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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-19

desired to gaze upon the likeness or
their best girl, or sweetheart, as the
case may be, it was only through hav-
inc it locked in their clothes locker,
or nailed to the inside of their cup
board. But in its recommendations for
the betterment of lighting facilities,
the board declares that pictures ought
to be allowed in the rooms. The board
saws that the hanging of suitable pic
lures to relieve the barrenness of the
rooms merits serious, consideration,
and is. in its opinion, desirable. The
board was composed of Civil Engineer
A. l.. Parsons and Passed Assistant
Surgeon H. W. Smith of the navy.
Canadian Naval Pay.
Adverse critics may laugh contemptu-
ously at the proposed Canadian navy
and may even echo the opinion express
ed that cit is too weak to fight and too
slow to run away; but they can not
sneer at the pay which will be given to
the gallant seamen who man our ships,
says the Vancouver Province. The rates
arranged for by the Canadian govern
ment will be considerably higher than
those in the imperial service and our
officers and tars will be able when on
shore to walk all around the British
blue Jackets in the matter of holding up
their end. Here is partial list of what
officers and men are supposed to be
worth to the country as defenders Of
our peaceful land Captains on promo
ton will receive $500 per day, after
four years service 50, and after eight
wears service 50 90. Command money
will be So per day on promotion, wit h
81 after four years service, and S4.o0
after eight years service. Command
ers will receive Sc per day on promo
ton, and lieutenants 81 per day, with
corresponding increases as above for
length of service. Engineer captains
will receive $3.50 per day, thus being
considerably higher salaried than the
man in command of the ship. Other
figures include the following: .Chlef
warrant officer on promotion, $3.50; gun
ners, boatswains and carpenters, $3.50;
able seamen, 20 cents; ordinary seamen,
so cents.
1t NAV look as if the provision for
seamen is somewhat small as compared
to the regal amounts paid to officers,
but probably the government wishes to
encourage Young men. with b<nt for
the sea, to aspire to these positions and
not to be satisfied TO be common sailors.
From this point of view the establish
ment of the Canadian navy may be of
real benefit. 1t may prove stimulus
to ambition and Canada may eventually
provide officers for the imperial navy
when it is discovered that she has more
than enough to supply her own needs.
Another advantage that may be ex-
pected from the payment OF these high
rates to officers is that many of both
parties. who now turn their attention
to politics and depend upon them for
their living may perceive possibilities
in rhesavy which will attract them. 1t
is new field of endeavor which may be
worth exploiting: and we may be sure
that if it is found so the Canadian navy
will gain a popularity which its fond
est champions could never have antici-
pated.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-19


Republican
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something fall back Republican this fall will depend
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-19

Ainsworth, adjutant general, who en-
tered the army as assistant surgeon in
1874. General Wood entered the army
as assistant surgeon in 1886.
General Wood appeared at the depart
ment early today with General Oliver,
acting secretary of war. They con-
tinued their discussion of matters be-
fore the department in General Oliver s
Office Then General Wood went to his
new office and relieved General Carter
as acting chief of staff. Later in the
day General Wood called at the state
department to make a report on his trip
to the Argentine Republic, where he
went as a special ambassador of the
United States to attend the centennial
celebration of that government s indie
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-19

grim keeps
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-19

1000 splendid books, soc. Brown
Lyon Co. Until we move only.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-19
Army and Navy Notes.

Capt. James R. Pourie, Coast Artil-
lerN Corps, has been detailed to tenn
pofary duty at department headquar-
tiers. pending the sailing of the next
transport for Fort Ruger. Hawaii,
where he has been ordered for station.
Lieut.. Col. F. L. Payson, paw depart
ment, VINO has been ordered to Homo
lulu, sailing October ). has arrived from
Atlanta, Georgia, on leave of absence
lie registered yesterday at department
Headquarters and is staying at the Key
Route Inn. Oakland
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-19
New Charges Against Cooke.

