Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-06

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When that flood Of papers, maya
zines and story books swept down OF
US at Samoa from Honolulu" said 1
sailor on the United States gunboa1
Princeton this morning, 1T surely
looked for "a moment as II another
hurricane had come"
+ He had been asked regarding the
receipt Of the big shipment of read
ing material that the. StarBalletin
sent several weeks ago to the Prince
ton crew, when A. Z. Livingstone
traveller and writer, brought the word
80 Honolulu that the sailor boys were
fairly starving for something to reaC
in the South Sea station
I The Princetofl, former station ship
at Page Page, arrived yesterday after
noon at O'Clock from Samoa, after
a trip OF II days. She is on her way
To San Francisco. The auxiliary ship
Nanshan accompanies her. ,..
I'VE had to use magazines for chairs
and beds" put In another apprecia.
tive sailor, for the crowd that came
filled the clubhouse to Overlooking,
ana sometimes would read all night
The same sailor took exception to
an enthusiastic statement by one OF
his fellows to the effect that the first
tlTing the enlisted men did when the
magazines and papers came, was, TO
dive for them" =
I'VE DIDN'T exactly dive for Them .
said the first, I'VE were orderly en-
listed men; OF course, but we sure did
get them. oh, guess we did almost
dive for them after all. %ss
/ A crowd Of appreciatiye sailors was
mot long In gathering as soon as It
was learned chat q Star. Bulletin rep
Tesentative was on board. Calls of
Here s enc Of the folks that sent the
bunch Of readingiP brought out q
score or more to voice their thanks
for the shipment. - ,..z II
They explained that the first thing
done with the reading material was
10 send it for distribution to the enlist
ed mems club house, where It was
checked out much as are the books
I'M a city library. From all parts OF
the islands the people came TO get
reading material, both natives and
whites. a M =, ,-se..s
1.-The natives took the magazines
home with them, and as they could
not read Bnglish, found much enjoy
meHt In booking at the pictures and
advertisements, " explained one Of the
boys as5si - > g. Z ,..s... =. u. II
The Princeton has on board a crew
of Is, which includes three officers
and rs men. The boat is under the
command OF Bieat-comdr Mark st.
c. Ellis. The crew Is made up of a
jelly band of sailors, most of them
young and all glad of the chance to
get back again To- the United States.
The Princeton has been at Samoa for
four years, during which time she
spent three weeks under water. But
ono sailor is now on board who has
been on the boat for the four years.
"A great crowd gathered at the
wharf to see as off," explained one
bronsed and tattooed sailorman, land
the natives sang their farewell song,
'Tofa Palangi.' which means, being
Goodbye American A
gfeat many of the enlisted boys on
the island broke down and wept as
the boat pulled out. 1t was pretty
hard on them TO have to stay when
the rest Of US were leaving.
of course" continued the narrator.
there were a few who wanted to-
stay. For instance there was A. ].
Ross, chief boatswains mate. a mem
Der of the Princeton crew, who re-
NAMED behind and married. His wife
is Princess Siupolu of the island of
M8nua. It was this island which suf-
fered so severely from the hurricane. |
Ross got about 1000 acres OF Co
coanut land by the marriage" went
IN the sailor, and the wedding was
ONE of the biggest events that tho
STAND has known in years. It took
place in the home of Governor i
StearnS."
One of the features of the trip up
from Samoa was a Neptune party
IL. the day the beat crossed the equa-
tor. Old Father Neptune came or
board. clambering up over the side OF
the ship. fully rugged out with long
beard and trident. Capt. Ellis turned
over the ship to his command. and for