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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-15
SENATORS HEAR
,HAWA||'S PLEA
Committee on irrigation Has
Session With Men From
Islands.

Seattle Parliamentary following
an Illustrated lecture by j. p. Blanch-
ard, statistieian of the United States
Reclamation Service, delivered in the
lecture hall of the Hawaiian building
yesterday afternoon, the United States
Senate committee on irrigation and
reclamation districts and projects heard
delegation from Hawaii who present
ed reasons for extending the reelama
tion law to that Territory.
Senator Thomas II. Carter, of Mon
tana, presided at the hearing. The other
members of the Senate committee pres
ent were Senators George e. Chamber
lain of Oregon, Francis f. Warren of
Wyoming, and Thomas II. Paynter of
Kentucky. Senator Samuel II. Piles
of Washington, while not member of
the committee, was present. Others
present at the meeting were i. H.
Newell, Director of the Reclamation
Service; A. +. Knudsen, Hawaiian Com
missioner; w. j. Cooper, of Honolulu;
X. S. Hosmer, Superintendent of For
estry of the Territory of Hawaii; j. 2.
Cooke, of Honolulu; DIR. n. B. Emerson,
| of Hawaii, and W. j. Melee, of the
Department of Agriculture, Washing
| ton, d. {.
The Senators were decorated with
| leis and served with pineapples grown
on the Islands, which they ate while
| listening TO Mr.. Hosmer and Mr.. Cooke.
! Mr.. Hosmer had prepared brief and
had other documents which he asked
be incorporated in the record. The
hearing was both formal and brief.
The Senators, after listening to Mr..
Blanchard s lecture, went into the con-
ference with the Hawaiians, and as
soon as they got through with that
evinced a desire to see some of the fair.
81 want to see the Pay street, or
streak, or whatever they call it,, said
one of the Senators to another in an
undertone. And with the leis around
their necks they might have been seen
Continued on Page Four.)
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kUH|O'S RARE
ORDERS FOUND
Famous kaIakaua Relics Picked
Up on kalakaua
Avenue.

Prince Kuhio has recovered the
jewels and the orders of Kalakaua
which were lost from the Princess car
riage few days ago. They were in a
small satchel which the Princess car
ried with her while driving from town
to Waikiki, but whie fell out.
Yesterday afternoon about 4 O'Clock
John T. Silva, employed at the Pond
dairy, saw Prince Kuhio and delivered
to him the missing satchel and all the
Jewels intact. He stated that he found
the property on Kalakaua avenue. AS
soon as he saw the advertisement in
the newspapers he sought out the
Prince.
The bag contained some royal orders
which were presented to King Kala-
kaua during his tour of the world.
There were other smaller but equally
valuable jewels, and their loss was the
reason why Prince Kuhio came to Ho-
nolulu direct from Hilo. He received
a wireless message at Kahului while
travelling with the Congressional party
on the Mauna Kea, and continued on
the vessel to this city.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-15
MAUI SPEEDS
AR 7 INC
GUESTS
Hama, WaiIuku and La
hama Entertain the
Lawmakers.