SEATTLE, August G. Capt. w. H.
Bergman, master of the government
harbor boat jeff c. Davis, who was a
witness today at the trial by court
martial of Col. George F. Cooke, Z. S
A, retired, accused of negligence and
misconduct while commander of Fort
Gibbon. Alaska, testified that Colonel
Cooke had used government Transports
ton for private purposes while in the
North. Captain Bergman said that
Cooke used the jeff c. Davis to send
mining outfits, polling boats and men
TO his mines. forty miles up the Yukon
River from Fort Gibbon.
Lieut.. F. f. McCammon, formerly
quartermaster at Fort Gihbon. testified
that Colonel Cooke also used govern
ment sledges to carry supplies to his
mines.
Other witnesses corroborated the tes-
t1monv by Sergeant CUTIE yesterday,
that Colonel Cooke had borrowed. money
from enlisted men.
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Denny in Charge Here.

Word has been received from Wash
ington to the effect that Colonel Frank
Denny. recently relieved as quarter
master Of the marine corps at Wash
ington. is expected to arrive in this
city next week. Colonel Denny has been
ordered to duty in charge of the quar-
termaster s depot in this city and of
the quartermaster S department of the
marine corps Of the Pacific Coast. In
addition to this duty, he will have
charge of all construction work on the
Pacific. including the district of Homo
lulu. Major II. L. Roosevelt, who is
now in charge Of the depot, will re-
main in this city as disbursing officer
and assistant to the quartermaster.
Special Orders for National Guard.
All members of the First Hospital
Co, n. G. H, will report to their head
quarters Bungalow Sunday morning
at 7:30. August 81, 1910, to accompany
the First Infantry. n. G. H., on a prac-
tise march to Manoa Valley and return.
By order of
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-19
Highest Army Places Now Held by
Doctors,

With the assumption by Nai.-Gen.
Leonard Wood of the duties of chief of
staff of the army. two doctors now oc-
cupy the two most responsible positions
III the army of the United States. The
other doctor who has risen to such pow
ers in the army is Mai -Gen. Fred C.
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Jupiter Will Accompany Fleet.

VALLEJO, August 10.-Word was
received at Mare Island today to the
effect that the feet collier Jupiter has
been assigned to the Pacific station,
and will hereafter accompany the Pa
cife squadron on its various cruises.
This is one of the largest and most
modern GOLFERS recently constructed by
the government. It was built at the
Phila nhia Navy Yard.
Rear-A dmiral Thomas S. Phelps and
an inspection board went over the
cruiser Cleveland today to ascertain
how much will be needed to repair the
vessel. At the completion of their task
the report was forwarded to Washing,
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Slow in Paying Debts.

WASH1 NIION.-lncle Sam Is some
times very slow in iquidating his in
debtedness. That fact is shown in the
case of Brig. Harry R. Anderson,
retired artillery officer, who has just
convinced the accounting officers of the
treasury that he is entitled to $40 10
for services rendered nearly forty years
ago.
The record shows that Anderson
served as captain s clerk in the navy
from March, 1868, to August of that
year. and also from October, 1868, to
March, 1864. Then Anderson entered
the army as captain of the Sixth Vol
unteer Infantry. He was made sec
ond lieutenant in the regular esta blish-
ment in May, 1867. Settlement was
made by the accounting officers without
knowledge of the fact that Anderson
served as a cadet at West Point from
July, 1864, to January, 1S65-six mont hs
and eighteen days. Recognizing service
as cadet as service in the army, the
controller now holds that General An
; derson is entitled to $240
This is the amount he will get at last.
If interest were allowed it would run
up to more than $500, but Uncle Sam
allows no interest on such claims Gen
eral Anderson is an Ghioan and was re-
tired In the spring of 1907 on reaching
The AGE of SIXtG-tWO wears
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Army and
Navy News
National Guard Instructors

