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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-23
Ny.h,eaI Treasure undiscovered.

MYTHICAL Treasure Undiscovered.
The tale of another unsuccessful
treasure island expedition riTaling
chat OF the famous bark Hesper, be
came known when the British steam
or Metmore returned to San Diego
from the south seas, where it had
zone with a party of British capital
ISIS in search of $1S.0O0,000 in gold
supposed TO be buried on the famed
Cocos island.
These tabled millions. according to
n diving sailor, were buried on Cocos
island by members Of the Peruvian
church many years ago. The story
was revealed to two women. Mrs.
barry Hill and Miss Davis of Eng
land by the sailor while on his death,
he'd. He supplied them with chart
On which was marked cross, indi.
eating where the fortune hunters
we're to dig. The two women inter
ested British capital in the project
and the Metmore was purchased foT
,be expedition. After many weary
months of hard labor the story was
proved to be dream. 1t is the IN
tention of the owners to. dispose Of
tha vessel in British Columbia to hell
nav for the expenses of the trip.
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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-23
SHIP PHELPS NOV
ENTERS OIL
TRADE

Partly denuded of her lofty anG
graceful masts and yards, ard re-
fitted for the oil carrying trade, the
once proud American ship Erskine Nj.
Phelps, the pride of the round-the-
horn fleet is now relegated to the
ranks of a tanker and the property
OF the Union Oil Company.
The vessel. filled with fuel oil for
the local branch of the company, is
reported by officers in the Oceanic
liner Sierra as soon en- route to the
Hawaiian Islands.
The Phelps will be remembered as
having made more or less annual
voyages from Honolulu or an island
port to the east coast of the United
States laden with valuable shipment
of sugar This vessel would be sup
piled with approximately five thou
sand tons of the product destined Tor
Delaware Breakwater.
The ship Phelps is expected will
carry her first cargo of oil to these
islands according to the present plans
los the company. Much money was
expended in converting the mer,
chairman to the requirements of a
tanker.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-23
FINE NEW TANKER
FOR ISLAND
TRADE

The constantly growing demand Tor
increased supplies Of fuel oil IN the
islands and along the Pacific Coast
of the United States has led the AS
sociated Oil Company, with an ex-
tensive branch in this city, to enter
into q contract with the Union iron
Works of San Francisco for the con-
stfiietion of fine new steam tanker.l
OFFICERS in the Oceanic liner Sierra
which arrived from the coast this
morning state that the new yessell
will be rushed to completion and VIII
follow along the same lines as the
steamer w. F. Herrin and the Chan
celor. which are now engaged In the
regular oil-carrying trade between
the coast and Honolulu.
The new vessel will have capacity
of $1,000 barrels which will seaslly
place her in a position Of being the
largest oil tanker now operating in
the Pacific. The tanker is to be COM
pleted within thirteen months aRd
Will be the tenth of the Associated
Oil fleet
There will be eighteen tanks for
Gill; Double bottoms will be built UNI
der the forward hold and engines. ALI
wooden decks will be of teakwood
and the officers quarters furnished
in mahogany. Ample quarters will
house the crew OF forty-one. The
latest safety precautions, such as
wireless signals, : will be installed.
The design is by F. j. Trist, con-
tsiructor for the oil company. All the
material for the hull. boilers and ma
chinery will be made on the Pacific
Coast.
Engineers Fail to Garry Their Point.
Declining to proceed to sea unless
they were permitted to eat their
meals in the regular dining saloon of
the steamer Navajo, the delegation of
engineers in that vessel appear to
have failed to carry their point. The
steamer Navajo, which was detained
at San Francisco three days because
the engineers insisted upon having
their meals in the dining saloon>in-
stead of in the messroom provided
for that purpose. finally sailed for Sc
attic, to be placed on the summer run
between Seattle and Nome The YES
sci sailed with new set of engineers
Who will take their meals in the din
ing saloon when there are no passen-
/, gers on board
The matter was adjusted through
the mediation of the government in.
spectors, who will begin an inyestiga-
tion today preliminary to preferring
\ charges against the former engineers.
1 n r
| Sparks From the Wireless
a late wireless received from the
Matson Navigation steamer Hilonian
predicted the arrival of that vessel
from Seattle on or about noon today.
The Hilonian has met with fine
weather and has cargo for discharge
al Port Allen, Kaanapali, Kahului
and Hilo.
The. r. NJ. s. S. Nile, reported to
1.-THE Kahuku station, announcing that
she would be off port at eight o'clock
tomorrow morning
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-23
Local Notice to Mariners.

