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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-23
Amy and Navy News

a battleship, it is just as necessary for
the operation and maintenance of
battleship feet.
But there is already another dock
at Mare Island, capable of taking in a
major portion of our big ships, al
though it was built in 1872. It is a
granite dock, whereas most of the mod
ern docks are chiefly in concrete. In
those earlier days, drydock construc-
ton was more expensive than now, and
although the Mare Island granite dock
is but 459 feet long, it cost $2,772,-
900. When the big steel floating dock
was constructed for service at Manila
it was supposed that its capacity for
a warship of $4,000 tons would be
ample for many years to come. And
yet it is pretty certain that none OF
the great dreadnoughts now building
for the American Navy can be dock
ed in time of war farther west than
Honolulu. and, then, only after the
Pearl Harbor dock is completed. For
the first class battleships now building
considerably surpass that capacity.
| The New Hampshire, one Of the last
| of the frst-elass battleships completed
on the Atlantic Coast, has a displace-
ment of but 10000 tons, and the new
est and latest armored cruisers, such
as the North Carolina and the Mon
tana, which are every whit as good as
battleships, have a displacement OF
only 14.500 tons each. But the Della
ware. just launched at Newport News,
and the North Dakota, launched ut
the Fore River Ship Yards in Massa-
chusetts last summer, have dispiace-
ment cf 10000 tons each, while their
sister ships, the Florida and the Utah,
| whose keels have been laid in recent
| months. will have a displacement OF
81 .s25 tons each, and the two new
ships lust authorized by Congress will
have displacement of 10000 each,
the largest in the world
There are great docks on the Attain
tic Coast, capable of accommodating
those new ships, but by the time these
four dreadnoughts are completed, II II
is desirable TO form them into squad
ron. as it expected, and send them on
q cruise to the Pacific, there Will also
he docks at Bremerton, at Mare Island
and Pearl Harbor large enough to
swing them high and dry. The expen-
ditures for these doeks~are very large
| and show something about what the
maintenance of a great navy means to
the people in the matter of taxes. For
| the docks are only comparatively
small item in the total of millions that
are being spent in the Pacific to put
the nation on a war footing and IN
condition of preparation to meet an
enemy on the sea.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-23
BY Ernest G.. Walker.
all Special to the Advertiser.)

Mail Special to the Adyeftlsef.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., February 10.
BY the time the Pearl Harbor dry
dock il built and ready for ships, there
will be at least four great docks of
mammoth capacity, belonging to the
Navy, in the Pacific Ocean. They will
suffice for all the great battlefieets we
are likely to keep on that enormous
,expanse of water for generation, in
all probability. There need be no
great delay in scraping the barnacles
off the steel bottoms of those levia-
thans or of getting them high and dry
to make other necessary repairs. The
Pearl Harbor dock, however, will be
the only one in the Pacific large
enough to take in two battleships at
once.
Another very large dock, S53 feet
long, is just being begun by the Navy
at the Bremerton yard, in Washington
state. The contract has been let, but
it will be three years before it is fully
executed. That dock, although not so
large as that planned for Pearl Har-
Dor. will cost about the same-$2, 0o0,-
900. There is already an old dock on
Puget Sound, belonging to the Navy
q timber dock that is 61s feet long
and cost $632,600 many years ago.
In the meantime the Navy has two
great docks on either side of the Pa
cifc for the accommodation of what
ever ships it may be decided to send
to that ocean. If the New Hampshire
the Mississippi and other formidable
vessels, recently completed and now
forming the newly-organized and re
Gently assembled Atlantic fleet, are
sent to the Pacific, as it has been IN
timated they viii be, the steel fioat1ne
dock at Manila, $50 feet long and built
at a cost of 81, 139, 900, will be able
to accommodate any one of them. Fol-
the dock at Manila. which was towed
all the way from Sparrows Point, n
Maryland, few years ago, has lift
ing capacity of $4,000 tons, which
means it can lift almost any one OF
the ships of the Navy now affoat.
On the nearer side of the Pacific
at Mare Isiand-there is now nearing
completion, after many trials and trib
ulations, great drydoek, 72S feet
long and 100 feet wide. 1t has eos
S1,175,000 and was first authorized b5
Congress about four years ago. SO Al
a general proposition it is worth bear
ing in mind that modern drydock To-
the Navy takes quite as long IN build
ing as does a new battleship. Ant
while drydoek is not as expensive II
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-23

Example is better than precept. Set
a good example by cleaning the street
in front of your house. When that Is
done, speak to your neighbor about his
dirty sidewalk; but clean yours first.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-23
Scorpion Laid Up.

