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minds have been devoted TO the varied
problems involved: and as n result
the transatlantic makers have forged
steadily ahead of us. Americans have
been profoundly insular in their att,-
,rde toward the development OF TINS
special order OF combustion motor. and
the situation tina confronts us to-day
Is the logical consequence OF that
sLorts!ghtedness.
Three years ago Italian builders mad
ready for trial heavy oil engines OF
the Diesel type capable OF develop
ing ! 500 brake horsepower 9nd were
then building two of these motors FOR
a submarine for the Ger IN Govern
ment. Since then the p r OF these
engines has been Increased and nota-
bic engineering difficulties have been
successfully overcome.
1t is a fact that We began here with
the -four cycle heavy oil motor and
tried to better Il by the adoption Of
the " cycle motor. because OF many
failures the Navy Department now IN
s.ats upon returning To- III" four cyc'c
type. AZ the same tllu" foreign de-
~signers haV" wrought wonder, with
the two cycle bicS"i Uu-.uc and u is
very largely this order ~ heavy OF
motor that is dr.viuS the ktisoI's T.
boats upon their widespread ~ OF
4. .iyity. Tie Italians are also w'd-
LcI e. the two cycle and there dic
good reasons for Ibis.
Roar Admiral Grifiu recently stated
tho situation Ia this country du".us ct
hcariu. before the Naval tnminltt"'
Of the House of Representatives. II.
said:
"Thc trouble with the submarine.
Nc now have -thoS, that hay" I'.oi
giving trouble is due Ga the fat tlt'
We have been trying to develop q ~,
cycle Diesel cngin" for 'hcS" hui'~
Such an engine wii, eve Ms q .~,i.
deal more power in much H. space
and with much less weight than ~,
four cycle engine. and = 'io d"y"'np.
mcn' OF that cng n" = successful nui
boats would he FAR more efficient 'ldI
the foreign boats.
II regret TO say that tho efforts have
ru' been as successful 81 We had n
~ticipatei or desired, ana IN recent hoat'
We have discarded the 50 cycle -
G.nc and are putting in only fpur cyrl,
engines and will continue orr expert
rents with two cycle engines on thos,
that we have. instead Of putting u
any more. That Is tho rea, trouble
that We have had with these boats"
This question OF power is II para
mount Importance, and the Unite.
states VIII never have ~scago.nr OF
fleet submarines comparable wiz
those OF the European rav!es un.l "
have engines at our disposal ci'hc'
like or as good as those installed ii
tic foreign boats. The men that ar
actually handling our submarines
those intimately familiar with then
Icy daily association. are C~'anor'nG 70
larger undcrsca boats, and they al
them OF AZ least 800 tons. Logical!
tho bigger the Graf. the more propul
sive effort needed and the moro power
rul mus. he the heavy oil motors,
II must he remembered that tn,
ultimate purpose Of tho suhmariu" !
wartime service, and then, more tln'
ever. ought officers and crews to b
alert. lit and efficient IN the dis"harc'
~ every duty. Tho men " our sub
marine service want larger boat,
hccauso they are moro hdhitahlc. y.
admiral Winslow expressed 1t ro
Gently:
They say tho small boats that "
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Of the European navles. a few months
later one Of the firms found that by
slightly increasing the displacement
and refining the model of the vessel
a twenty knot boat could be assured.
II should be borne in mind that at
this period the American navy was
putting up with submarines of con-
sidcrably lower speeds. Various con-
siderations, however. caused the Secre-
tary OF the Navy to hesitate to APP
prove offers from abroad and the for.
eign builders obtained no substantial
recognition. Rumors of what they
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Vaunted Schley Class Boats a Disappointment-.Eve
With Greatest Strides Nation Will Still Be Five
Years Behind Europe in Speed and Efficiency