4 oeat Notice to Mariners.
Hawaiian Islands-Molokal island,
southeast side-Kamalo Point Reef
Cas- Buoy. 1. previously reported ex,
tinouisbed. was relighted June ID,
Nv order OF the commissioner OF
- mn, A. E. ARLEDGE.
Inspector, 18th Lighthouse District
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-23
ItionoIuIan Ready to SAL

iHonoluian Ready to Sail
Tdking a full shipment of sugar,
pines, coffee, hides and sundries the
Mstson Navigation steamer Honolu
Ian isl ready to sail for San Fran
cisco, the weasel to leave the Hack.
field wharf at six O'Clock this evening
The Honolulan will carry goodiy
list of cabin passengers. The vessel
is expected will reach the Coast port
on or about June 80.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-23
More Windiammers for the Pacific.

Sailingship traffic to the South
Seas. which has fallen off during re-
cent years, is to have new stimu-
fus, and it is reported that in the
near future there will be regular
service established between the Gold
en- Gate and certain islands in the
southern Pacific. ~. ...-~5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-28
PIC IRON BUYING
FEATURE OF WEEK
Price Maintained at S11 Bir-
mingham for No. 2
FOUNDRY IRON STRONG
Steel Corporations Business in Fin
ished Material Averaging Sew
eral Thousand Tons Day
Over Past Month

New York, August 27.-(speciaL)
The Iron Age will say tomorrow:
The making of lower prices in re-
cent transactions in certain finished
steel products should not obscure the
fact as to the volume of business in
this end of the summer period.
So far as the Steel corporation
bookings are criterion, August con-
ditions have been better than expect
ed. For the past two weeks, which
have included a good foreign busi-
ness, it has taken new orders at the
rate of close to 10000 tons day. The
prediction is now made that its August
81 report Will show a falling off of
about 250.O00 tons against a decrease
of 4os. tons in July and $4,000 tons
In June.
Heavy buying of pig iron, particu-
iarly steelmalSing iron, both in the east
and the central west, has been a fea-
ture of the past week.
The STANDARD oil company mas APP
peared in the week as buyer of tin
plates as we'll as of steel plate for the
manufacture OF lap weld pipe 1t
placed 100000 boxes of tin plates with
the American Sheet and Tin Plate com
pany and $4,000 tons OF plates with the
Steel corporation. These will oe con.
verted into pipe by the National Tube
company.
The slowing down in sheet produc-
tion has caused a surplus of semi fin
ished steel and billets and sheet bars
have been sold by smalled mills at low
er prices than in good many months,
or s24 to S2450. Pittsburg and Youngs-
town, for open hearth billets, and $25
to $25.50 for sheet bars.
The weeks basic pig iron sales in the
east amount to $4,000 tons. including
10000 tons to one steel company for
delivery this year at SIS delivered In
the central west three companies in
cluding the Carnegie Steel company,
bought $4,000 to 10000 tons of basic
iron at $14. valley furnace, and 10000
to $4,000 tons of Bessemer iron.
Southern iron has been heavily sold
In the past 10 days to pipe foundries
and $11 is now firmly established for
No. foundry. with the tendency up
ward. Foundry iron is stronger in near
ly all markets.
Cleveland. o.. August 27.--(Special)
The Steel corporations business in fin
ished material is averaging several
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-28
MISS ELLA NELSON
DIES IN ASHEV|lLE
Former Selma Girl and Bril-
liant Musician Dies on
Vacation

Selma, August 27.-(Special )--Miss Ella
Nelson. eldest daughter of Gen. and Mrs
r. NJ. Nelson, formerly of Selma, died ir
Asheville, N. c., Wednesday morning aft,
er brief illness. according to a tele-
gram received here during the afternoon
The deceased was born and reared ir
Selma and in her young womanhood had a
large circle of friends throughout this sec
ton of the state
For several years past Miss Nelson had
held the place of chief organist in the
Church of the Epiphany in Washington
d. c., and was prominent in musical cir
cles in that city.
Miss Nelson was spending her vacation
in Asheville when she was taken i'll, death
resulting. The remains will reach Selma
Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock on the
Southern railway train from Rome and
upon arrival will be carried to st. Paul S
church. where services win be held and
the interment will follow in Live Oak GEM
etery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-28
INSTITUTE WILL
MEET SEPT. 8
County Teachers to Gather
at High School Week
From Monday

