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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-11
HOBSON BRANDS
HAWAII AS VERY
big TEMPTATION
Man Who Bottled Up Spanish
Fleet Declares "Undefended
Values" are Dangerous

Among those who realize that the
islands of Hawaii should be strongly
fortified Is Richard Pearson Hobson.
former member of Congress. author Of
the prohibition amendment to the con-
stitution and famed as the man who
sank the Merrimac at the entrance to
Santiago bay IL years ago.
Speaking in Portland on Prohibition
Mr.. Hobson prefaced his remarks with
an appeal for preparedness, saying
among other things:
Why, there Is not an American bat
tleship on the Pacific ocean. j need
not say anything of the land defenses.
The Hawaiian islands, the Philippines.
the Panama canal. Alaska, the Aleu-
tian islands they form a continuous
sequence of tempting but undefended
values.
Not only are they undefended, but
under existing conditions there Is no
possibility Of their being defended.
The people of the Pacific coast
should demand battleship fleet IN the
Pacific stronger than that Of any ORR
entail nation.
(, There would be no menace IN our
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LIEUT. COMDR. HURER IEIISSIORYOF
TASK OF RAISING LOST SUBMARINE

/ Their duties had to be limited to OBJ
serving and reporting the conditions
found below.
Placing the sings In satisfactory
locations was the most difficult part
of the salvage work. The submarine
was very small object to lasso at a
depth of 300 feet, and especially as
the exact location Of the bow and
stern could not be predicted within
perhaps 100 feet"
The ''innumerable discourage
ments" which were met in fixing the
sings, the breaking of sings after
they had been fixed, the added trou-
BILE caused by bad weather, the filing
Of the windlasses with cable and the
necessity of cutting it on, and the
final decision to use pontoons after
the submarine had been brought into
so feet of water, all are mentioned
Technical descriptions of the pom
ICONS which finally accomplished the
big job. with diagrams and photo
graphs showing them in the making
and in use, are included in the arti-
Gle. The lowering of the pontoons
filled with water and the "unwatering"
method employed by the use of tor
pedo TASKS which pumped air into
them, are mentioned in detail
"One end of the submarine came
up slightly ahead of the other as was
to be expected" says the lieutenant.
THE bow pontoons on emerging were
considerably cockbilled.
Not cIamped to Boat.
.sThe cause was that the chains
were not attached to the submarine,
but were simply rove under the vessel
from the pontoon on one side to its
mate on the other side. Once the pom
icons emerged they Immediately adj
justed themselves automatically"
"The question suggests ITSELF" says
the article, why the pontoon method,
which was finally adopted, could not
have been used originally for bring
Ing the vessel to the surface. This
would have been impracticable be-
cause Of the great depth of water in
which the submarine lay at first.
Whereas sinking the pontoons along
side the vessel and fitting the chains
was not particularly difficult in 46
feet OF water, the task would have
been quite impossible in 800 feet Of
water.
1.-THE divers from the submarine flo
tilla had to work under water from 5
to hours day from August 81 to
29 while placing the chains under the
vessel, securing the clamps after the
pontoons had been lowered, closing
food and vent valves and later on
connecting the hose leads for blow
ing out This work could not have
been done at a depth OF 800 feet, as
most Of it was extremely arduous and
fatiguing."
Lieut.. Fprer's article closes with a
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Long Article in Engineering
News Explains Difficulties
Met and Overcome

