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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06
Cage Masts in Action.


1t has recently been a matter Of
much speculation among navy men as
to just how the mast cage would be
have if several shots were aimed and
fired from the steel structure of the
u. S. cruisers; which section would
give and follow the blow, and how
the rest would stand the lombard
ment of bullets of heroic size.
Many mathematically worked out
problems were submitted, theories ad-
vanced, and almost all-naval of
ficers could tell exactly how it would
withstand or collapse with so many
well-aimed missiles striking the steel
mast.
It was suggested to use the old sec
ond-class battleship' Texas, which
several months ago was renamed the
San Marcos, for a target to try out
this probability But on investigation
it was found that a cost of from $S5,-
900 to $4,000 would attend this .ex.
pertinent in regard to the mast cages
and how they would come through
shot and shell, in preparing the San
Marcos for gun practice. So, from
latest advices, the testing of this sec
ton of target practice had been tenn
porarily abandoned by the Navy De
partment.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06
7HE WORLDS NEWS Condensed
Especial mail report to The Star from San Francsco)

Charles w. Morse, the New York
banker recently paroled by President
Taft on account of i'll health, is now
well enough to leave the army hos
pital.
Many of the 10000 operatives in the
cotton and wooden mills of Lawrence,
Mass, are leaving the ranks of the
strikers and returning to work. Com
ing winter and lack of food, it is
thought, will break up the strike.
1t is predicted that the proposed
democratic probe into the methods of
the money trust may bring on a panic.
The Democratic steel bill probably
will pass the house shortly with the
support of the Republican Progress
sives.
1t is reported that the Federal grand
jury in indianapolis investigating the
dynamite conspiracy will return at
least thirty indictments.
More than $2OOOO,OOO worth of auto.
mobiles were exported from the Unit
ed States during 1911. One-third of
the exported machines went to Cana
da.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06

Secretary Stimsons report Is made
in answer to a House resolution by
Representative Buckley of Ohio.
Mobile Army Is Aim.
The principal object is to dispose
of the present small army with dis
tinct reference to its mission in case
of war. The first involves adequate
forces for foreign garrisons, which
cannot be reinforced from the United
States after the outbreak of hostili-
ties. With the rest of the army a
mobile force is to organized and
distributed among about eight great
strategical points in the United
States instead of scattered in forty
nine posts, as now.
The annual cost of maintenance
would be reduced about $5,5OO,OO0.
The following posts are said to be
so located as to permit of their being
retained as strategic concentration
points; Fort Porter, Buffalo, n. Y
(Albany is suggested as an alterna-
tive position Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
Especially desirable for cavalry bril-
gade); Fort Mcpherson, Atlanta, Ga
(of great strategic value with refer
ence to the South Atlantic and Gulf
coasts; Fort Sam Houston Texas
(the best strategic position for the
Southern frontier) Fort Lawton, nea"
Seattle Wash, and Vancouver Bar
racks, Washington, near Portland, and
the Preside of San Francisco and
Monterey, Cal, one or both of which
may be included in the California
strategical group.
$4,000, 600 Wasted in Ten Years.
The report says that each succeed
ing year of war has been hampered in
getting rid of useless and expensive
posts by local and political influences.
1t is asserted that n" less than $780,
100000 has been spent on such posts
in the last ten years, and every dol
lar so expended became an argument
argainst their abandonment.
Doubtless this argument will be
used again to present the concentra-
ton desired by the present secretary
of war the report continues, land
unless approached in the spirit of the
great business corporation which ruth
lessly tears down a six-story building
no longer suited to its needs, to erect
a twenty-story building found neces
sary, the present movement for eff
ficient and economically administered
forts will fail as have preceding, eff.
forts"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06
PHILIPPINE ARMY SLASHED
TO GIVE HAWAII $1,000