The following named officers are de-
signated as instructors at the camp of
instruction for infantry officers of the
organ zed militia of the Territory of
Hawaii, to be conducted at Fort Shat
ter, from September II to ri. inclusive,
under the provisions of General Orders,
No. Ga, Department of California. May
4, 1910:
Capt Willard A. Holbrook. Fifth
Cavalry. Schofield Barracks. Hawaii
Territory
First Lieut. Austin NJ Pardee. Tween
tieth Infantry, Fort Shafter. Hawaii
Territory.
FIRST Lieut. William H. Smith. Medi-
cal Corps. Fort Shafter, Hawaii Terri
tory.
Second Lieut. Homer NJ. Groninger,
Fifth Cavalry, Schofeld Barracks, Ha.
wall Territory
Second Lieut.. Joseph A. Rogers,
Twentieth Infantry, Fort Shafter Ha-
waii Territory
Second Lieut.. Lewis IT. Watkins.
Corns of Engineers, Fort De Russv. Ha-
wall Territory.
The officers named will report in per-
son. at the proper time. to Lieut. Col.
Robert L. Billiard Eighth Infantry. at
Fort Shafter, Hawaii Territory. for
duty, and upon completion thereof will
reioin their respective stations.
Such preliminary instructions as may
be necessary will be communicated bv
Iient Col Robert L. Billiard, Eighth
Infantry. to the officers concerned
The travel directed is necessary in
he military service.
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ter, N. Y, U. S. A.
The Red Cloud chief., 1910-11-17
Surgery on Heart

Surgical operations upon the heart have become
more or less OF a commonplace in medical history.
Something approximatng 100 cases OF the sewing
up of heart wounds on record and the recov-
cries have been considerable when one considers
the highly dangerous character of such work Hith.
ero however heart surgery has been limited to ac-
cident
In recent issue OF the annals OF surgery one Of
the workers at the Rockefeller institute for
medical research discusses the possibility OF
treating diseased hearts surglcally. He has made
numerous experiments animals and believes
that such operations will be successfully performed
on human beings In the future. His tests
have convinced him that the heart can be opened
scraped out (cleaned, so to speak sewed up and
started off on its beating" path again without any
great, at least insuperabe. difficulty. by an In
genious system Of side piping and new channeling
he is able temporarily to cut out of the circulation
portions OF such important vessels as the descend
ing aorta the largest artery in the body without
killing the animal. Among his suggested opera.
tlons is one on the coronary arteries of the heart
for the cure OF angina pectoris.
This doctor has apparently proved to his own sat.
sfaction animals that successful surgical inter
ference with the great vessels and the heart itself
these experiments to actual operations on human
beings, but there is every indication that the latter
feat will be attempted in the near future. The in.
actability OF cardiac affections and their high IA.
taty make the proposed new surgery a thing OF
great general interest and may justify ths extreme
boldness Of the proposal
The Red Cloud chief., 1910-11-17

they would be as near as possible to the vantage
points to be found only the exposed bridge
and from those substitute observatories-some oi
them located directly behind otherwise ada
cent to the bridge-woud direct the action OF the
battling armorcad.
In order to enable the officers on the bridge to
be at all times closely I'm touch with all parts
Of the ship this elevated promenade is made the
nerve center OF elaborate telephone, telegraph
and signaling systems that afford instantaneous
communication with the engine and fire rooms,
the ammunition magazines, all the different "gun
stations" throughout the ship, and in fact. every
scene OF activity that has part In the complex
mission Of one of these great fighting machines.
The telephone system on battleship Is much
like the private telephone system In great store
or mandatory. but with the difference that on
shipboard most Of the receivers OF the pattern
which fit close to tho head, covering both ears
and strongly resembling those used by the hello
girls in telephone exchanges. This special equip
ment is designed to shut out disturbing noises
and is very essential when officers and men may
be called upon to listen to telephone conversation
when the guns are roaring or against the opposi-
ton of the various distracting noises always to
be encountered on shipboard.
Near the bridge of batteshp is the wireless
telegraph station which is one OF the newer yet
easily one OF the most Important adjuncts OF the
up-todate battleship. However the wireless tele'
graph is not used for interior communication
OF messages with other ships and with shore sta
tons What are sometimes referred to "tele-
graphs OH shipboard are not telegraphs at all.
as the lay reader understands them, but
rather signaling systems. The most common OF
these communicative systems is that whereby the
pressure of q button or lever at one station on a
batteshp-say on the bridge-will cause print
ed command to suddenly appear In illuminated
form In distant part Of the ship For instance,
the movement of a certain lever on the bridge
nP ha hatf vi illuminated
to suddenly appear before the eyes OF the engi-
neers, way down below the water line, reading,
Full Speed Ahead" or Full Speed Astern," or
any other command which II Is desired to give.
BY means of this method OF signaling a command
can, II need be. be communicated simultaneously
to a number of different stations scattered
throughout the ship. Indeed 1t is by this expedi'
ent that the captain Of the batteship insures uni
formity OF action during target practise or in
battle. In twinkng he can send the command
Begin firing" or Cease firing" any other In
structions to each and every gun crew scattered
throughout the length OF ths ship.
The Red Cloud chief., 1910-11-17
SICK, SOUR, UPSET STOMACH
Indigestion, Gas, Heartburn or Dys.
pepsia Relieved Five Minutes After
Taking a Little Diapepsin.