The annual institute for Jefferson coun-
ty school teachers will convene at the
Central High school on Monday, Septem-
Der 8, and will continue in session
throughout the week. A splendid pro-
gramme is being arranged for the in
stitute and everything will be done to
make the sessions as instructive and help
full to the teachers as possible Indlca-
tions are that this will be one OF the
best institutes ever held.
All teachers who anticipate teaching in
Jefferson county this year must attend
the institute as at a recent session of
the state legislature a bill was passed
making the attendance at the county
teachers institutes compulsory. The bill
also provided for the forfeiture of a
teachers license as penalty for nom
attendance.
The institute for negro teachers, which
will be in session at the same time, will
be held at the negro high school located
at Eighth avenue and Eleventh street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-28
fertilizer TAGS TO
ARRIVE NEXT WEEK.
Nearly Eight Million Will
Be Received-TO Arrive
Earlier Than Usual

Montgomery, August H.-Seven and one
half million fertilizer tags. will be re-
ceived next week by the state depart
ment of agriculture and Industries for
distribution among the numerous fertilizer
concerns of the state.
The agricultural department will receive
the tags this year about one month earlier
than last season. owing to the fact that
the publishing company which received
the contract for the shipment has taken
less time this year than formerly In print
ing the tags. A large Philadelphia firm
has the contract
The contract calls for 550O,0oo 9-cent
tags and 100000 1k-cent tags. The de-
partment usually begins selling the tags
to the fertilizer concerns about October
1, but this year the sales Will probably
begin earlier. The heaviest sales are
made in the winter months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-28
ARMY OFFICER FOR
RIVERSIDE SCHOOL
Complete Military Equipment Will Be
Supplied to Cadet Corps at Well
Known Georgia School

Atlanta, August 27.-(Special. }
Word has been received at the office of
the adjutant general that the United
states war department has approved
the recommendation that an army Of
ficer be detailed for service at River.
side Military academy at Gainesville,
Ga, and such detail will be announced
from Washington in a few days.
This detail will carry with it not
only the presence of an army officer
at Riverside in charge of the cadet
corps but in addition complete equip
ment of modern rifles dress and serv-
Ice accoutrements as used by the Unit.
ed States army and also artillery and
cavalry equipment for dismounted serv-
ice. The uniforms OF. Riverside cadets
are Identical with those used at West
Point.
The action of the United States war
department follows closely upon the
splendid recommendation made in a
special report by Mai b. F. Hardaway
of the Seventeenth infantry who was
given a special detail in July to make
this investigation and report
The promptness with which the rec
ommendation was approved is espe
cially gratifying to the friends and
patrons of Riverside In view of the fact
taht the usual inspection for such de-
tail Is made only In April. But owing
to the splendid showing MADE in the
preliminary application a special detail
was secured which resulted in the de-
tail just mentioned.
Major Hardaway was immensely
pleased with the location of Riverside
with its campus of 5000 acres on the
banks of. the Chattahoochee river two
miles out of Gainesville. because of the
many natural advantages offered by 1t
for target practice, maneuvering, skir-
mish drills. bridge building, pontoon
work and other arts of modern war
fare.
The physical property at Riverside,
with its well ventilated barracks. mess
halls and school rooms, did much to
secure this speedy detail
President Sandy Beaver. who was In
the city today. announces that the fac
ulty has been strengthened and en-
larged, and the school will open with
the largest attendance of its history on
September II.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-28
PLANNING ALABAMA
DAY AT KNOXVILLE
Wallace Predicts That Event in Which
Alabama Will Take Part Will
Be Splendid Success

That Alabama day at the Knoxville
exposition will be a splendid success
was prediction made last night by
John II. Wallace. Jr. commissioner O;
fish and game of Alabama, and chair
man of the Alabama board of the ex-
position propaganda.
THE day has been set aside," he
con tinued, but the programme is not
as yet complete. There will be ABOUT
10 15-minute speeches delivered by Ala
bama statesmen however. Governor
O'Neal will deliver a short address and
the heads of other departments will
follow. Captain Kolb will speak on
agriculture. Mr.. Willingham on educa-
tion, DIR. Sanders on health and others
on kfndre d subjects
Alabama will be represented by cit
izens from each of it's counties and
from several towns in each of the
counties"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-28
THINKS BIG CITIES
WILL SHARE EQUALLY
Cody Comments on Distribu-
ton of Money in Alabama
for Crop Movement