WASHINGTON, January 2S.-Con-
firmatory of the Examiners exclusive
announcement two weeks ago of the
mobilizing of a great United States
army in Hawaii, it was given out by
War Department officials today that a
speedy reduction of the number of
regiments in the Philippines by one
half had been decided upon by the
government for reasons of economy
and military administration. Four
regiments of infantry and two of cav
airy will take over the duties now
performed by twelve regiments
$1,000 Troops in Hawaii.
The reduction of the Philippine
force will make possible the station
ing of large number of troops in Ha-
wall year or two before plans al
ready formed had contemplated. 1t is
proposed to garrison Hawaii with
about 10000 to $4,000 troops, as these
islands are regarded as the military
key to the Pacific Coast.
The reduction in the Philippines
will not be so great as would appear,
because the regiments remaining will
be brought up to full war strength
and kept that way.
No less than $1,OOO,OOO will be
saved by the change, it is estimated.
Following this announcement came
another that Secretary OF War Slim
son, acting upon an exhaustive report
from the general staff, had decided
that no less than sixteen and prob
ably eighteen existing army posts
should be abandoned at once, ito put
an end to the extravaganza and inef-
ficiency resulting from improper dis
tribution of the mobile army"
List of Condemned Posts.
The posts condemned are: Apache,
Arizona; Boise Barracks, Idaho i;
Brady, Michigan; Clark, Texas /;
George Wright, Washington; Jay,
New York; Lincoln, North Dakota;
Logan H. Roots, Arkansas Mcintosh,
Texas; Mackenzie, Wyoming; Madi-
son Barracks, New York; Meads,
South Dakota; Niagara, New York !;
Ontario, New York; Wayne, Michi-
gan; Whipple Barracks, Arizona
William Henry Harrison, Montana,
and Yellowstone, Wyoming.
There is another formidable list Of
posts, which, While not recommended
for immediate abandonment, ultimate
ly will be withdrawn. This includes
Fort Russell, Wyoming.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06
PALMYRA SEEMS
OPEN QUESTION

WASHINGTON, January 29,-Ru-
mors that Great Britain intended to
take possession of Palmyra Island, in
reality a group of fifty islets, lying
about 600 miles southwest of Hawaii,
and almost in direct line between
Australia and the Panama Canal, re-
suited in the subject being a matter
of inquiry unofficially at the State
Department today
Officials professed ignorance of any
issue being raised as to the owner
ship of the island, but admitted the
title was vague,
Palmyra Island was discovered in
1852 by a United States skipper VINO
proclaimed it part of the kingdom Of
Hawaii in 1882. 1t was annexed TO
Great Britain in 1889.
The question at issue is whether the
British annexation Cancelled the prior
Hawaiian title. If it did not, Pal
myra Island probably will be held to
have been annexed to the United
States in 1898.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06

consistency, what target practice on a
rife range means to the land service
of army and marine men of the Unit.
ed States.
The sailors aim to be and are often
expert riflemen and even sharpshoot-
ers in an army sense, but their ambi.
ton is at firing to hit a given object
at sea with their big guns.
Six eight, ten and twelve-inch guns
aboard, they strive to strike a target
few thousand yards distant. They
have in addition to the contrary winds
rain and sun encountred by the land
forces in their practice on the range
The sea boys have all of these with a
sea added, a rough, restless sea and
the ships movements all to be taken
into calculation before one of the
large pieces aboard ship are fired.
The cost between target practice al
sea and on land is another large diff
ference between the service practice
firing.
Army Construction Work.
The construction work of the new
army posts that are being built ans
many that are in contemplation II
the Department of Hawaii, are all un
der the efficient care of Captain Franl
B. Edwards, u. S. Army.
Captain Edwards is ON the home
stretch in the completion of the build
ing of the Coast Artillery post at For
Ruger, Diamond Head, where the
field officers quarters and six set.
of company officers houses are re
ceiving their finishing touches.
Barracks buildings for two com
panies of one hundred and eight meI
each are almost completed. 1t is an
ticipated that the barracks will BE-
occupied before the line houses are.
These companies have been Twin,
in tents at Fort Kruger, many for two
years and a half. During that time
they have kept remarkably health,
and have learned to love the cam
and their tent houses so well tina
they do not care to exchange them fol-
life in a nice new barracks building
Junior Officers Practice.
The U. S. S. South Dakota left it.
dock yesterday morning for mid
stream where maneuvering in tn,
quick and proper handling OF tn
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06
EASTERN NEWS.

