ro the mi
li..c minister Of .Ie imperial nav!
Admiral YamamCto, and cX-Presl
dent Roosevelt Of tie United States
Other historical things in the cal
tain's cabin Ii3 the Japanese nag
used during the la;e war, Will
they are badly torn they are great
ly valued by the officers of the Idzr
mo. The picture of Captain Taxi
shita and Mayor Taylor Of San Fran
cisco, including other dignitarie
taken during the stay of the Idzun
in San Francisco, Is one Of the II
teresting portraits in the cabin I
the captain.
While the ldZumo was sOmewhi
damaged during the late war, 81
was repaired with such care that Il
hard knocks she received give !
sign today.
The cruiser, built in England an
launched September, 1899, has
displacement of $500 tons lengtI
400 feet; beam, $50 feet; maxlmu
draught, 24.25. There are four
inch guns, fourteen G-inch gun
!. twelve 3-inch guns and four g.
4 inch guns.
+, The compliments are as follows
Thirty-three officers, 9 passed mi
shipmen, lG warrant officers, /.
petty officers and 500 men.
The Id2umo was under the COZ
J. mand of Admiral Togo during Il
late war between Russia and Japa