only for n short period. As a rule
The underwater spced is reduced to
less than half this rate in order to
obtain n wide radius OF action below
the surface. The biggest boats can
probably cover n little over 100 miles
at Ave knots submerged.
Strategically. the submarine must
offset this limited underwater mo-
bility by better surface running In
order 70 get from her base and to
her zone Of operations as soon as poe
subsequently, under tho cover Of
darkness. Technically. 1t is an easier
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A group of our X boats. the
biggest in commission. liable to
engine trouble and with average
speed of only I2Ia knots. Ger
many had efficient ~ knot
boats six years ago.
doing. that can only be left 10 con-
lecture: but American naval au,hori-
ties have recently announced that in
formation has come TO them from va
rious European sources showing that
a number OF the belligerents have been
making notable improvements in their
submarines. Indeed, these experts adj
init that tho United States navy might
be better off II II could profit by them.
but unfortunately the 6tails have
been disclosed In confidence and we
cannot avail ourselves Of them until
after hostilities cease. This state Of
affairs makes one fact cicar-~c are
no. W 20 date.
For a long time the British Govern
ment built submarines OF a single de-
sign. hut a short while before the war
the Admiralty was wise enough 10 en-
courage competition. French and
Italian designs were welcomed. and IL
number Of boats Of foreign conception
were taken in hand In English ship
yards.
At the beginning of the war the
British navy had building Il numerous
group Of submarines. ranging from
1000 TO 1900 tons submerged displacc-
s,ont ui,1, ttnIapnn fa. snapI NJ from
iOis to IL knots and surface speed
OF 20 knots. France, likewise. has
boats of 20 and II knots. displacinc
submerged more than l 900 tons. Italy
also has seaGo!ng submarines Of more
than 1000 IONS capabl. Of making -
knots. and Just before the war she had
plans for still! bigger submersihles for
which 20 knots We're guaranteed.
The largest Russian submarines
have submerged disrlacem.nts of from
500 TO 100 tons. and their surface
speed is said to he approximately 20
knots. The japanese had IS knot
boats two years ago. and unquestion-
ably they have kept pace with the art
in Europe.
Excepting the Schley, the NJ class
represents the largest and best ot
American submarines. The MI was
launched last September. She has a
surface displacement of ASS tons ant
n submerged displacement In tn,
ne!ghborhood Of $50 tons. and If al
goes we'll will make &c knots an hour
when running light. The * boats
which are the next biggest and best II
u service. have submerged displacc
ments Of a little over 800 tons and re-
cord speeds Of something over - knots
Why Is II that the United state!
navy IS not up 10 the European nav!e'
in this field OF nava, architecture
The principal trouble les IN the fail
ure In this country 70 produce heav!
oil engines capable OF providing thC
nccdful power within the limits OF
weight II space imposed hy the sub
marine. This involves n frank adm!s.
sion OF American engineering inca
pacity and may properly Ice said e
be the direct consequence Of a ,acl
OF Lively competition.
In Europe tho rivalry has been very
strong; many firms have engaged in
tho business Of producing heavy o.
motors for underwater boats, many
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A submarine running at full speed submerged.

The British T. class are boats Of 50
tons submerged displacement. 10 feet
long and capable Of doing between
fifteen and sixteen knots when rum
ming light. Their surface cruising
radius az ten knots II 5000 nautical
miles. But 1t must DO remembered
that the C-5l had To make her voyage
under entirely different circumstances.
and unluest.onahly her powers Of en-
durance We're superior TO the AUS
tralian rivals.
The U-5l had TO dodge alert torpedo
boat ~destroyers; she had 10 drift for
hours at q time with only her peri
scope above the surface, and il Is NJ
wonder that the entire trip took thirty
days. Her performance was IA revela-
ton. because at the outbreak Of hos
~tili;.es the Germans themselves were
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cau. IN any consider BILE proportion.
withstand th" h%ariships "f modern
warfare. % say nothing of rendering
service. unless Il pays consid"rail"
attention TO codntora"t.nS the d"v!tal-
Eng aud oN.rsIec.aiiaine tendencies
of modern working and living con-
d.'ons.
Further. amy poop" WAC persist in
i"uUr.ne the fundamental rcqnir'-
hi'uis fer kr"lin- up III" "'n"."r"y
"f ;ho human mechanism MI. h"c"nl"
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quite satisfied II their submarines
could get TO their sea station Off
Bou.ogne and back again u the home
port. II was not only a question OF
fuel supply and stores OF food and
water but also a matter of physical
endurance on the part Of the officers
and crew.
Tho German group Of boats. Us
TO U-30, were ready when the war
broke out. and undoubtedly had a sur
face speed OF is knots. The succeed
ing six vessels. the U-31 and the C-36,
were improvements. and II may rea-
sonably be credited that they could do
from ~ 10 90 knots when running
light. In the matter 81 speed then the
Schley was anticipated by several
years.
As 20 what Germany has lately been
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>rlordinat" to or dclcUd"u; upon
another wiser and stronger II more
efficient group or nation. "" to-day
have an opportunity - fac" squarely
and u~nt,in"h.uriy the problems that
f.c" is a. u nation, upon a solution of
which depend tn" vitality ard eff
,,crry Of our poop" ana th'r "'"-
Yomij and puli,!cHl in~d"p'nd"ncc,
Cf the mcn drafted in tho eva war
3G., per 81 from a. occupations
W,rN rejected ON account Of physi-
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While the experts are puzzling their heads over the nations Sb-
marine policy an entirely new boat. a semi submersibie. may appear
as the great surprise of the present war and change the whole theory
of naval warfare. As much "a limited last week by Capt. w. S. Sims
before the House Naval Affairs Committee when he proposed the
construction of such a vessel a semi submersible Of high speed.
equipped with sixteen torpedo tubes. Such a craft. he said. would be
a terror to battieships. Capt. Sims suggested that the Germans al
ready were at work on the same idea and that one might any day
dart out of KieI Canal to work havoc with the British feet.
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i. S. SUBMARINE POLICY
FAILURE, SAY EXPERTS