Raising the Submarine F-4," an ar
ticle appearing in the Engineering
News, New York, in the issue Of No
vember 4, is Lieut.. ]. A. Furer's own
story OF the salvaging Of the illfated
diver After his work here in which
he planned the salvage methods, de
signed the equipment and directed the
operations of raising the F-4. Lieut..
Furer went TO Washington, where he
IL now located with the navy bureau
of construction and repair.
Lieut.. Furer's story as told in the
Engineering News is largely techni.
cal, nevertheless in reading IL one
catches here and there brief glimpses
OF the strain under which the men
worked who had the big Job on their
hands.
The principal difficulties of the sal.
wage problem" says the lieutenant,
were the great depth Of water in
which the vessel lay, the weight which
had TO be lifted, and the open-sea ex-
posture. For obvious reasons the Gus
tcmary salvage methods could not be
applied in this case. The only plan
offering reasonable assurance Of sue
cess was to lift the vessel mechani-
cally and to tow It into shallower
water at the same time
High Waves Hindered Work.
Details OF the difficulties encoun-
tered in the rescue Of the submarine
from it's first resting place on the
sea bottom are dealt with In tech
nical manner. The meager amount
OF material on hand, the need Of q
factory to produce other material, and
the see-sawing Of the boats as tossed
by the waves are mentioned.
OF the divers who worked on the
wreck the article says in part:
The bureau of construction and re-
pair Of the navy department had been
experimenting Tor some time on deep
sea diving It 90 happened that these
experiments we're brought to the point
of practical application just before the
accident to the F-4. Four divers in
charge of the officer who had been
conducting the experiments were or
dered from the New York navy yard
to Honolulu for this work.
"The dangers In deep-sea diving are
due principally to the absorption OF
nitrogen by the fluids Of the body, on
account Of the high pressure to which
the lung tissues are subjected. and TO
the extreme exhaustion accompanying
any kind Of manual labor.
Observed and Reported.
"For the latter reason the divers
could not do heavy work at the 300
foot depfh. such as can easily be done
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LIEUT.. COLEMAN
FORCED TO PAY
FREIGHT BILL

A horse belonging to F. H. Cole
man. formerly first lieutenant of the
4th Cavalry, whose resignation from
the army took effect August 80, has
furnished question OF the right of q
resigned officer to have his private
mount shipped at public expense. This
officer, while serving with his regi-
ment In Hawaii. was detailed in June
to the ordnance department and or
dered to Rock Island Arsenal for duty.
The animal was received from Ho-
nolulu at San Francisco on October
25, and the quartermasters take the
position that had the private mount
of Lieut.. Coleman accompanied him at
the time he changed station 1t would
have been transporteG at public ex-
pense. 1t is apparent that the horse
was not actually shipped from Homo
lulu until long after Lieut.. Coleman
rendered his resignation and even
long after his resignation was accept
ed. sg
Whether the shipment was postpon-
ed at the instance of Lieut. Coleman
or was due to the exigencies of the
service does not appear, but in view
of the requirement of army regula-
tions that, in order that private
mount may be shipped at public ex-
pense It must be intended for use by
one in the public service at his new
station, the cause of delay would
seem to be immaterial.
1t is held by the War Department
that If the shipment of the horse in
this case began before the officer ten
dered his resignation. it may properly
be forwarded to its destination at pub
lie expense; but If the shipment was
not begun until after the officer ten
dered his resignation. it is held that
1t can not be shipped at public ex-
pense.
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Army and Navy Register Prints
Long Article and Photo OF
Schofield Library

In the Army and Navy Register of
November 20 full page is devoted to
an account Of the army career Of Gen.
William H. Carter, a review of his
book, The American Army" and an
account of the establishment of the
library at Schofield Barracks. Photo
graphs of Gen. Carter and of the Scho-
field library accompany the articles.
Several extracts from the sketch of
Gen. Carriers life are worth ,reprinting
and two are given here.
.Maj-gen. William H. Carter. COM
handing the Hawaiian Department,
who was a member of the famous old
9th cavalry for years, was retired by
operation of law November -. He
was born of a Unionist family in Day.
idson county, Tennessee, November
10, 1851, and felt early the military
impulse which led him to join the
army of the Cumberland at an age
when the schoolhouse should have
claimed him.
Before he was Is years old Carter
won recognition for gallantry In the
hazardous work of carrying message
across the front of line of fire.
When the war was over his record
won him an appointment to West
Point, which he entered on July /,
1868. Graduating at the Military
Academy. Carter chose the infantry
branch of the service and was assign
ed as second lieutenant to the Sth
Infantry.
In Indian Campaigns.
sHe joined that regiment in the fall
of that year and was in the expedition
against Brule and Ogallala, Sioux and
Cheyenne Indians the following Feb
ruary. Loving horses, Carter trans
ferred to the 9Th Cavalry In Novem-
Der, 1874, and remained with the cav
airy for over % years.
He is one of the Medal of Honor
men of the army. There was fight
with the Apaches on Cibicu creek. Ari-
coma, on August 80, 1881, and during it
Carter, who was then first lieuten-
ant and regimental quartermaster and
acting adjutant of the 9th Cavalry, by
taking brave mans one chance in a
thousand, saved the lives of several
wounded men and won for himself the
medal which 1t is the souls desire of
every soldier to merit and to wear:
Above the soldier shone the blister-
ing sun on the desert-and out on
the frying sands lay three wounded
men. Carter and two volunteers BRAY.
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fleet commanding the Pacific. for we
have no army to back up our navy.
But for an Oriental military power to
control it would be continual menace
to this country.
The time has come for this nation
to adopt a definite policy of national
defense. l hope the states Of the Pa
cific coast will be unit in working
for and supporting legislation that will
better the national defense, especially
the defense OF the Pacific coast
There is not part of the world.
think, so exposed to attack as the Pa
cific coast. It has been utterly neg.
lected.
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GENERAL CARRIERS CAREER Wins
PRAISE FROM SERVICE JOURNAL