Maui has reason to be proud of her
reception of the Congressional party on
Sunday and Monday for it was the
grand climax to a series of the most
hospitable entertainments which began
on Oahu and were taken up on Kauai
and Hawaii in turn. When the Con-
gressional people boarded the steamer
Mauna Kea in Lahaina IS broad road
stead on Monday night tired but happy
with the entertainment afforded them
under the ancient capitals great ban
yam tree, they departed from the shores
of Maui in blaze of splendor. Sky
rockets and Roman candles blazed a
weirdly picturesque path from the land
ing to the steamer and from the whale
boats the visitors shouted, "Maui no
ka oii''
Upon the island of Maui the Con-
gressmen learned many things relating
to the economic development of the
group, anu ~ was iAohA eHO 5toPo -
Wailuku's new courthouse that the SEN
timent was expressed by local speak
er that Hawaii must solve her own
land problem and pass the results on
to Congress for approval, sentiment
which was at once taken up as the
keynote of what was probably the
strongest, most foreible and practical
address made on Hawaii made by one
of the Congressman. The sentiment
was applauded and it seemed to have
made the right impression upon the
lawmakers.
The visitors reached Maui first by
way of Hama Owing to the early ar
rival of the steamer on Sunday morn
ing, only Congressman Houston, Me-
Iachlan and Good, the Prince brothers,
young Reed, George B. Mcclellan and
two newspaper men had the courage
to go ashore They were met by the
Hama plantation people and given
royal welcome. Their first duty was to
plant cocoanut trees ON a rise of hill
near the vigorous ones planted by Sec
rotary Garfield and other distinguished
men. At the home of Manager Chal-
Continued on Page Two.)
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When Representative Prince of I'LL
nois began to speak on the steps of
the courthouse at Waikiki on Monday
afternoon the audience instinctively
felt that a mastery address was to
follow and one did.
Mr.. Prince pointed to the members
of the National Guard, in uniform, sta
toned close by, and referred to them
as in the first line of defense to the
nation, and that if war should ever
come they would be called upon by the
President to move into the second line.
He thanked the men in khaki for their
presence, for to him it mean that the
Hawaiian Islands We're not a foreign
possession, but an American group, and
as much American as the mainland.
He said the people of the islands
needed better transportation facilities.
AS one of the military committee of
the House of Representatives he was
in favor of making these islands. and
particularly Oahu because of its being
the central or pivotal isle of the group,
as ilnpregnable as Gibraltar itself. He
did not want it half done. He did
not want things done to Oahu as a
frst-elass power had done them to Dal-
ny and then permitted the place to
go into the hands of its enemy and
be turned upon its builders. He want
ed the American flag to stay up here,
down.
If the United States were to engage
in war the people of these islands
might be the first to meet the contest
and he wanted the group made safe
against all foreign powers.
Continued on Page Four)
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not of the finely wrought stone of the
palaces of Cuzco, but of roughly hewn
stone, cemented together, and the in
teriors in some cases are plastered. The
houses are not unlike in appearance
to some of those of New England
story and half high with gable on
one end.
'The old waterworks remain. and
several reservoirs are in good condi-
ton. There are three separate groups
of buildings besides the Notifications,
and on three sides of the place are
steep precipices. -
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$50 a. m.--Leave Young Hotel
for visit to public schools.
1850 p. m.-Chamber of Com
merce banquet to Congressional
party.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-15
UNITED STATES MUST
SOON STOP SENDING
FOODSTUFFS ABROAD
Nearly All That Are Being Raised Called for
in the Home Market---Governor Johnson
II---Lovett Harriman's Successor.
ASSOCIATED Press Cablegrams.l

CHICAGO, September I5-James ]. Hill speaking
venon United
expectation agricultural
population the question of for home supply Of
food will supersede that of developing foreign markets
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-15

Japan has sent a special commissioner
to America to buy telescope for Mar
tian observations.
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WILL BE COURTMARTIALED

WASHINGTON, September I5-Naval Constructor F. r.
enlisted have ordered couraraled
the capszng of the tug Neznsco last August drown
ing four.
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THURSDAY.

Z Evening Reception to party by
{ Prince and Princess Kalanianaole.
. :
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PAN-AMERlCAN RAILROAD

CITY OF MEXICO, September Is-Ambassador Thompsor
has secured control of the Pan-American railway.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-15

Typhoid fever is epidemic in upper
New York.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-15
SUCCEEDS HARTMAN

YORK, September rLovett has been elected chairman
of the committee of the Southern Pacific railroad
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OAHU MUST BE
IMPROBABLE
Representative Prince Says
Oahu Must Be Our
Gibraltar.
PROGRAM TODAY.

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OPERATION ON JOHNSON

ROCHESTER Minnesota September r5-Governor Johnson
hospital undergo operation for hernia
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vESUVIUS SMOKING UP