a stop around by way OF the Atlantic
and the Mediterranean. Yet the Aus
tralian submarines A Ell and A E-2-
sister boats of the British i class
had previously made the 10000 mile
voyage from Barrow 20 Sydney under
their own power and without convoy.
This was accomplished by layovcrs at
occasional ports.
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=, B g. skERRErr.

N s tho UnJteu StHteS navy 10 tdKC
backward step in the building
OF its submarines? The question
has been provoked by the recent
pfonouncement of the Secretary Of
fhe Navy. According to Mr.. Daniels,
Congress has asked for the impossi-
r,a, and American builders arc not
equal 60 the task Of turning out SUBJ
marines such as have been con-
s,ructed In Europe.
4 year = the Navy Department
contracted for the building OF the sea-
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The Swedish submarine Hvalen, 15a knots, built in 1909. Thu.
boat ran without escort 5000 miles from Spezia,
where built, to Stockholm.
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IVY IiIAT arc you going to do
\A/ aft"rward: You cant
w make an officer in tive
W,CLS. Wil tho utS
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HE United States Is at war to-
Gay, and always has been at
war. Individuals. corporations.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-17
SHIPPING 6WKT[RFRONTNf News
FINE NOTORBOAI
BUILDING FOR
LOCAL man

A mysterious and luxurious Cruis.
ing motorboat So feet long and OF IL
feet beam, is being built at the ship
yards of Frank Stone on Oakland
Creek, near San Francisco, Tor a Ho-
nolulu millionaire whose name is not
given. The Chronicle is authority for
this news. Speaking of the motor
boat, it says:
"One Of the, finest craft which has
ever taken the water is a cruising, mo-
tor-boat being built at the yards of
Frank Stone for a Honolulu million
aire The vessel will probably go to
Hawaii under her own power, as she
is to have a 20 horsepower Eastern
standard engine. which will drive her
through the water at IL knots.
This vessel is 50 feet long on the
deck and ~ feet beam. She is being
luxuriousiy fitted ana will have sleep
ing accommodations for eight persons.
At The same yard baby tug has
just been completed and class r
yacht IS feet in length" ........
Continuing, the Chronicle adds that
Oakland Creek presents the busiest
aspect IN years in shipbuilding and
repair work, and at the same time is
practically deserted by all craft that
can carry cargoes, except the salmon
fleet OF windjammers which are being
prepared for the annual cruise to
Alaskan waters. the only two old
steamers familiar in tits port which
are now lying on the flats are the Cos
Ia RIGA and the City OF Sydney. and
the latter is being dismantlcd to be
made over as a barge. ....~. f
There ale four or five old steam
whalers lying Mt anchor, but other
than these there is nothing in the
creek which could carry a cargo. The
big windjammers Of the salmon feet
are Respondent in new paint and shin
ing woodwork, and within a short
time they will have sails bent ready
to get out into The north for a season
at the canneries.'
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-17
PERSIA SMASHED
into PIER SAT
MANILA