NAPLES, February 1.-THE United
States gunboat Scorpion will be out of
commission for six weeks, owing to
the condition of her boilers On this
account the supply ship Celtic viii re-
MAIN IN these waters in order to aid
IN the distribution of American timber,
Commander Huse of the Celtic. having
visited the earthquake zone and in
spected the work which is now being
done, expressed the warmest adinira.
ton for the Italian army and navy,
whose performances are beyond praise,
many of the officers engaged in the
earthquake districts being worn out by
their protraeted labor in behalf of the
sufferers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-23
Army and Navy Orders.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-Army or
ders: The President has accepted the
resignation of Second Lieutenant Au-
gustus Wetzel, Philippine Scouts, to
take effect February 18th.
Navy orders: Commander 4. c. Al
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-23
First Regiment, N. G.. H., Home.


Regiment, National Guard of Hawaii,
marched into town and deposited their
arms and equipment at the drillshed,
the commanding officer ordered the
companies dismissed, and the annual
encampment for 1909 was thing of
the past. At Camp s. NJ. Damon, at
Moanalua, there remain but the three
companies of the Goth Infantry, U. s.
A, who will reduce their camp equip
ment to field service necessaries, and
tomorrow will break up the camp and
march to Pearl City, thence to Leile-
hua and eventually march around the
Island, returning to Fort Shafter on
March 9.
The National Guard marched through
town yesterday afternoon with drum
mers and buglers at the head of the
column, alternating in keeping step
for the miIitiamen. The latter wore
blue shirts and khaki trousers and leg
gings, with their coats and blankets
rolled and carried over one shoulder
As they passed through town their
martial bearing gave evidence that the
Eve days eneampment under the di-
rection of a regular army officer had
not been in vain.
Oahu Batteries Named.
The Task of selection and bestoWal of
names for reservations and batteries
has occupied part of the War Depart
ment's attention of late and recently
the announcement was made of de-
eisions Those vast tracts of land own
ed by the government on the Island OF
Oahu have been honored without ex-
ception with names of Civil War of
feers of distinctive service, whose
memories are thus further preserved,
and the military reservation on Cara
bao Island, P l., has also been SINH
larry remembered.
The batteries located at these points
are likewise in possession now OF
names of well-known officers, and have
been denoted as follows: Battery Ran
dolph on the Fort De Russy reserva-
ton, Fl. T., in honor of Major Benja-
min Fl. Randolph, Artillery Corps, who
died October IA, 1907; Battery Harlow,
on the Fort Ruger reservation, FL. T.,
In honor of Major Frank s. Harlow,
Artillery Corps, who died August II,
1906; Battery Selfridge, On the Fort
Upton reservation, II. T., in honor of
First Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge,
First United States Field Artillery,
who was killed at Fort Myer, Va. Sep
TENDER Il, 1908, in the performance of
his duties in connection with aeronaEtI
cal trials conducted by the government
at that place; Battery Greer, on the
Fort Frank reservation, P T., in honor
of Colonel John E. Greer, ordnance de-
partment. who died September 10
1907; Battery Crofton. at Fort Frank,
in honor of Captain William NJ, Crof-
ton, First Z. S. Infantry, who died
june t, 1907; Battery Koehler at Fort
Frank, in honor of Lieutenant Edward
F. Keehler, Ninth L. s Infantry, who
was killed III action at Barrio, Tinuba
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my, retired, is detached from naval
eoallng station at San Diego and or.
dered home.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Army or
ders: The orders of January 18th,
directing Major John G. w. Brooks,
Coast Artillery, to proceed without de,
lay to the Preside at San Francisco,
are SO amended as to direct him to
and report to the commanding General,
Department of the East, en- route to
his station at San Francisco.
Major Augustus P Blockson, Inspec,
tor-General, is relieved from duty in
the InspeetorGeneral' IS department, to
take effect on April Goth, and will join
the Thirteenth Cavalry in the Philip
pines.
Colonel Sydney w. Taylor, Second
Field Artillery. is assigned to the com.
mand of the troops on the transport
Fitzpatrick during the voyage to the
Philippines.
The following cable has been re,
ceived from Rear-Admiral Giles B.
Harder, Third Squadron, Manila:
Rear-Admiral A. p. Nazero is as,
signed to duty as eommandant of the
naval station at Cavite.
+ Commander ]. A. Dongherty to
duty at the naval station at Cavite.
First Lieutenant W. Began, United
States Marine Corps, is detached from
the Rainbow to the naval station at
Cavite. =
Cyrus C. Chaplin of Los Angeles has
been appointed stenographer in the
quartermaster depot at Angel island
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To Inspect Island Forts.
WASHINGTON, February lice