ed the bullets of the Indians and ran
from behind the breastworks to the
injured men. They carried the poor
fellows back in their arms, shielding
them as far as they could from the
rain of bullets by their own bodies.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-11

Rapides Parish, La, went dry by a
majority of seven votes in the late
prohibition election.
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word of praise to the men and off,
GERS of the fiotilla, and to the citizens
of Honolulu who helped in the work.
Ripley County democrat., 1915-06-11
ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK
MARMET.

Special report to Ripley County Democrat
National stock Yards. H., June Ssh,
.fei5-o Owing 10 the scarcity Of well ma
itursd 900 ID hogs here today, city butcb-
srs madea selection Of some sorted lots
for which they paid $3.50 top, taking
other good hogs at $50 to s7.S5 while
shippers paid $3.50 for few choice
heayies. There were 10000 hogs receiv-
ed but.of this total 5000 we're direct to
packers and for this fact trade was slow
from start to finish. After outsiders
had finished 1t was then packer mar
ket. They held back until they So
cured . &c decline compared with yes
serday. when they bought the good.
| light mixed hogs At t$7.70to $50 and
|rouehs 1t ss.es 10 Nd0.
There was absolutely no orders for
pigs and whist little buying was Dy
speculators ct . decline Of 26c. Many
| pigs were left unsold 90 salesmen re-
| fused 70 entertain the low bids. We
quote 10 10 is0 pounds st n to T-3u
and the lIghter kinds S6:25 TO se.7b'
Ths quality Of hsss Il not ss good a
usual and mofs grassy kinds are 10
evidence.
Calsls receipts 5000. Halt oi the re-
eeipts were Texas Erass steers. The
native market as rule. both butcher
stun and ist steers was steady to strong
with Last weeks close though cows wert
lfulIy 10 to abc lower Than yesterday O
Last weex.
Sheep receipts $500. lambs cold 4
70 i5c higher Bulk Of the good Y
choice sprineers sold atsi4 % to'$ti.4'
lmish a.dity 'nutehsr' 'tslking ono small 70
lat $ii.60. MostclIppsd Iambsst - 2
Ito ss.75; top ti0.s5 Fat theep rs
Ia igbsrs up $40 with bulk st$6:B y
llkls0. ohappsr shssp>l % $l.b0; can
.nsrs aa.tD = 500 and buoks 1t Aso.
Ripley County democrat., 1915-06-11