Here IS harmless preparation
which surely will digest anything you
eat and overcome a sour. gasSy or out
of.order stomach within five minutes.
II your meals don't fit comfortably,
or what you eat lies like lump Of lead
in your stomach. or II you have heart
burn. that is a sign of Indigestion.
Get from your Pharmacist 50-cent
case of Pape's Diapepsin and take
a dose Just as soon as you can. There
will be no sour risings. no belching OF
undigested food mixed with acid, no
stomach gas or heartburn. fullness or
heavy feeling in the stomach. Nausea.
Debilitating Headaches. Dizziness or
Intestinal gripping. This will all go.
and, besides, there will be no sour food
left over In the stomach to poison your
breath with nauseous odors.
Pape's Diapepsin is a certain cure
for out-of-order stomachs. because It
takes hold of your food and digests 1t
Just the same as II your stomach
wasn't there.
Relief In five minutes from all stom.
ach misery is waiting for you at any
drug store here In town.
These large 50-cent cases of Pape's
Diapepsin contain more than sufficient
to thoroughly cure almost any case Of
Dyspepsia, Indigestion. Gastritis or
any other stomach disorder.
The Red Cloud chief., 1910-11-17

and white lights and there is the eiectric 'orch
for unofficial messages
The American navy has been the most SUI
cesstll military organization, from Its very incep
tion which the world has ever seen. That ls
pretty broad statement but It is absolutely true'
There are good reasons for this
In the early days we were a commercial people
We were natural sailormen. Our people h'eu
along the shores. They made their money III
commercial pursuits. The men who commanded
merchant ships were not only good sailors; they
were good merchants, and the foundations lot
many Of the great fortunes OF this country nave
come from that source. In order 10 prCtect tnehi-
selves they were Obliged to go armed iheir
ships were armed were privateers IN tne OF
war. The result is that they not only knew naVi,
CATION, but they knew gunnery. and combined
with these qualities the intelligence which makes
great merchants.
Naturally when those men came into positions
where they commanded men'ofwar, tbey were
equal to the occasion, although they had had no
naval training AS time went on they acquired
naval training so that in the later wars, In the
early part of the nineteenth century, they met
every requirement, and In the recent wars 'he
graduates of the Naval academy have been equai
to every duty which has been imposed upon
them. They have made a record or whlch every
American citizen should be proud.
The American sailorman has always been ofh'
cient They were good men In the time OF the
Revolution: competent men I'm the time OF the
war of 1912. They are better men today than they
were In those days, because today 30 per cent OF
them are American citizens and not man Is
shipped in the American navy who has not de-
clared his intention to become a citizen. Twenty
five years ago not more than 80 per cent OF our
menof.war's men were American citizens.
The American navy has been successful be
cause our ships have always been as good ships
as any that were built in tho world Our merchant
men. in the Revolutionary times and down 10
the Civil war, the best merchant ships sail
ing the seas. They were. no doubt, the best
manned and they made the fastest time. During
the period OF wooden ships, when we built men
of-war they were of the same general character
Our men-of.war gun for gun were equal to- and
probably superior, to those OF any other nation
We have always been able to shoot better than
most people. Go back to the early times to the
revolutionary war. We lost "a men-of-war, carry
ing less than 500 guns. In the Revolutionary war;
while the British lost 102 menof-war, carrying
more than $500 guns. We captured 800 OF their
merchant ships. and II Is not too much TO say
that II It had not been for the damage caused by
The Red Cloud chief., 1910-11-17