WASHINGTON, February I1.-Gen-
eral Murray, chief of the artillery,
started today for the Philippines to
make personal investigation of GER
tain matters connected with the forti-
fcations there. and later he will in
spect Pearl Harbor He viii come back
by way of California ana viii inspect
the coast defenses there.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-23
The Naval Expenses.

WASHINGTON, February 15.-An
appropriation of $12,oo0,oo0 is pro-
posed for the construction of auxiliary
ships such as transports, despatch boats,
cruisers and scouts that may be neces-
sary in time of war, in an amendment
to the naval bill offered today by Sen
ator Newlands. The amendment also
provides that in time of peace these
vessels shall be leased for commercial
use.
Discussing the naval bill, Senator
Hale predicted that if the present rate
Of increase in appropriations continued
1t would be necessary for the govern
ment either to increase the rate of
taxation or to borrow money At the
present rate of increase of the Navy,
Hale continued, next year 100000, 900
Will be required, and $200,000,000 the
year after.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-23
Marblehead for Naval Reserve.

The United States cruiser Marble
head, now undergoing repairs at the
Mare Island navy yard, probably will
be turned over to the Naval Reserve
Of California in time for the summer
cruise. The need of a modern vessel
to take the place Of the Alert has been
felt for some time and now that the
Navy Department realizes that the
California men-of-Warsmen are COM
petent to navigate and take care of a
vessel in all kinds of weather the OBJ
staeles that have heretofore existed to
using the cruisers for training ships
have disappeared.
A requisition for the cruiser was sent
to Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Satterlee yesterday by Captain George
w Bauer, in which he gave as rea-
son for more modern vessel the com
paratively slow speed of the Alert.
Under the most favorable conditions
the Alert can not make more than ten
knots an hour, while the Marblehead
has record at her speed trial of 1s.9
knots
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-23

?. I, March 4, 1900; Battery Walker,
on the Fort Stevens. Oregon, reserva-
ton, in honor of Colonel Leverett f.
Walker, Coast Artillery Corps, who
died October 90, 1907.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-05-12
Annual Meeting Nj. Y. c.

At. the annual meeting of the Mem
phremagog Yacht club held Tuesday
evening. May 4, the following officers
for the ensuing year were elected !:
Commodore, E. E. Whitaker; Vice
Conn.,, c. F. Bigelow: Rear CON-, c..
S. Emery; directors, A. H Grout. W..
w. True, F. R. Sherman, L. B. Ward.
w. E. Parker; fleet captain. D. N.
Dwinelh measurer, H. F. Hamilton.
Prospects seem very bright for pros
porous season. Some repairs to the
walks about the clubhouse will be nee
essary as some damage was done by
ice. 1t is expected that P. R. West,
who has been in Vancouver, B. c., for
the winter, will return and assume his
duties as steward. F. S. Tinkham
has been elected secretary of the club
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-05-12
Newport News Page
Important Happenings and Local
Notes from the County Seat.
l. q. WEILMAN, Local Editor
Sumner Minis. =