Originated East of the Mississippi)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06
STRANGE BRITISH ORDERS

San Francisco Call, January 49,:
Commander A. X. Jones is in charge
of the British gunboat Algerine, which
has been ordered by the British all
miralty to proceed to Acapulco Tues
day and convoy to this port the gun
boat Clearwater, which is disabled.
The Shearwater had its tail shaft
broken while in a storm off the Cen
trail American coast. The orders re-
ceived here by the Algerine say that
the Shearwater is to be repaired at
the Union Iron works.
This is not in accord with the Brit
ish naval policy. John Bull generally
endeavors to have his men of war re-
paired at his own shipyards or those
of some English firm at a South or
Central American port.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06
FOREIGN NEWS.
Originated Outside of the United
States)

States)
General Liang Pi, high Manchu
official, was perhaps fatally injured in
Pekin by a bomb thrown by an I'M
identified Chinaman.
The Portuguese government has de-
clared its intention to sell the jewels
and valuables found in the royal pal
aces. Prince Miguels jewels alone
are worth $2,5OO,O0O.
The suffragettes in England have
announced that they will make the
life of Lewis Harcourt secretary of
state of the colonies, as miserable as
possible.
A copyright treaty between the
United States and Hungary will be
signed at Budapest. This is the first
direct treaty between these nations
A play has just been written by a
young French woman who is deaf,
practically mute and almost blind,
which is declared by critics to be one
of Frances greatest plays. The au-
thor is Mile. Marie lie Neru.
w Morgan Shuster, former Ameri-
can treasurer-general of Persia, ar
rived in London on his way home
1t Is reported that Prince Adelbert,
third son of the German emperor, will
visit Washington, New York and New
port this summer.
Nine hundred fishermen are adrift
on a gigantic ice foe off the coast of
Finland. Unless a storm breaks they
are in no immediate danger.
A mob broke into the Guayaquil,
Ecuador, Jail and lynched five gene
rails, leaders of the revolutionary
party.
Die Poste, organ of the German war
party, urges the Kaiser to end the
fatherland's enervating era of peace,
and lead it forward to new deeds and
new goals. 1t pleads for the diversion
of a great war to unite political fac
tions in Germany in a common cause.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06
WESTERN NEWS
Originating West of the Mississippi
RiVer.)

(Orlginatlng West of the Mississippi
River.)
San Francisco trap-shooters broke
the worlds trap-shooting record re-
Gently at Vancouver, B. c., by scoring
1876 breaks. The Spokane team tied
this score.
A special train load of fifty double.
deoked carloads of one make of auto.
m0&les is being shipped to San Fran
cisco. The value of the automobiles
carried is $294,92O
Hale Brothers, Inc, the largest de.
partment store operators on the Pa.
cific Coast, are to put up a new build
ing in San Francisco at a cost OF
100000.
Porters travelling on trains out of
Chicago have been caught swindling
railroads by substituting their own
cigars, liquors and cigarettes for those
supplied by the company.
A ten-day-old baby and an aged
paralytic were killed in a hospital fire
at jacksonville, Cal.
Modern monographs are to displace
the live "spielers" in San Diego's rub.
ber-neck cars. The monographs are
to be controlled by the driver.
William D. Haywood, former secre
tary of the Western Federation o.
Miners, has been denounced by the
Denver Trades and Labor Assembly
because he attacked the American
Federation of Labor for withdrawing
support from the McNamaras.
Ludwig Schwabacher, one of the
prominent financiers and business
men of San Francisco and one of Cal
ifornia's pioneers, has just died at the
age of sixty-fve years.
Glen Curtiss, inventor % the hydro
aeroplane, has been awarded the first
animal trophy of the Aero Club Ct
America for the greatest achievement
made in aviation during 1911.
A thousand or more of the resi-
dents of the Island of st. Helena
made famous by Napoleon's exile
may come to America and establish
themselves near San Diego, Cal. as
a result of negotiations being carried
on in that district by landowners.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06
LATEST NEWS BULLETIN.
News Originating On the Day the
Steamer Sailed)