ROME, September Is.-vesuvius is reported as b
Evening star., 1909-05-02

NANCY set--and, in a sense. the great
est nuisance of the place. They nave
divided Constantinople between them
into quarters or sectionS-a dozen dogs.
say. occupying particular locality
Fighting occurs under any one of The
following circumstances:
When dog. for any reason enters
a section where he does not belong. 1t
may be either dog from an adjoining
or other sections. or a ladys lap dog
in carriage In the first case the in
terloping dog will be set upon and al
driving only quells the tumult-whien
continues all along the line until the
lap dog is housed.
Late at night or Yearly in the morn
ing the offal from the various houses
is deposited in the street. at the first
sniff of which the dogs yell and fight
for precedence. When they have fin
ished their unsavory meal the resduum
is carted away
''In the daytime the dogs generally
sleep-anywhere possible. Ii on the side
walks. which are infrequent and very
narrow. they are rarely disturbed. We all
walk around them. If in the roadway
drivers try to avoid them. but their re-
pose there is more frequently interrupted
The .sore-eyed. NANCY, loathsome crea-
lures are everywhere in evidence. but
fancy their number is gradually decreas-
ing. l see very few surviving young
pups. An attempt was made several
years ago to remove many of the insight
" dogs but the movement was. in conse-
quence of public caanor. abandoned.
Evening star., 1909-05-02

cuaee is, of course. the common tongue
but the Arabians kurds and other tribes
have in addition language of their own
Next to the Turkish language the COM
mon tongue is Grcek-Which is spoken
by nearly all the other nationalities ex-
cepting the Turks. The reason for TINS
is that the servants, nurses, etc. are
generally Greeks, and 1t is constantly al
most mother tongue for many born
here. The Armenian is a harsh language
and is rarely spoken by any excepting
Armenians. The Jews are largely or
Spanish eXtraction--having found a ref
uge here when driven from Spain hun
dreds of years ago. The Jew generally
speaks Spanish even those whose ances-
tors were Germans French, Italian. etc.
Jewish newspapers are printed here IN
Hebrew chara acterS to express Spanish
words. Among the Europeans you nave
French German. Russian, Italian, Eng
lSn, Dutch. Servians. Rouman!ans-every-
thing. II is rare that at least four or
these languages. and Greek, are not un-
ders, ood and spoken by every Frank.
The mosque of st. Sophia-formeriy a
Christian place of worship. but now a
NJ cha mmedan-and the mosque Ahmed
the Pigeon Mosque" the only two
deserving special mention The interior
nj the former barring a few Mohamme-
dan changes. is Srand-perhapS the most
impressive in the world
The religion OF the Mohamnedans ap-
pears 10 sit easily upon their shoulders.
| saw no evidence of bigotry During the
l.enten season, however. all sustenance Is
supposed 10 he stopped excepting between
Evening star., 1909-05-02

famous BospEorus-a strait connecting
the Sea of Marmora and the Black sea-,
and separating the continents of Europe
and Asia. The Bosphorus is a rushing
stream about eighteen miles long ana
from three To five miles wide. On the
European side are succession OF palaces
and villages TO the Black Sea-built upon
the waters edge with a steep hill for a
background. On the Asiatic side is.
first. the city of Scutari-opposite Pera-
and then villages and palaces in 'spots'
Stretching away along the coast in the
general direction of the Princes Islands
are the cemetery. where so many English
soldiers and sailors buried during
the Crimean war, and the towns of Hal
der Pasha. adikuey. etc. Constanti-
nople Is in about the same latitude as
New York and has good markets-partic-
ularly of mutton, fish. fruit and veGeta-
bleS.
1T is said Constantinople and it's sub
urbS contain about one million five hun
dred thousand inha bitantS of whom one
half Turks and the balance Greeks.
Armenians, Jews. Persians, Africans,
Franks and Europeans. At least ninety
five per cent of this entire population are
natives of ConStantinople-for SinSulary
enough there are very few enigrantS
from this place. Greeks. Armenians.
Jews. Persians and Africans are general
ly Turkish subjects, but the Franks. who
with their fathers and srandfathers were
born here. still hold to their original nat
nraliZa ZION and claim the protection of
their various ministers and consuis.
Among the Turks the Turkish Ian
Evening star., 1909-05-02
It's Born in Them.