Montgomery. August 27.-tspecial. Mi
chael Cody, president of the Exchange
National bank of this city, said this aft
ernoon that he thought Birmingham
Montgomery and Mobile would share
equally in the distribution in Alabama OF
the $1,5oo,0o0, which the government has
allotted TO this state to facilitate the
movement and marketing of crops.
Mr. Cody was one OF the committee
from this state who went to Washington
to confer with Secretary of the Treas
ury McAdoo relative to the distribution
of government funds in the west and
south.
w. a. Gayle, the special agent for the
government in Montgomery, who will pass
on all the collateral advanced by the
banks as security for the deposits, Is a
member of the firm of Marks & Gayle,
cotton dealers, and is one of the most
prominent business men of the city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-28

thousand tons a day more than 1t did
last month and both the corporation
and independents are receiving a great
many small orders On the whole, the
finished market is not strong and pr ces
are going through a readjustnlent SIM
liar to that which was experienced by
the pig iron market prior to the re-
newal in buying a month ago.
The corporation has taken $4,000 tons
of plates for pipe line construction by
the Standard Oil company. The demand
from the foreign lands is active III
some lines. particularly In sheets.
The buying of southern pig iron dur
ing the past two weeks has been very
heavy and the price has been MAIN
tained at $11 Birmingham for No. q.
Cast iron pipe interests have beei:
prominent factors in this buying. 1t is
estimated that the transactions involved
about 200 900 tons in eastern territory.
There has been steady buying by a
large number of meters, but 10 very
heavy tonnages have been entered.
The General Electric company is In
quiring for 5000 tons, foundry aud mall
leable grades. In steelmaking irons the
most important transactions have been
the purchase of $4,000 to $4,000 tons
of basic by the Lukens Iron and Steel
company and 10000 tons by the United
States Steel corporation, which is still
| in the market for round tonnage.
Steelmaking irons in Pittsburg and
valley districts are closely held and
there is a likelihood of a shortage.
| Prices are tending upward, s15 val
| ley for Bessemer; $1475 basic are
asked by some makers. The sales of
all grades in the Philadelphia district
during the past week amounted to
fully $4,000 tons. Prices in that ter
ritory have an advancing tendency.
Antomohila IA ffin and mt and holt
manufacturers are contracting for their
| fourth quarter requirements IN steel
| bars.
An implement manufacturer in the
Philadelphia district has purchased
1000 tons of steel bars and other con-
sumers of this class are in the mar
| ket Prices on steel bars are firm, $1.40
Pittsburg, but quotations on bar iron
are irregular throughout the country;
| in some cases they are very low. Some
of the small plate mills in the Pitts
| burg district have been Offering in
eastern districts to sell at $1.40 Pitts
burg, at least one eastern iron maker
is cutting the price on structural ma
terial 81 or more on specially attract
vie orders.
Some important structural contracts
are being planned, including the new
S12,00O,000 depot at Cleveland, with
several bridges to be erected in con-
nection with the new terminal plans.
Railroads are more actively inquiring
for rails for next years delivery and
it is expected that orders for consid-
erable tonnage will soon be placed.
orders for 10000 tons of bridge ma
terial for elevated railroad extensions
in the metropolitan district have been
distributed among the bridge shops.
Spikes are now quoted at $1.5O Pitts
burg, a reduction of ST.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-28
HEINBERG HEARING
TO BEGIN TODAY
Pensacola Citizen Charged With Vio-
lation of Mann White
Slave Law

Pensacola, August 27.-A hearing OF
charges of violation of the Mann white
slave act against Ben c. Heinberg,
prominent merchant of this city. will
be held tomorrow. Heinberg. who is a
member of wealthy Pensacola fam
lily. was arrested yesterday charged
with having transported Nellie Ward.
15-year- girl, from this city to
Birmingham for immoral purposes. A
number of witnesses from Birmingham
have been summoned to testify. The
public will not be admitted to the
hearing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-28
EXPLORERS HAVE v
NARROW ESCAPE
Provisions Exhausted and Party Half
Starved When Relief Ship
Arrives