Steamer Sailed.)
Colonel Watterson brands Woodrow
Wilson as a Selfish, unsafe leader"
adding, may God protect Democracy
from such a man."
John e. Stubs, president of the
University of Nevada, has been shelly
ed by the trustees. 1t is expected that
Dean Levers, a former Stanford pro-
lessor, will be the new president.
Chief White, head of San Francis
co.'s police force, has been asked to
resign, to make way for a more ex-
perienced man.
The will and private papers of j.. ].
Moore, the murdered San Francisco
capitalist, have been seized by his
sons lawyers, in anticipation of bit
ter will contest, to be begun by
Moore's second wife.
School authorities in San Jose, in
examining into reasons for sudden
drop in scholarship on the part of
some boys, discovered a fourishing
poker club in a business block down
town.
Herman Bang, a Danish author of
note, en- route to the Pacific Coast,
died suddenly at Ogden of apoplexy.
Prince Marcantonio Coloma is dead
The Princess Evelyn, his mother, was
daughter of Mrs. John w. Mackay
by former marriage.
Five students of Holy Cross College
near Quebec, Canada, refused permits
sion to go home for a holiday, set fire
to the school. The damage was $685.
900.
Seattle will submit 100000 bond
issue to the voters to provide money
for the eventual building of a $780,
900 ocean terminal for all kinds of
shipping.
Union delegates stopped the funeral
cortege of a prominent San Francisco
business man, because one taxicab
was being run by non-union man.
The funeral procession could not pro-
coed until the offending machine left
the line.
Hetty Green's son, Colonel E. H.
Green, has arrived in San Francisco.
He says he is looking over the finan-
cial and matrimonial market. Girls,
he doesn't want "clothes-horse." He
wants good cook, a good sewer, and
woman who loves children.
The Navy Department has accepted
wireless telephone invented by a
Californian. In severe tests it has
worked successfully over a distance
of $50 miles.
admiral Beresford, in his book.
THE Betrayal" just issued, declares
the far-famed "dreadnoughts" abso-
lutely useless as fighting ships.
A general labor strike has begun in
Lisbon, Portugal. No newspapers an.
peared yesterday and the theatres are
closed.
The San Francisco city government
faces deficit of 100000 as a result
of wilful waste of funds by the prev.
ious administration.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06

The Orangemen of the United King
dom are preparing to fight home rule
and Ulster has become the storm CEN
ter of Great Britain and Ireland
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06

" uloSlo ny INC JuulOl OluCGIb Is pIdC-
ticed.
The drill of bringing a man-of-war
up to a wharf safely and expeditiously
is being tried out by some of the
cruisers captains.
The lieutenants and ensigns are
practiced especially in the matter OF
keeping their proper station, of dis
lance from other ships while at sea,
and the number of knots necessary to
accomplish this end.
Improving Methods.
Colonel William H. c. Bowen.
Twelfth Infantry, as ranking officer.
and commander of the regiment, re-
ceived instructions while here that the
Thomas would not go to San Fran
cisco direct from here, but would 60
first to Monterey, where the regiment
may be disembarked and be right AT
home, without any extra railway
transportation
The policy of the War Department
in the transportation of troops has
been greatly improved and benefited
/ by the efficiency in the practical hand
ling of the problems of moving large
bodies of men by the officer in charge
/ of army transportation in Washing
ton, d. c., Lieutenant Colonel David
S. Stanley.
/ Before Lieutenant Colonel Stanley
became responsible for transporting
the military forces of Uncle Sam,
much time was consumed and incon-
venience felt by the troops Regi-
ments that were intended for duty in
Mindanao, Jolo, or Cebu, Philippine
Islands, as the case might be, were
landed at Manila and had to remain
there some days before embarkine
again on an interisland transport.
However now when a regiment
goes that will have Camp Jassman as
its station, the troopship taking the
men to the Philippines division for n
tour of service do not now go to Ma
Mia unless the troops are intended for
Manila or Fort William Mckinley,
Rial The transport after leaving
Guam goes directly the southern route
to whatever port it may be bound for,
and after all passengers and cargo are
left at the nearest port needed, the
ship goes to Manila for preparations
for the return voyage to the coast Of
the mainland.
In gathering up regiments whose
detail has been served, the transports
go for them and they are housed on
the ship until San Francisco is
reached.
Detailed to AdmiraPs Staff.
Lieutenant Commander d. w.
Wurtsbaugh, U. S. ~, third in com.
mand of the U. S. S. South Dakota,
has been detailed on the staff of Ad-
miral Nicholson, U. S. N.
Admiral Nicholson has recently
been assigned as naval officer in com
mand of the Asiatic fleet. with station
in Philippine waters or Chinese har-
bors just now. Lieutenant Command
er Wurtsbaugh will leave his ship and
this port on Wednesday tomorrow
travelling as a passenger of the NJ. N.
S. S. Honolulan for San Francisco. to
join Admiral Nicholson, whom he will
accompany to their far Eastern post
Of duty.
The officers and men of the U. S. S.
South Dakota part with Lieutenant
Commander Wurtsbaugh with much
regret. A farewell dinner was given
him aboard the cruiser on Sunday
evening.
1t is expected that Lieutenant Com.
mander Wurtsbaugh, with the ad-
miral, will pass through Honolulu
next month on the U. S. A. transport
going to the Orient
Cage Masts in Action.
It has recently been a matter Of
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06
The Sherman Coming.