Sumner Minis, for 10 years mail
clerk on the Newport-SpringfeId run,
died at his home in Keene. N. H.,
Thursday evening. He was well
known here and had many friends to
whom the following item from the
Boston Globe may be of interest: "He
had been in the railway mail service
for the past IS years, having run from
Keene to South Vernon, from Spring
field to White River Junction, and for
the past 10 years from Springfield to
Newport, where he worked last week.
Mr.. Minis was one of the original
members of the Keene light guards
battalion and was adjutant Of the reg
iment under Col. Albert w. Metcalf.
He was charter member of Unity
lodge, 1. y. O. F., of Hinsdale, the
last living male noble gran6of Friend
ship Rebekah lodge of Keene and a
member of Monadnock encampment
l. O. O. F. He was also a prominent
Mason, belonging to the Lodge of the
Temple. Cheshire royal arch chapter,
past illustrious master of ST. John s
council, R. and S. NJ, a member of
Hugh De Payens commandery, K. T.,
junior warden of Keene lodge of Per-
lection. member of Keene council
Princes of Jerusalem, also of the chap
ter of Rose Croix and of the New
Hampshire consistory, A. A. S. R., N.
M. J. Mr.. Minis leaves wife, a
brother, who is tax collector. Aims
worth M. Minis of Keene, and sister,
Miss Mary Minis of Springfield, Mass. -
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-05-12
NEWPORT.

Mrs. M. L. Elkins visited in North
Troy recently.
C. R. Powell of Barton was in town
on business Monday.
E. A. Spooner has purchased a new
engine for his motor boat.
DR.. Eastman is running REQ auto
mobile. recently purchased.
Judge F. E. Alfred was in Montreal
on business the last of the week.
Mrs. R. C. Flagg is i'll with pneu-
monia at her home on Summer street.
2. M. Mansur and F. R. Sherman
have returned from Washington. D. G.
Mrs. ]. B. Pickett of Bradford was
the guest over Sunday of Col. and
Mrs. Emery.
The annual meeting of Newport
Lodge of Perfection was held Friday
evening, May Z.
Mrs. Clara Robinson returned Sum-
day from Boston, where she has been
the past month.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Spaulding re-
turned last week from California,
where they spent the greater part of
the winter.
Prouty & Miller are soon to start up
the international mill, and are already
engaged in putting the mill in shape
for business.
Postmaster Blanchard held an exam
ination for rural delivery carriers at
the schoolhouse Saturday. One cam
didate appeared for examination.
L. M. Drew has commenced repairs
on the house he recently purchased
Of the Corey estate on Third street.
The house will be changed from a two
tenement affair to one adapted for q
single family.
A special meeting Of the Newport
cornet band was held at Its rooms FRI
day evening. The regular rehearsal
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-05-12
PROBATE COURT.

Amelia M. Barnard estate, East Long
Meadow Mass, to wit, Derby. Ad-
mlnlstrator presents his account. Re-
ferred to May II. 1909.
Charlotte D. Waterman, minor, Der
by. Guardian settles his account.
AFRO c. Bryant estate. Coventry.
Sarah L. Bryant appointed administra-
trix. A. d. Thurber and Albert Pat
ton commissioners.
Darius L. Hildreth estate, Newport.
Will proved. Lydia w. Hildreth ap.
pointed executrix. Geo. w. Rogers
and Asa Lamb appraisers and commits.
sioners.
Sabrina Macomber estate, Greens.
boro. Executors inventory returned.
Frederick H. Holdridge estate. Iras-
burg. Appraisers inventory returned.
Andrew j. Allbee estate, Derby.
Executors inventory returned.
Cerepta F. Robbins estate. Derby.
Administrator inventory returned.
Cynthia E. Folsom estate, Newport.
Commissioners report returned.
Emily J. Ingalls,, non compos.
Guardian settles his final account.
Charles w. Human estate, Derby
Administrator settles his account. Or
der of dividend to creditors.
Lizzie E. Sawyer estate, Craftsbury
Administrator settles his account. De-
cree of distribution made.
Thomas w. Nurse estate, Derby
D. w. Davis appointed administrator
E. T. Caswell and S. B. Bates appoint
ed appraisers and commissioners.
John Martin estate, Craftsbury. S
l.. Lathe appointed administrator.
J. D. Leavett and W.~P. Kaiser ap
pointed appraisers.
Edmund St. James estate, Newport
Executor settles his account. Deere,
of distribution made.
Sarah Drown estate, Charleston
Appraisers inventory returned.
Clinton H. Woodcock estate, Troy
Appraisers inventory returned.
Benton A. Kinsley estate, Chinkiang
China, to wit, Lowell. Commission
| ers' report returned.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-05-12