OF no. while the American snip lost put hNe hh''
and five wounded from a crew OF the same size.
I could mention a number of similar instances
which demonstrate my statement that at that time
we were able to shoot well. and we have been
shooting better since. Not only tho men or
the north but the OF the south shot well dur
ing tho Civil war; they shot we'll during the Span
ish war; and shoot half n dozen times as
well today as could during the Spanish war
Never has tho American navy made such a rec
ord 1t Is making today, and never has there been
n navy having a record cXcelllng tho one which
our navy is now making for capacity to hit the
target. That is really the whole war problem
TO hit what you are shooting at
We have not In the past built homogeneous
fleets. We build surplus OF batteships and then
provide the men to man them, and frequently pro.
vide more than we have ships for. We build auxil-
iares and torpedo boats, II do It at all. withcat
any regard to the relation which such craft should
bear to the battleship feet, and while we have
built have in construction 20 batleships. have
practically means OF furnishing tenders for them
under service conditions.
When the 'battleship fleet was sent to the Pa
cc recently II necessary to charter 40 foreign
ships to carry coal for 1t. II Il had been found
necessary TO send the feet around the horn In time
of war It could not have been attempted. because
We could not have furnished American vessels in
which to carry the coal.
Very few people realize the deporable condition
in. as far as our merchant marine is con-
cerned II we had a large merchant marine we
could draw from 1t without having special auxil-
iaries for the navy. but lacking In both
that II makes our present situation almost hope.
less
When the Spanish war broke out II was neces-
sary to purchase colliers and transports One hun.
dred and two vessels bought at cost OF some.
thing over $17000,000, but they cost n very large
percentage more than their market value. and more
than twice as much they could have been sold
for II they had been put the market at the ter
mInation of the war. In other words we paid out
millions OF dollars because we had not provided
ourselves with suitable auxares for our battle
ship feet We should have navy adequate for
our needs: not only adequate I'm battleships but
adequate in every other respect.
The Red Cloud chief., 1910-11-17
WOULD BE OF MORE VALUE
Father o'Leary's Facetious Rejoinder
TO John Phllpot Curran an Ex.
ample Of Real Wit.


One day the famous John Philpot
Curran, who was also very partial to
the said corned mutton, did me the
honor to meet him. To enjoy the so.
ciety of such men was an intellectual
treat. They were great friends and
seemed to have a mutual respect for
each others talent. and. as 1t may
easily be imagined, O'Leary versus
Curran was no bad match.
One day after dinner Curran said to
him: Reverend father. wish you
were ST. Peter
And why, counselor. would you
wish that | were St Peter" asked
OLeary.
Because, reverend father, in that
case" said Curran, you would have
the keys of heaven, and you could let
me in"
by my honor and conscience coun.
selor,' replied the divine. 1T would be
better for you that had the keys Of
tho other place, then could let you
out"
Curran enjoyed the Joke. which he
admitted had a good deal OF justice In
it.-From Kellv's "reminiscences.
The Red Cloud chief., 1910-11-17

comfort Of the hundreds of men VINO
crowd one OF these floating fortresses
II one were to choose. however, tne
one section OF a battleship which
above all others is a voritable nest OF
wonders and surprises choice would
unhcsitatingly fall upon the bridge
that elevated structure which is so
appropriately named and which eX-
tends the full width of the deck on the
forward part OF the ship--in front or
the huge smokestacks. as n land iuo'
Der" might designate it's location.
For one thing. we find on the
bridge an even greater array than any
where else on the ship Of those re-
markable mechanical and electrical
devices which do so much OF the
work on shipboard that would seem
to require human intelligence. But
the bridge has in addition a spe-
cial significance which multiplies
many times its importance and the
interest of its equipment. 1t ts the
nerve center" of the ship. the seat OF
authority and command which directs
all the operations within the bounds
Of the big armorclad. and also the in.
tellicenCc office through which this
warship community communicates
other vessels OF the fleet and, indeed.
with the entire outside world
Under ordinary conditions when
the battleship is cruising at sea, par
ticipating in battle drill or target prac-
titse or engaged In any of the other
important functions Of sea warrior
the captain commanding. the navigat
ing officer and other responsible Off
cials OF the ship have their positions
on tho bridge. In time Of actual battle
those directing heads OF the fighting
machire would not expose themselves
on the bridge. but they would not be
far away. Sheltered by coming tow.
ers or some other protective screens,