The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-22

L. Today at washington the DldS Ior
t'he Pearl Harbor dry dock will be open
ca. and the bids announced. Whether
or hot the successful bidders name will
be fcabled here is not known at the
Naval Station, but in all probability
the information will reach Honolulu
sometime this afternoon, at latest.
Fourteen bidders are reported to have
calhed for plans and specifications of
the dock and it is supposed that at
lesst that many bids will be opened
today.
Don Carlos to Come.
Consul General Canavarro of Portu-
gal h as received no official Information
as toythe proposed visit of a Portuguese
ey. user here, but he does not believe
thu the vessel will be the Vasco de
Gans,a. He states that the cruiser Don
Carlos~. was lately at Madeira Island
and was to cruise to Macao China.
VIII &ther the vessel will go to Macao
yis@ Cape of Good Hope or the Suez
canal he does not know, but he be-
<iieves the Don Carlos will be the yes,
sci to come here.
Memorial Day Observance.
On Monday, May 81, the Naval Sta
ton colors will be half-masted from
a. M until after the salute of twenty,
one minute guns at II O'Clock noon,
when they will be hoisted to the mast
head.
Buffalo Leaves May 20.
The cruiser Buffalo with marines
from Norfolk, via Colon, Panama and
San Francisco, did not leave San Fran
cisco on May Is as scheduled. Captain
Rees. commandant of the Naval Sta,
tion, has received a cablegram stating
that the Buffalo will leave the coast
port for Honolulu on May 20. The
cruiser is en- route to Manila taking
draft of marines for the Asiatic squad
ron.
Iroquois Not to Go.
There is rumor along the front that
the U. S. s. Troquois will shortly leave
on cruise of the islets to the west.
ward, including Laysan, Hermes, etc.,
but Captain Rees has no knowledge
of the matter. He states that the Ku-
kui, lighthouse tender, would be used
for any cruise contemplated to these
islands. The Iroquois, which has made
several trips to westward, is not de-
signed for such long trips.
Army, Navy and Marine Corps.
A dinner will be rendered to local
officers of the Army and Navy and
Marine Corps this evening by the Com
mercial Club. This will be the first
function of the kind in Honolulu and
will do much toward assimilating the
service men with the local commercial
community.
Naval Committee to Visit Coast.
WASHINGTON, May 13-The mouse
Committee on Naval Affairs will visit
the Coast as soon as Congress adjourns
1t will go as far as Hawaii. where it
will inspect Pearl Harbor. It will also
visit Mare Island as well as San Diego.
and it has received an invitation to 90
to Sacramento.
A New Engineer.
The most interesting event of the
Logan S homeward voyage was the
birth, four days after leaving Homo
aulu, of girl baby to the wife of Cor
poral Knight of Company A, engineer
corps. The passengers made up purse
for the baby and Miss Knight, whose
middle name will be Logan, starts life
with 500 in hard cash.-Call.
Mare Island Notes.
MARE ISLAND, May 14.-It was
announced at the Mare Island yard to-
day that the gunboat Vicksburg would
be commissioned on Monday next and
Lieutenant Commander Alexander s.
Halstead of the yard will take COM
mand of the ship instead of Captain
Wells, who was ordered from the East
coast to commission the vessel.
Orders were received at the ward to-
day to install wireless apparatus on
the torpedo boat Goldsborough while
that vessel is at the yard.
Edgerly to Command.
JUNCTION CITY, Kas., May 13.-
1t was announced at Fort Riley today