Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-04
KENTlJCkIAN AND
MONTANAN HEAD
TOWARD CANAL

and Port Allen IS believed VIII bring
two American-Hawaiian steamers well
within the breakwater at Balboa, Pan
anna Canal Zone.
The Montanan, laden with more than
! 5000 tons Of sugar and scattering ship
ments of preserved pines Is reported
to have departed from Hilo on Satur-
day, its destination being the Pacific
terminal of the Panama canal That
this vessel with its cargo intact will
enter the great new waterway is the
prediction ventured by shipping men.
The Montanan was taking on the last
of its cargo at Hilo on Friday. Al
though seriously handicapped by the
excessive rain prevailing at that
point for some weeks past, the Mon
tanan is stated to have sailed with a
full cargo.
The Kentuckian which loaded sugar
at Honolulu and finished the shipment
at Port Allen is understood to have
gotten away from the Panama canal
on Saturday evening. The vessel car
ried about $500 tons of island pro-
ducts. Should the canal not permit
their passage to the Atlantic the Ken
tuckian and Montanan will be dis
charged at Balboa the cargo trans
shipped either by rail or lighters to
the Atlantic. .-.
That the canal will be formally OPP
ened to commercial liners by Aug. Is.
is the belief expressed on the main
land. -
A Washington dispatch of July %,
says: , b..
Opening CT the Panama canal to the
worlds commerce on August Is next
was announced tonight by Secretary
Garrison. Probably the first vessel
to pass through the great waterway
will be the Cristobal, war depart.
ment steamer now at Colon.
There will Be no formalities in the
epoch-making event, all ceremonies
being left for the official opening when
the International feet passes through
the canal in March. 1915. .-~... !
Garrison's announcement was made
in this brief statement: i,
The Panama canal will be open for
commerce to vessels not needing more
than thirty feet of water on and after
August Is, 1914.
The official opening of the canal as :,
heretofore announced, will be in the
month of March, 1915. An approp-
rate announcement will be made
when greater depth of water than
thirty feet has been secured. I
On the fifteenth day of August Col
onel Goethals will inaugurate the COM
any generals plans be they ever SO
wise, and the secret purposes of the
government and the conduct of oper-
atoms so sacred from the enemy be-
come public. property. The recent aer
Dplane disclosures of the defenses of
Panama show the veniality of an I'M
Scoop" and proves they,
will be continued. ~ ~. ....." I
No country can arouse its patriot.
SIN, inspire its citizens in peace, in
spirit its soldiery on the march, in
spire its army to lay down its life
spect of nations in the panoply OF
peace or In the smoke of battle with.
,ut its national anthem.
Circumstances caused you to COM 4
Jose the national anthem of Ha-
vail, and few national anthems pene.
rate as deep into the heart and soul
Is the old Hawaiian anthem. Though
low only territorial and local, it stirs
Is as no other can. ....-.. n
Herr Berger, bandmaster, while
your feet are still busy in marching
,ur streets and performing social cour-
estes, and in leading our Hawaiian
National Guard, where vigorous, man.
y loyalty is nearest my heart and
fforts, newt to the good government
t supports, realize the Bible states
We may expect lives of but three ]
core and ten, yet you promise to be s
n exception. q
You will be fortunate in being able 8
o leave with US and coming genera l
ions q memorial that will be played I
nd sung by thousands upon tens Of {
thousands now, and by future genera I
ions, with deepest reverence and Y
most patriotic sentiment, Hawaii Po- 6
oil" 1t
In behalf of your associates and !
the Hawaiian Band, I
ow have the honor to express their i
intense sentiment of affection in pre-
enting for them this baton with |
1hich may you still long lead theml
nd inspire the National Guard of Ha-
Taii and citizens of the Territory of
laval, whose loyalty no one nut the 1
Ilmighty knows how soon may be put e
D the test. lie
Aloha null s