~ UGENE WALTER at dinner,
was accused of pessmism.
Well said Mr. Walter, Il am
not a pessimist. but | don't believe that
human nature Is by any means angelic.
We are all much alike. The best We
can do is to curb our faults and favor
our virtues.
What faults should | curb?' very
pretty young lady asked.
We'll" said Mr.. Walter, Il should
think you'd have about the same faults
10 curb as "A little girl | talked 10 yes
ierGay She's a charming little girl, and
as We conNersed alone iu the dra win g
room while waiting for her father aud
mother 10 come down ! said Ia her.
Have you go; a sweet cart
She srniled and wrigs'ed 'Yeth, she
said softly.
Evening star., 1909-05-02

There are no theaters or places or
amusement in Constantinople worthy of
attention The famous bazaars are
good deal of fraud. Imagine a huge
vaulted system of dirty shops, selling or
dealing in eyerything-generally small
and you have the bazaars. j should say
business was rather dull. The bazaar
Keepers are Of all natonalities. You gen
asked, and then you give too much. Dis
putes are rife.
There are no longer Janisaries in Con-
stantinople. They were wiped out in 1871
by the grandfather Of the present sultan.
having become too arrogant. There is
however. Janisary museum which is
worth seeing. There are plenty of all
kinds of Dervishes on exhibition-dancins,
whirling. etc. They have all been de-
scribed, again and again.
The most interesting ceremony to
he seen i'm Constantinople was. and per-
haps is. the Seimlik by the sultan. On
Friday he goes to a mosque near his
palace. About ten thousand troops arc
always present and a procession is form
ed of the princes. pashas and other gov
ernment officials. Then comes the sui
tan, generally accompanied by the sec
retary of war. driving in an open carriage
10 the mosque. Coming back he Is al
WAYS alone. but is always followed by
mob of officers. In appearance the
deposed sultan bears a resemblance To
the late Jay Gould. He is supposed TO
have Armenian blood In his veins. Ger
tainly he is one of the ablest diplomates
in Europe.
The Koran permits a man to have
four wives. but | found few instances
of polysamy in Constantinople. In the
first place ii is too expensive to keep
more than one wife. And. then while
divorces are easily given. a divorced
woman has claims upon the eS-husband
that must he satisfied The lharem of the
sultan, however. Is supposed to contain
perhaps thousand women-manA sf
whom he does not even know by sight.
Presents of women are maGe To the sui
tan by panderers.
THE old system of passports pre-
walls all over Turkey and You may not
enter or leave the country without one.
Americans can obtain tneirs from the
State Department at Washington or from
their representatives abroad. They
must he vised by a Turkish consul, how
ever, before proceeding to Turkey.
Il dined with the sultan once. 1t
BILE. The service was such as you would
receive in any well regulated house. l
lunched with about dozen pashas at
the palace one day when the viands were
served a la Turque. l dined many times
at private residences. and observed no
difference from dining in New York or
Paris. The food and service were gen.
orally the same.
Evening star., 1909-05-02

soldiers itinerant merchants, who spread
their wares in the open street or side
walk. and myriadS of dogs. To pedes-
trianiZe in Constantinople. therefore. re-
quires firm foot quick observation. and
a certain kind of a nose.
In the entire city doubt IT there may
be found 800 feet of sidewalk six feet
broad. Apologize two and three feet
walks are seen in certain sections, but
these are not for use by pedestrians.
When not occupied bye sleeping dogs.
itinerant hucksters or merchants spread
their wares upon them. There appear
to be no municipal street regulations-nor
do YOU see many policemen
Il said the streets were very mar
row and steep and dirty. In rainy
weather they are rightful-muddy
and malOdorouS. And yet you will see
treading them as dainty women as you
will find OH Washington streets. In
Pera they will generally be Levantines.
Greeks Armenians-in Stamboul or
Scutari Turks. The buildings are in
many cases brick covered with Stucco-
pa rticularlv the five and six story f1dt.
Old buildings Of this character are
about as CHEEKY prisons. But of
late Years better buildings have been
erected and in the outlying sections
Of Peru u good many we'll built resi-
denceS may be found. The prevailing
arch1 ce tural display is the two and
three story unpanted and rickety
frame.
The dogs are snarling, yelpinS.
Evening star., 1909-05-02