worst flooded area. PlsutiDg
progress, by sections, shows:
Northeast, 30; Northwest, 65S
Central, %; Southwest, o.;
Southeast, 81. Most fields have
been too veto work for the past
two weeks, hut as they were
generally clean and we'll ll'cultiva-
ted the weeds and grass which
have started should easily -be
controlled. indications are that
the corn acreage will be from I
to Q per 'oeSt larger thaa last
year. when 1t was 7,421. 800
acres.
Other Crops:--Oats are malc-
ing a satisfactory growth since
the rains. Present condition u
|85 for the state, as compared
with 8s one year ago and with
75 as the 10year June average
The first cutting Of alfslfa and
clover is excellent, but much al
falfa has been damaged by rain
which made harvesting, which
came early, extremely difficuk
New clover is fine as are many
old fields. There is complaint,
though, of weedy meadcwa .ss-
pecially Of "white top" in time-
thy. Condition Of clover is 88s
timothy, 81; alfalfa, 30; rye. So
barley, 90. Pastures are COM
ing,along in fine shwpe, the com
ditlon being %. Again as al
ways, matchless Missouri blue
grass is proving its ability to
"come back" The tobaccs
acreage is estimated at 70 per
cent Of the 1914 crops cotton
acreage TT potsto acreage. 3D.
The outlook for q potato crop 10
the best in years.
Fruits. 'Thepeadh crop in the
northern half Of the state prom
ises less than 25 per cent, but n
the southern part there are pros-
Ipects for an abundant yisld. In
dications are for q fair apple
crop throughout Inost OF the
state. Condition is lowest in the
southwest, where the Ben Davis
yield especially win be Tight
Small fruit Is reported abundant,
being % for the state. Dry
weather, followed by excessive
moisture has not been best Tor
strawberries.
Live Stock. The average wood
clip for the state is estimated al
8.7 pounds. Good prices have
prevailed, the average farm prics
being 2b l.2 ,cents. The short
age OF all meat animals contin.
ues. Number Of cattle on feed
as compared with average veal
: is estimated at 72 per cent; hogs
on feed, SO per cent; cattle on
!, grass, "a per cent. Feeders
have generally operated at a los'
: owing TO the scarcity and ligi
. price yof feed and to low prices d
! the finished product. For thii
treason they are slow to stock up
In some localities there are no
|, enough cattle to eat the grass.
Ripley County democrat., 1915-06-11
Constipation Cured Over
Ni9ht.

A small dose OF Po- Do-Lax to-night
and you 'will.enjoy full, free, essy
bowel movement 10 the morning. No
gripping, for Po- Do Lar is Podophyllin
(May Applc) without the gripe. Po-
Do-Lax corrocts stherause Of constips-
tion by arousinR the liver, increaaing
the now Of bile. Bile is natures anti
septic In the bowels. With proper
amount Of bile, digestion In bowels il
perfect. No gaa. no fermentation, no
constipation Don't'be sick, nervous,
irritable. Get q bottle Of Po-Do-Lax
from your druggistnow and cure your
constipation overnight.
Ripley County democrat., 1915-06-11

DR.. Xisg's New Life Pills are nov
suppliedlin we'll coEked alass bottles
,c0niainings38 sugar coatee wl,ite pills,
for 25c. One pill with elass Of water
lbefore retiring IL an average doss.
Easy and pleasant TO txke. Effective
and positive In resnlta Chesp ant
economicalto use. Get bottle todey,
take dose tonight your eoartipalion
will be relieved In the morning 30dx
.25o. Al al .draaeisss.
Ripley County democrat., 1915-06-11

-rxE --~-~ 10 --~s -~rV ''FTTT
out thinking hard, wescan name
two ot'0ur readers who.can beat
these records. Mrs. ~. sB. Ru-
dasil, Of Bnchsnan'tow hip, who
is rs year old, has resided in'the
county IA years; VIM. Millsap,
of'Union City, the first white
child born'in the county, 10 10
yesrss Atohison County Mail.
Things looked pretty serious
for q Cass county man the 9TH
sr dsys Just AZ he heard the
ball fc. dinner he dropped his
fzise tseth in the well from which
he 49, drkwing water for the
stock 6ummoning his son to
all him, he kept the well bucket
going up and down until the wat
or was lowered sufficiently to
make 4 asearch, ,then'he descended.
When he had about given up the
search an upper inciscr bit him
on ths toe whom he stepped on
the tssth. Dinner wss cold, but
Fhs wEs'happy.
When Missouri was admitted
10 the Union she had twenty six
cou1aes, as follows: Boone,
| Callawsy. Cape Girardeau, Char
titoss. Clsrk, Cole. Cooper, Frank
llin, Gssconads, Howard, Jeffer-
son, Lafayette, Lincoln, Madison
New Madrid, Montgomery,
Perry, Pike, Rails, Ray, St'
Charles, M. Genevieve, st. Louis
Saline, Washington and Wayne
AZ present che has ia counties
snd the city Of st. Louis. The
ares of the state is, Of course,
the same as it was when there
were but twenty six counties.
| Alter siehtyears Of immova'
billty, Otto Distz, known as the
"psRiiied man." found relief in
dss:h 1t 9 o'clock Wsdnesda,
morning. He was about twenty.
1--we years old and has been car
led Tor at the home Of his fathel
four miles north Of Clinton
Eight years ago, following al
attack Of rheumatism, his singu'
liar disease first manifested itscl
lin the -stiffening of the Joints o
ibis whole body. It was not lonl
until he lost oil power Of motion
and his body was stifened rs 4
lboard. His front teeth were re-
moved in order that he might b
fed liquid .nourishment. Durinl
a.
sil this1time he has laid imnov
sble.,i He hiss been abieto mum
Bile . few words that were under
J stood by his immediate relatives
Ripley County democrat., 1915-06-11

