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Sailed, Room For Many.

Sonorna Sailed, Room For Many.
The Oceanic steamship Sofiohla sail.
Ing from Sydney N. s. w. for Page
PHgo and Honolulu has room for a
large number of cabin pas sengers
from Honolulu to San Francisco, &C.
cording to the receipt of a cable to
the agency of G. Brewer and Company.
The Sonoma left Australia with &C.
commodation for 175 cabin passengers.
The second class is reported as well
filled. The vessel will doubtless add
che hundred passengers to the list
upon arrival here. ......
Long Service AT. Lonely Midway.
The Flaurence Ward, the supply
schooner operated by. the Commercial
Pacific Cable company has arrived at
Midway island after a voyage from Ho-
nclulu to Tahiti. The vessel Is ex-
pected win remain at the nid-Paeific
cable station for FIVE days before pro
ceeding to Honolulu. It is stated that
A. Moore an operator who has been
stationed at Midway for the past year,
viii return to this city in the. Flaur-
ence Ward.
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/. Captain McKearn recent arrival
at the port has assumed command
of the. American schooner Sophie
Christensen, which vessel has Just
left the local marine railway and is
being made. ready for sailing. for Ia,
hitf. L. P. j. -
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Newman ErB Of New York speaking
for the Denver Northwestern and Pa
cific railroad at Denver offered to com
plete the line to Salt lake Immediate
" IL Colorado would aid in putting
the tunnel through the continental
divide, granting other lines use Of the
tuPnel as well
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oNoME1s NEW CAPITALIZATION.

0nomea Sugar Cos stock ID now
on the basis Of $500. 900 capital IN
creased from a million. and from q
quotation Of 57.50 last sale before the
change, Is now quoted at 80 asked
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According to late adyices the Jap
anese liner Shinyo ,Maru from Hong
kong and Japan ports is due to ar
rive at Honolulu on Friday morning
and may be dispatched for San Fran.
cisco in the evening Of the same day.
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Work of discharging the steamer
Hall began with the arrival OF the
steamer this morning. The Hall is
to sail for Kauai ports at five o'clock
tomorrow evening. ..ass
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Three ships were Destroyer at the
Standard Oil Works at Bayonne, ~.
j., when the boilers Of an EngIislr
tank steamer blew upss The. chief of
the eompany's fire department ana
one OF the firenaen were killed
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-23

Every man declares he likes to
work, but he can't prove it.
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Full moon Oct. 18th at 1853 p. m.
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American ship Building Shows
Laroe Increase.
Big Steamer Stranded.

Big Steamer Stranded.
TOXIC, Sept. ,27.-The turbine mail
steamer Umegaka Maru, belonging tc
the. Japanese volunteer fleet, grounded
during the typhoon at Shimonoseki
She is insured fol. 100000 yen al
Lloyds. The captain endeavored e
commit harakiri but was. prevented
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Helene: Ready for Sea Today.
The American schooner Helene, an,
arrival at this port on October It'll
with lumber consigned, to Allen &
Robinson. is ready for sea and may
be dispatched for Puget Sound ports
today.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-23

The Inter Island Steam Navigation
Company will receive in the neigh.
borhood Of five thousand tons Aus
traliar fuel with the arrival Of the
Norwegian steamship Guernsey, which
vessel should hrrive at the port to-
day or tomorrow. The Guernsey is
now twenty days from Newcastle; N.
s. w, and on arrival will proceed to
discharge at the Inter.Island coaling
plahis
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Standard Oil Steamer Due.
With 100000 gallons Kerosene, 1907
900 gallons gasoline and 100000 dis,
fIllate, the American taneer Mayer-
lex, q vessel operated by the. Stand
ard Oil Company, is due to arrive at
Honolulu today This vessel has
cargo 70 be pumped into the local
storage tanks. The vessel viii not
remain any longer than is necessary
for the discharge of the fuel.
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passed. : p -. - :. ~ = -
The request of the city and. county
engineer for an additional clerk for
his Office. on account Of extra work
il. compiling data for the Municipal
Record. was granted on Mr.. AInanass
statement that, having investigated
the matter In the Office. he had chang.
eG his mind and would now vote for
the new clerk. ss..1sss.s. 8
The sun., 1912-07-04
Insane Aliens.