The U. S. A. T. Sherman left the
transport wharf at San Francisco yes
terday at 70 noon for Honolulu.
The Sherman is bringing the regl-
ment of the Eighth Infantry from the
Preside of Monterey Cal, for a tour
of duty in the Philippines division.
The Twelfth Infantry, that spent
Saturday, or a part of the day, here,
as passengers on the U. S. A. =.
Thomas, travelling to the coast, will
take the post just vacated at the Pre-
sidio of Monterey by the Eighth In
fantry.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-23
DOG IN THE BED;
BABY ON THE FLOOR
Husband Couldn't Stand This Arrange
ment.

Atlanta, March 22.-Charging that
she provided a soft, white bed or her
pet dog and let the baby sleep on the
floor, T Tate, an Atlanta street car
man, has fled cross suit for divorce
against his young wife, who ! he says
cared more for her POODLE than for her
husband and child.
Tate's bill contains other interest
ing allegations. He blames the omther-
in-law for the original trouble, de-
claring that he didn't originally have
money enough to marry on, but that
the brides mother encouraged him
and promised him that she would
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-23
COTTON SECTION
WILL BE MOST
INTERESTING
OF COMMERCIAL CONGRESS
Sessions viii Be Held in At.
ldnta April 66-l0

Atlanta, Ga, March .23.-The cotton
section of the Southern Commercial
congress which will be held during
the three days convention of the cor
gress at Nashville April $40, will be
among the most important depart.
ments at the congress.
Hon. Harvie Jordan, of Atlanta, Ga
is chairman of the cotton section, and
he has already secured some of the
most prominent men in the South t.
deliver addresses on subjects of vita
Importance to the cotton industry G.
the South. Among some of the sub
jects for discussion and the names o..
the speakers are the following:
Better Baling and Handling. Cot
F. L. Maxwell, Mound, La, one of the
largest cotton planters in the South.
Peter Warehousing and Protec-
ton From The Elements. &C. c. Han
son, Memphis, Tenn, president Gulf
Compress Co.
Financing Cotton In Storage" -
Mr. John D. Walker, Sparta, Ca, pres
ident of sixty Georgia banks.
Other short talks and discussions
of better methods in the baling, han
ding and marketing of the crop will
be made by prominent cotton grow
ers, bankers and manufacturers.
The whole purpose of this section OF
the congress is to set into motion I
wide campaign of education in the in
terest of bringing about modern eco
nomic reforms in the future balin@
and marketing of the crop, and break
up the present antiquated, wastefuI
and expensive methods employed
The United States department oi
agriculture is preparing to aid the
cotton growers of the South in the
speedy introduction of better method
in baling, handling and marketing the
crop, just as it is now doing through
it's highly commendable field demon
stration work.
Ten thousand delegates are expect
ed to attend the Nashville convention
and cotton growers from all the cot
ton states are earnestly invited anj
urged to be present, and attend th>
cotton section department of the cor
gress.