~The daily ration Of . Japanese sdt
der consists Of three little bags d
rice and ons Of dried fruit" Fino ar
rangement. The rice keeps him alive
and the psunss Keep him angry
enough to lick his weight IN wildcstA
--Louisville Courisr-Io -Iournal.
Ripley County democrat., 1915-06-11
ROUNDABOUT THE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges Made by the -Shears,
the Pencil and The Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal Some Credited. and Some stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading

g$eSSSSSSsSeeSSSSSSSvSSSWl
Several Newton county stock
raisers and dairymen are expsr-
imsnting with 'spineless oactus|
as cattle feed. It is claimed that|
twenty i've to thirty tons to the
acre can be grown in that sec
ton.
Just as Edna had about given
up hope Of striking water In the
city we'll, which had proven q
l'dry hole" to q depth Of eight
hundred feet, q vein estimated
lin flow at forty gallonsa minute
was reached.
John A. Sohnsider, who has
! been in the employ ct the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad company
'st Jefferson City and other plac.
es, for 40 consecutive years. died
at HE home In jefferson City last
week atthe age Of % years.
An apple tree seven feet in
circumference and with several
limbs twenty festin length 10 q
forestry freak Of Maries county.
The tree is on the farm OF J. A.
Hutchison, and has borne every
year it's orchard neighborssdid.
tits reported that . lumber
company in Oregon county has
sold o tract OF land OF 10, 900
acres to q colony of Germans at
Milwaukee who intend to colon
ize the land with Canadian Ger.
mans who want to leave Canada.
Solomon Hawk, an old time
president Of near Guilfofd, unole
OF o. G. Hawk, Of Ravenwood,
died at his home "Wednesday, /,
aged SO years. Funeral services
were held at the Guilford Meth
odist church Thursday at Q p. n.
Charlton county folksIr tell
ing q mighty big snake story.
Those who have seen the reptile
say It is as big around as . stove
pipe and at least sixteen fesl
long. A volunteer posse that
went hunting 1t were unsuccess.
Iaul.
The person who stole 'Geoaes
Hills taxicab at Mexico 'ons
night last week was kind enough
TO return It, but the incident svi.
IDENTIFY did not make % hit with
lthe owner. e'George says II
mustnot occur again." quotes
the Ledger.
Margaret Virginia Evans, 'ths
four months old daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Evans, Of Mem
phis, was killed Sunday morning
when the hood Of the baby bug.
gy in which she was sleeping
fell across her neck. Death was
due to strangulation.
Thieves who robbed Fornfel|
slaughter house Of . large num-
Der Of hides, several hundred
pounds of fellow and several setl
icf butcherg tools. scattered pep
per as they lott the building ans
; bloodhounds brought to nd th'
: officers refused to dolIcw the trail
!, a Springfield shirt factory los
money on The white shirt It bull
, for ]. G. Brown, Of Fair Play
Browne weighs z00 pounds, sn'
the neck band was 2S, the 'ohes
|, o8 and It took SIX yards Of good
Ito make it--almost double th
amount required for an ordinsr'
man.
: Thirty.two years work fe
their feed and 400 percent pro
Lac wss what G. NJ. Majors real
ixea .on : span Of mules purchas
ID for .Se5 in 1883. Mr.. Major
sold the mules recently for s1S(
"Cslsmity howlers win pleas
: taksnotice. +" sugReata the Har
.rioonuilla .Deu>ncenk.