To THE EpIroR OF THE SrN-Sn: In
TO days SrN IL printed under the heading
of Allen Insane Costly" the report OF
Yesterdays meeting OF the state Insane
Commission. While Dr. Mabon's report
Is. no doubt. startling. the figures do not
give information on some points which
should be considered in the matter:
First, of the 1900 alien insane at Man
haitian Hospital. how many arc women.
who would never take out natural alizat tion
papers?
Secondly. how many have become In
sane through the conditions under which
they lived and worked in this city?
Thirdly. what IL the proportion of in
sanity among the immigrant races as COM
pared with the natives? This IL very inn
average so much smaller financial resources
that they must. naturally, commit their
sick and insane to the care of public insti-
tutions. whereas the richer. native born
atients do Il Ut affect these statistics, being
sent to private ssnitoria.
Fourlhly. what proportion Of these
cases could have antedated the arrival of
tho immigrant In America and therefore
been detected by more stringent examina =
tion2 Would the illiteracy test be effective
in these cases. as II might he In detecting
feeblemindedness or idiocy?
without information on these points Il
would be very dangerous to draw con-
clusions from such ev idsncs as DR.. Mabon
has given. MoRKIs LoRB.
NEW YORK. July 2.
The sun., 1912-07-04
Tom Marshall.

Tho Hon. THOMAS RILEY MARSHALL
who has been nominated for Vicc-Prcs-
ident by the Democratic party, is not
- ambitious as the head of the ticket
and therefore not as Progressive. If
Governor MARSHALL has not changed
his convictions since the carly part of
May he has a poor opinion of the ini-
uative and referendum and holds the
Preeid ential primary in light regard.
A. q matter of fact he seems to be n
believer In the old style of representa-
two government, and he has been
quoted a. saying:
sThere Ii nothing the matter with rep
resentative government as such, II il rep
resenta honesty and enlightenment. as il
should. we'll and good. II It represents dis
honesty and ignorance IL is bound 10 he
bad. naturally So"
From which il may be inferred that
Governor MARSHALL believes that the
people will get the representatives they
deserve. whatever the system of clrc,
ing those representatives may be-. The
better the people the better their lcgis-
lators and Governors will he. "rhcrc
ara M abort cuts tO permanent reforms
N . republic is one OF his favorite
The sun., 1912-07-04
WANTS u. S. TO DEVELOP PORT.
Costa Rica Asks Services Of Col.
GOeth halls.

WASHINGTON. July 3.-The Government
OF Costa Rica wishes to develop Pacific
coast port at Punta Arenas and has asked
the United States for the services Of
army engineers in making necessary pre-
liminary surveys and estimates. II is
probable this request will he granted II
Congress will grant the necessary author
ity for American officers to enter the Costa
Rican service temporarily. Costa Rica
desires to have Col. Goethals or some OF
his assistants assigned to the work.
This step was decided on by Costa Rica
with view TO preparing for the develop
ment Of trade along the west coast OF Gem
trail America expected to follow the open
ing Of the Panama Canal.
Pnta Arenas. which is the only port OF
importance on the west coast. Is the ter
minal of the trans-Costa Rican railroads:
II IL on the Gulf Of Nicoya and is one OF
the few ports on the west coast of Gem
trail America where there ia the semblance
Of a harbor, Most Of these ports are
absolutely without protection from ths
full force OF the Pacific.
The sun., 1912-07-04
BROWN AND GRAY.
Some "Reminiscences OF an Absent Minded
Visitor.

To THE EDITOR or THE SCN-Sir: man
and woman who for the past thirty five
years had made IL habit to visit New York
several times year on business and rec
reation found themselves about noontime
on Fourteenth street near Union Square
This was about thirty days ago. They
went into a celebrated restaurant for lunch
con. They were much pleased with their
entertainment there. What appeared to
them as very strange. they did not see as
much as glass Of water on any of the Ia bles.
However. II was furnished them upon re-
quest.
The patrons Of the place tthe chairs we're
all filled) were all well dressed, intelligent
and active looking. They certainly did
not seem to he suffering from the lack Of
water or anything else.
After luncheon this man and woman
betook themselves 10 the park opposite,
where they were amused for quite some
time looking at the little birds having fun
at the fountain. My. how these little birds
seem to enjoy those shower baths!
Then this man and woman on pleasure
bent went to the old Academy of Music a.
II was close by, to see play. They went
In on Fourteenth street and were ushered
into two seats In the orchestra circle near
the centre aisle. When the curtain dropped
after the second act the man whispered to
tho woman that he would go out for few
minutes, just to stretch his limbs and get
some fresh air. A he was going out a
different way from that he came in. and as
II Is n very large playhouse. he took careful
observation Of his hearings so that he would
not make n mistake when coming back
Returning In a short time he went carefully
down the centre aisle. When he reached
near where he thought his seats were he
was surprised to see little gray haired
woman In the scat where he supposed he
had left his wife.
lie advanced n step or two further and
took n closer look and then went and sat
quite close to this little gray haired woman
He had forgotten.
He was looking for head Of brown and
gold.
He did not SEQ the actors quite 40 well
during the next act
Probably that's the reason he nestled
still closer to that little gray haired woman.
NEW YORK. July ,. SIXrY-rHREE.
The sun., 1912-07-04
ELEVATED NOISE.
Could II Ne Lessened by Fastening Rails
TO Ties with Screw Spikes:

To THE EDITOR or THE SrN-Sir: The
noise Of the elevated railroads Of New York
is exceedingly objectionable. II Is I'M
doubtedly controlling factor In very
serious illness. it interferes with the COM
fort and wears on the nerves OF hundreds
OF thousands OF people. and II seriously
interferes with teephonin9 for . con-
siderable distance away from these rail.
roads.
! believe that II could be very greatly
reduced by the Use Of screw spikes. instead
Of driven spikes. to fasten the rails TO the
ties. The driven spike almost invariably
works loose and allows a vibration OF tho
rail and fish plates under the jar OF the pass-
ing train. which makes much OF the noise
which we hear.
There have recently come into use In
Europe and in this country spikessw hich
are screwed into the tie instead of being
driven ill.,. and which hold the rail firmly
down upon the tie. Tho degree OF pres-
sure can he regulated by the amount to
which the screw spike Is turned. and the
spike does not work loose. The screw spike
is not patented and costs but little more
than the driven spike. ! may mention
the Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
as one which is using the screw spike ex-
tensively. EDWIN j. PEINDLE.
NEW YoNE, July 2.
The sun., 1912-07-04
The stars and Stripes.

The National Flag flung to the breczes
to-day should display in its blue field
forty-cght stars arranged in six rows
of eight, the admission of Arizona and
New Mexico as States permitting a new
symmetrical grouping of the units of
the constellation declared in the reso-
luton of the Continental Congress on
Juno IA, l777:
THAT the flag OF the United States be
thirteen stripes. alternate red and white
that the union be thirteen stars, white In n
blue field. representing new constel llation. /"
The basis of the national standard,
that is to say, the stripes, was derived
from the Dutch Republic and owed
nothing to English inspiration, accord
ing to DIR. WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFPIs.
In an article in the current Independent
he assemblies much interesting lore and
tradition to illustrate the origin OF the
Stars and Stripes. If our fathers
followed in their flag making what they
themselves called our great example,
the successful Dutch Republic, the
Stars and Stripes he says, ARE beau
tiful, proportionate, Ineligible. alive
with historic meaning and inspiring for
the future" His opinion is that the
fathers drew their inspiration from
Holland, of which BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
said: In love Of liberty and bravery
in the defence OF it she has been our
great example, The flag of seven stripes
of the republic Of the United Neither
lands, each stripe representing a State,
waved from 1909 to 1904 over the terri
tory that became the middle colonies
and later the States of New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware
| There had been July declaration Of
Independence in 1919 and an abjuring
of monarchy in 1881, the impcling cause
taxation without consent" Not only
was the flag of seven stripes historically
known 10 the American colOnists, but
i, was u familiar sight in tho colonial
iarbors
There waS Large iDpulai iun of
Dutch descent IN the four middle col
The sun., 1912-07-04
\ Declaration Of Interdependence.
From tAs Manufaetursrs Record

From fhs Manu1ddurers Record.
| When, in the course OF human events n
becor,as necessarv for a." S.,,.I
stranvthor tho hnnd. ,.,t'h ] 70
..l '"o oon"s "hcn cohhect II
respect TO the opinions of mankind reouires
that Il should DECLARE anain wh,, ~ ~
velopment OF the south means the enrich
ment Of the nation.
We hold these truths to he self.evjdert
that N saction h,aa.ad ,,i,h ,h. ...'
- .""s 500" se u,.ese" WIN tne naturai re-.
souIces .or mo"e'Iy ana traoe must bc tho
| main reliance Tor the healthy life OF other
The sun., 1912-07-04
IRISH PLACE NAMES.