Christchurch. N. T.. August 2I.-Re-
lief arrived only in the nick of time
to save the lives of DR.. Douglas Nav
son. the Australian antarctic explorer,
and his five companions. who were left
in March, last, on Macquarie island,
in the North Antarctic ocean. when the
remaining "a members of DR.. Mawson' S
expedition returned to Tasmania.
The six men were believed to have
provisions to last them until the Ant
arctic spring but the commander of a
government steamer recently sent to
their relief reports that the explorers
had exhausted all their supplies and
had been living for some time ON the
hearts and tongues of sea elephants.
All of them were in very Weakened
conditions when the relief ship reached
them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-28
HALL WILL ENTER THE
RACE FROM BALDWIN
Number of Candidates for
Senator From District
Small as Yet

Bay Minette. August 27.-(Special)
That the number of candidates for the
office of senator of this district COM
posed of Baldwin, Monroe and Escambia
counties, will be small, is regarded as
doubtless. Baldwin county comes to the
front in making the announcement that
Leslie Hall of Bay Minette, son of Judge
Charles Hall, ex-probate judge of Bald
win county, will enter the race.
Exhibits for the Baldwin County fair,
to be held during the last part of Oe-
tober, are being brought in each day to
the office of l.. T. Rhodes, /the agricul-
tural manager for this county The ex-
hibit this year will be the best that
has ever been placed on exhibit at the
fairs heretofore held
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-28
100000 FEET OF
TIMBER PURCHASED

Marienette, Wis, August 27.-The
purchase of 7O,O0O.O0O feet of timber
in Florence county, Wisconsin, and Iron
county, Michigan. by United States
Senator Isaac Stephenson for lumber
concern, in which he is interested, was
announced today. The consideration
was $4,000 cash paid to a Cadillac.
Mich, company. The deal insures the
running of the mills of Mr.. Stephen
sons company in Marienette for at
least five years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-28
ASSOCIATIONS TO
HAVE JOINT MEETING
Five Will Participate in the
Meet at Av0ndale Park
Labor Day

A joint meeting of the five playground
associations in Birmingham will be held
at Avondale park on Labor Day and an
unusually interesting programme is being
arranged by those In charge.
The programme, which is nearing COM
pletion, will provide ample opportunity
for each association to have representa-
ton. The exercises which will be used
as demonstrations of playground work are
expected to be very interestinf, as we'll as
instructive. Approximately 300 children
will participate in them.
The playground associations which will
take part in the meeting are the West
End Behren's Park, Wahouma, East End
Park and the Avondale association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-28
SOUTHERN SECURES 25
ENGINES AND 1870 CARS

ment will be paid on demand, after Au-
gust 10, s44o,24s and semi-annual payments
of $ss,0OO until August IA, 1928. inclusive.
The semi-annual payments will fall due on
February IA and August IA of each year.
Besides this, other sums equal to the ex-
penses and taxes incurred by the lessor
in filing the agreement will be paid by the
Southern railway.
The agreement was signed by Arthur p.
Newbold, attorney, ,-in-fact for Edward
Stotesbury in New York before Notary
Public Lulu II. B. Spencer and was wit
messed by William T. Taylor and John s.
Newbold. II. B. Spencer. vice president
of the Southern railway. signed 1t for his
company in Washington before Notary
Public Harry r. Pierce. 1t was attested
| by George X. Anderson, assistant seere-
| tary of the Southern railway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-28

copy of a lease of equipment agree
ment with Edward +. Stotesbury of Phia-
delphia was filed in the office of the JEFF
ferson county probate court yesterday aft
ernoon by the Southern Railway company.
The equipment which will be secured con-
sists of 10 Mikado type freight engines
and tenders, 10 Pacific type passenger en-
gines and tenders, 49O 5O-ton steel double
drop bottom gondola coal cars, 500 50-ton
steel double drop bottom gondola coal
cars, 500 5O-ton hopper bottom bolton coal
cars and 15o sO-ton steel underframe stock
cars
The above equipment will be delivered
to the Southern Railway by Mr.. Stotes-
bury from time to time as the above items
are completed by the builders.
Mr.. Stotesbury, for the. above quip-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-28
Red Sox Meet Defeat

Syracuse, n. Y, August 27-In an ex-
hibition game played here today the Bos-
ton Americans were humbled by the Syra-
cuse team of the New York State league
by the score Of to l. Byers pitched for
the world champions while Smell hurled
for the home team. Byers gave up 10
hits while only five safe bingles were
registered off Smell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-28
Belgian Army at Work

Namur, Belgium, August 27.-The Bel
gian army today began to work out
plan for the protection of the frontier OF
Belgium against theoretical effort of
the German army to cross a corner of
Belgium In order to invade France. The
troops taking part In the maneuvers num-
bered 22.77o men and 1014 officers of all
arms