process of triansulation proceeds by
gradually advancing steps. The pre-.
ferred system of enlargement is that or
forming triangles on each >side OF the
base which together compose lozenge,
the long diagonal of which, duly OBJ
served from both ends, forms the base
for A similar system as the next step
The horizontal angles subtended from the
different points OF the triangulation are
mea ured by theodolites. These are car
ried to the SUBMITS of hills or mountains
and established with the greatest care
over the station points where angles are
TO he measured. remaining until the work
in that region Is completed
They are furnished with powerful tele-
scopes for the observation Of distant sig
mails The signals are generally straight
poles supported by tripod. but on the
long lines a heliograph-a simple, round
mirror the size of a silver dollar. SO
mounted that an assistant at distant
station is able to reflect the rays of the
sun in the direction OF the observer-is
found of great value Such a signal may
be seen In the telescope showing IKE a
star of the second magnitude. when the
mountain top from which it proceeds is
from eighty to ninety miles away and not
visible In one instance, in California,
this tiny point of light was accurately
discerned 165 miles. This was from the
highest and most unique scaffoldlng ever
erected from which theodolite obserVa-
tions have been made. The center of this
scaffolding was the trunk Of a redwood
tree eight feet in diameter at the base
and sawed off 100 feet from the ground.
Each angle is determined by some
thirty measurements: at each station
there are usually from ten to twenty an
giles to be measured. Thus only two or
three primary stations can be occupied in
one season. The men live near at hand.
in tents. which are of silk and weigh but
eight pounds.
From points ascertained through this
primary work secondary points are de-
termined for purposes Of topography and
photography, and data are obtained in
Evening star., 1909-05-02

A reporter complimented Rabbi Wise
upon this epigram's brilliance.
Brilliant or not, it is true. the Ia bbi
answered. 1T is particularly true in the
childs case. The child. poor thing. s.
always getting the worst of it. Some
legal and permissible way is always
being found to do him wrong.
Rabbi Wise smiled.
There was little boy. he said.
who was given underdone apple pie
for his supper The little boy ate heartily
of the pie. 1t disagreed with him and III
great pain he roared Justify.
"A visitor said with frown to his
mot her:
Hes got no business to yell like
that. If he were my child he'd get a
good. sound spanking.
HE deserves it the mother admitted
i don't believe. though, in spanking him
on full stomach
: Neither do l.. said the visitor. but
you can turn him over.
Evening star., 1909-05-02

native of Switzerland. and very eccen-
trio character withal.
You come to spect my work. eh ."
he said. addressing the committee col
lectively. ''Not you know bout my
work? Vat you going to 'Spect?"
The gentlemen, conscious of their ig-
norance, tried to smooth his ruffled tenn
per by an explanation, which only mad.
matters worse.
You knows noting at all bout my
you knows noting? Get out of here;
you in my way. Congress vas Won big
WOOL to send you to 'spect my work.. [
ave no time to waste with such as knows
noting vat am bout Go back to Con-
gress and tell dem vat I say
The committee did "go back to Con-
gress." and reported amid uproarious
laughter the result of their inspecting
interview.
A very curious Silhouette portrait Of
Hasslar hangs above the desk of the
present superintendent of the survey.
Mr.. Otto Fl. Tittman. and any number
of good stories of the singular Swiss
are told by the officials. One of these
Is how Hasslar got the salary Of super
intendent to equal that of a cabinet Of
ficer. When Mr.. Levi Woodbury. was
Secretary of the Treasury. under jack
son. he and Hass1ar could not agree as
to the compensation to be allowed to the
superintendent, and Hasslar was refer
tion the law placed the settlement OF
the dispute.
80 Mr.. Hasslar. 1t appears the Sec
retary and YOU cannot agree about this
matter remarked Jackson when Hass-
lar had stated his case in his usual en-
phatic style.
mo, sir. we can't"
well, how much do you really think
you ought to have?'
six thousand dollars, sir
"Why, Mr. Hasslar, that is as much
AS Mr. Woodbury.. my Secretary Of the
Treasury, himself receives"
Mr.. Woodbury. screamed Hasslar,
Evening star., 1909-05-02

rising from his chair and vibrating his
long forefinger toward his own heart.
..Pl-e-e-n-ty. Mr.. Woodbury.: pl-e-e-n-C
Mr.. Everybodys. for Secretary OF de
Treasury. V-o-ne, y-o-ne Mr.. Hasslar
for de head of de coast survey" And
erecting himself in a naughty attitude he
looked down upon Jackson In supreme
scorn at his daring comparison.
President Jackson, sympathizing, per-
haps. with a character that had some
traits in common with his own, granted
Hasslar's demand, and at the close OF
the next cabinet meeting told the joke, TO
the great entertainment of the gentlemen
present.
Washington are located in Buildings just
southeast of the Capitol. They present