To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir. The
top Of the mornin' to your great producer
and inventor OF history" Irish preferred
MIR. Herbert OIIara Molineux
My only regret after reading his cate
gOriCal imperative statements in this morn
ing's Sun is that he devotes himself almost
too exclusively to history" with its solemn
sister. genealOgy.
Why not take up geography? lam ready
TO swear or affirm land take Mr.. Moli-
neux to witness. that the Knockmedown
,err rroneously spelled Knock mes ldown ",
mountains are higher than the steepest
heaven kissing Himalaya and make Mount
Elias and Mount Mckinley look like an ant
hill or a wart.
] took bit of walk in Ireland summer
before last. l was born there. Has MIR
Molineux ever wandered to that earlier
freside OF so many OF us? BY the livin'
farmer. not TO say the hve grasses, west
or east or wherever you go in that island
of the saints land not a few divils). tits
the grand nomenclature. viii you sout h
or west bit: knockadoon tadown) He ad,
Toe Head. Calf Isles, Crow Head, Sheep
Head. Lambs Head. Pufln Island nhe
birthplace Of many great persons OF this
age). Bear Haven. Oyster Haven tthe orig
inal OF Oyster Bay, Bray Head, Seven
Hogs. Ballyguf II speak allegorically); most
Of our American statesmen were bonn at
one or all cf these Last three places. though
not in Ireland. Curiouo. sint 1t. how much
Irish blood" they discover In themselves
when they begin to look for votes?
But to go on. with counting out
rhyme. il you like: Mallow. Tallow. Bally-
bofey. lnishbofen. BallyGawiey, Boherboy,
Macgillcuddy's Reeks. ks.ilennamaddy. y Lima.
vaddy. Ballynacarrigy. Ballinascarty. Skib-
bcreen Ballydehob and Ballybunnion
BaHvjamcsduff and Gulladoo.
Seriously. tho whole map Of Ireland is
poetry'. Even without any learning in
Gaelic. which often gives n meaning to 40
many OF 'hess geographical names. the
mere sound -, them is music. They have
rhythm. They have a kind OF enchant-
nent. | leave out. of course. tho intrusive
Sa xon names.
would not lose or alter a word OF Mr..
NiolineuA's dissertations. albeit I not sell
dom disagree with him. but l renew my
invitation 70 him to come out Of history"
and genealOgy for a moment and discourse
OF the. perfect and unapproa chable music
OF Irish place names.
GERRERr OTARA BRosNAN.
BRooKLYN. July 3.
The sun., 1912-07-04
Our Neighbor's Fourth.

Certainly there is no greater acci-
dental blessing than that which bcstows
an ingenious and public spirited neigh
Dor. This conclusion We affirm az We
look out OF our shop windows upon the
skilful and interesting efforts OF the
Hon. WILLIAM j. GAYNoR to bring the
Fourth Of July to City Hall Park.
What shall We say of the genius, the
inspiration Of Mayor who has trans
formed the most prosaic of city squares
into a garden Of Hesperdes by making
the grecnest Of futile shade trees bear
orange fruit to the confusion of certain
other islanders, and disguised the for
mality Of the City Hall under the cir
curnstance and decoration of a Vene-
tian palace?
As neighbors have a way OF doing,
We have watched the latest resident of
City Hall closely for many months, and
having watched him We confess our
admiration. our complete wonder at
his unrivalled talent for finding in
every holiday an opportunity to please
a constituency not easily satisfied and
to give to each separate celebration a
color and a charm of it's own.
As for the proprietors Of those lesser
pageants open TO ticket purchasers and
the opulent managers of moving pic
tlirc palaces we congratulate them that
they have in the Hon. WILLIAM j. GAY
NOR a model rather than rival. Even
the Delhi durbar loses magnificcnce
by contrast with the never ccasing and
ever changing slides which our shop
windows frame and our neighbor's pub
lie spirit hourly provides.
We and NATHAN HALE, whom the
accidents Of time and trade condemn to
Park row to-day, thank the Hon. WILL
LAM j. GAYNoR for his ncighborly and
successful efforts to please. We hope
that among his Long Island farm fruits
he will find the same pleasure he has
given us by decorating the barren trees
with golden fruits and transforming
the roofs of City Hall Parks many tun-
nels by the gay lanterns of Cathay
Roman Emperors have ruled city
only less great by genius far less
patent than that which is now enabling
us to celebrate in an original yet sane
fashion another national holiday.
The sun., 1912-07-04
Figures 10 Suit.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-.Sir: After
. study Of statistics OF the last Presidential
election and giving Taft the delegates he
finally was awarded in the convention
and giving Roosevelt the delegates he vas
awarded | find that the Taft delegates
represented 3.ia2.?4 voters and the Roose-
welt delegates represented zoos, ,46s voters.
These figures are giving Taft all OF the
contested delegates. Thus with Taft in
control and giving Roosevelt none OF tho
contested seats Roosevelt heats Taft in
representation by nearly 100000 votes.
Assuming that Roosevelt had been allow ed
some Of the contested seats. as he certainly
WAS entitled TO some Of them. II would
have meant that Roosevelt in round num-
bers would have represented from .25O. 900
to i.7O.ooO more Re publican voters than
Taft did.
And after this how can people say or any
newspaper claim that Taft represents the
will Of the people? ". +. HARTLEY.
NEW YoRK. July 3.
The sun., 1912-07-04