The remains of Ernest Livingston,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George Living
ston Of Derby, were brought here
Wednesday and inferred in their family
lot.
Rev. w. B. Dukeshire of Barton
gave very interesting lecture in the
Methodist church Friday evening. He
was entertained by Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ry Manley.
Mrs. Emma (Waterman), wife of
VIM. Porter. was found dead in bed
last week Tuesday morning. She had
been in very poor health. The remains
were taken to Richford for interment.
Iva E.. one of the twin daughters of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Jenkins, died
died May 6. The family are in deep
grief, as one of the other children is
very i'll.
We are sorry to learn OF the death
of Mrs. Portus Hancock of Brockton
Mass. Mrs. Hancock was a former
resident here. living in the house &C.
cupied by Pliny Metcalf, and was a
woman held in much esteem here.
The w. c. T. u. met with Mrs.
Helen Barrows Tuesday afternoon fol
their annual meeting. Following are
the officers for the coming year: Pres
ident, Mrs. Geo. Corrow; first vice
president. Mrs. Rodney Fairbrother
second vice president, Mrs. Amos Nor
rill; secretary and treasurer, Mrs
Alvin Cesar; superintendent Liter
allure, Mrs Ellen Ware rescue home
Mrs. Will Elliott; flower mission, Mrs
Herman; scientific temperance in
struction, Mrs. Hitchcock school saw
ings banks, Mrs. Hitchcock. Dele
gates to county convention at Crafts
bury May 1926. Mrs. Guild, Mrs
Wright. Mrs. Wells, Mrs. Smith, Mrs
Herman.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-05-12
D. A. BRAHANA,
IRASBURG, VT.
We Want Your Calfskins

Beef Hides, Horse Hides, Sheep Pelts,
outside prices therefor. We pay spot
cash; we pay the freight; we pay full
market value. We want to arrange
with someone in every village where
named goods for US and to sell Pages
poultry supplies. We furnish money
with which to buy and we keep our
buyers thoroughly posted at all times
as to market values. Write for full
particulars.
CARROLL 8. PAGE, Hyde Park, VT.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-05-12
Distress from Upset Stomach.

Take your sour stomach-or maybe
you call it Indigestion, Dyspepsia,
Gastritis or Catarrh of Stomach; it
doesn't matter-take your stomach
trouble right with you to your Phar-
macist and ask him to open 50-cent
case of Pape's Diapepsin and let you
eat one % grain Triangule and see if
within five minutes there is left any
trace of your stomach misery.
The correct name for your trouble
is Food Fermentation-food souring !;
the Digestive organs become weak,
there is lack of gastric juice; your
food is only half digested, and you
become affected with loss of appetite,
pressure and fullness after eating.
vomiting. nausea. heartburn, gripping
in bowels, tenderness in the pit of
stomach, bad taste in mouth, constipa-
ton, pain in limbs, sleeplessness.
belching of gas, biliousness. sick head
ache. nervousness, dizziness and many
other similar symptoms.
Ifyour appetite Is tickle. and nothing
tempts you. or you belch gas or IL you
feel bloated after eating. or your food
lies like lump of lead on your sto.n-
ach. you can make up your mind that
at the bottom Of all this there is but
one cause fermentation of unindi-
gested food.
Prove to yourself. after your next
meal. that your stomach is as good
IA any that there Ia nothing really
wrong. Stop this fermentation and
begin eating what you want without
fear OF discomfort or misery.
Almost instant relief Ia waiting for
you. II Ia merely matter OF how
soon you take little piapepain.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-05-12
Grass Seed !!
We have all kinds and the price is low
er this year.
SANFORD CORN

Yes, the same kind as years before.
Come early the supply is short.
Barbed Wire Nails, Staples, etc, are
now ready. The American Fence will
be in next week and the price will be
right.