I'm the seas and IN the Platforms.
Both the Republican and the Demo-
cratic planks on the revival of our mer-
chant marine are pure pyritcs. There
is no choice between them. They are
equally vacuous.
The Chicago platform solemnly re-
cords the party's belief that one of
the coIntry's most urgent needs is
a revived merchant marine. There
should be- the platform continues
with undiminished gravity, American
ships, and plenty of them. to make
use of the great American interoceanic
canal now nearing completion"
Remarkable discovery! Just here
the platform stops short. II the party
possesses single idea as to the method
of creating the merchant marine, that
is one Of the country's most urgent
needs, or Il single specific suggestion
likely to produce plenty Of American
ships. it is hidden in the little round
black punctuation mark at the end of
this wonderful dclivcranco.
The Baltimore platform uttcrs the
same inanity in slightly different phrase.
The Democracy believes in fostering
by constitutional regulation of COM
merce the growth Of a merchant ma
rine which shall develop and strengthen
the commercial ties which bind us to
our sister republics OF the south, but
without additional burdens upon the
people and without bountics or SUBJ
sides from the public treasury
Magnanimous sentiment! No boun-
ties. no subsidies, no additional burdens
on the people. Foster the growth OF
"a merchant marine simply and inex-
pcnsively by constitutional rcgula-
ton of commerce" The details OF
the fostering constitutional regulation.
if anywhere to be found, are swim
ming unseen within the circumference
of the period at the end OF the para
graph, like animalcules in little round
drop Of black ink
Thus the platforms meet and blend
in a common (or uncommon) faulty.
Any definite or suggestive or even
tentative idea is as absent from the
two planks as is our merchant flag
from the ocean. We do not know
which form of avoidance to admire
the more. Certainly no issue is pre-
sented on this supremely important
subject of national concern.
The sun., 1912-07-04
Canastota Champasne.

To TIRE EpIros ~ THE SrN--Sir: One
Of our citizens'said yesterday that the high
cost Of living will beat Taft. Well. said
another. that may be 80. The low cost
Of living defeated the Democrats sixteen
years ago. Living then was very cheap.
but after four years of Democratic rule II
did us little good because we did not have
the price"
In isss common laborers in Canastota
got Is cents to o. n day. To-day they are
getting rs cents an hour and are hard TO
get at that. saw a workman In one of our
factories order q bottle of champagne for
himself and friends to drink Saturday after
noon. One Of the proprictors Of the fac
tory In which he IL employed says tho men
earn Si5 to SIS a week. and that they would
double the capacity OF their factory II they
could get the help necessary to operate 1t.
Did any such conditions exist In the four
last Democratic years. 1898 to 1897?
the ONLooKER.
CANAsrorA. N. v. July ..
The sun., 1912-07-04

Some men md time for everything; nothing
disturbs their eQuanimity Warren Hasungs
when lighting desperately for his position and
At the most critical moment. sat down and wrote
. letter 10 DIR. johnson on Jonos's Persian gram.
mar. General Ameglio. commanding the Italian
force Of occupation Al Rhodes, has In his leisure
composed military march entitled La vittoria
della Diuliana" and dedicated II to the italian
navy and army. Not having q plano al his dis
posai the General whiStled his melody to one Of
bic ordnance oficers, who Is an accomplished
musician. The ofacer wrote down the melody,
and In this way corrections were made until the
General was sausned with his work. The manu-
script has been sent TO Signor Vcsseiia. the con.
ductor Of the municipal concerts In Rome. and
the piece II 10 be publicly performed.