Crashing into Pier 3 at Manila last
month, the r. X. X liner Persia Maru.
formerly the Pacific Mail liner Per
STA, due here Wednesday from San
Francisco on her way to the Orient.
narrowly escaped serious damage.
says the Manila Bulletin
Had il not been for the powerful
quartermaster's tug General Weeks,
assisted by customs launches No. )
and Jolo, there is every reason to be.
lieYe the Persia Maru might have been
seriously damaged and its departure
delayed" says this paper. .-.'~
THE Persia Maru had cast off from
Pier 3 about o'clock that evening
and was heading out into the bay
when, by reason of strong tide set
ting toward shore, the vessel got be-
yond control and drifted practically
helpless toward shore in the small
basin between PIER 3 and Pier 1.
Anchors were thrown out fore and
aft and the huge steamer swung in
toward the north side of Pier 8. Be-
fore its progress could be arrested it
bumped into the middle portion of the
pier with crash. driving its nose into
the concrete and wooden sides. caus-
ing huge v-shaped break in the tim
bers.
The General Weeks was just de-
parting for Corregidor when Captain
Oleseh of that vessel saw the liners
predicame1t and at once hooked his
hawsers tg the Persia Maru. With the
assistance OF the customs launches
the flodndering liner was pulled out
clear and proceeded on its way with
out further difficulty"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-17
Baby Elephant
Bears Name of
james Gidden
T. K. KS Chief CommiSSary
Gains More Fame When Cute
Animal is Named for Him

Some men achieve fame by having
a cigar named after them, but James
Glidden, the debonair chief commits
sary of the Togo Kisen Kaisha, goes
them one better. for he has baby
elephant named after him, AID that
is a real distinction. ''2says the San
Francisco Chronicle. ........ .-.
Not that Jim needs any more dis
tinction, for he is famous as the man
who made T. X. X. service and food
known around the world. 49,. r..
On the Chiyo adHru. which arrived
from the Orient Monday, there was a
cute baby elephant The baby did
not like the cold and forbidding inter.
Tor Of the dock and at frequent In
tervals shook the rafters with lusty
trumpetipgs.
Whenever an extra loud trumpet
would be sounded Jim Glidden, with
his white carnation in his buttonhole,
would start down the dock in double
time and feed the elephant peanuts
and scratch his trunk stuck out be-
tween the bars of the cage. 1t did
not make any difference what James
was doing. the elephant. came first.
And so the stevedores named the
little fellow Jim Glidden, in honor of
his protector. When the baby was
carted away Glidden was at the dock
entrance and, as the dray passed, the
elephant gave one trumpet of farewell
to his friend, as the latter stood with
head barred in salute.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-17
6O9 PASSENGERS
SAIL ON HILL
STEAMER
III. III ...

Steaming toward San Francisco to-
day at "a miles an hour. with 609 pas
sengers on board, the largest number
ever. leaving Honolulu on one ship,
and also the greatest ever taken out
by the steamer, is the Hill liner Great
Northern, which left at IL o'clock last
night.
Seen away by a crowd which
damned Pier 6 from one end to the
other, the big liner backed out into
the stream on time, and was headed
out to sea by Capt. A. Amman.
Comprising last nights record pas
senger list were 361 first-cabin, 81 sec
ond, and 157 steerage. On her last
outward trip, February 26, the night
the Carnival ended, she left with 454,
a record which stood until last night,
when the 500 outgoing travellers set
up a new mark.
Freight leaving on the Great North
ern was also a record shipment, 2050
tons. This included 47,S17 cases of
canned pines, 1915 punches of bananas
and 16 automobiles belonging to re-
turning tourists. The largest outgoing
cargo handled prior to last night by
the liner was 1904 tons, which she
took ont on her February 4 sailing.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-17
RESOLUTION NO. ATS.

IL
Be it Resolved by the Board of Su
peryisors of the City and County OF
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, that
tie sum of Three Thousand Dollars
$4,000. U0l, be and the same is hereby
transferred from all moneys in the
Permanent Improvement Fund in the
Treasury of the City and County OF
Honolulu, to the Road Tax Fund OF
the District of Honolulu, to cover ex-
renditures made out of said Road Tax
Fund for Permanent improvements,
known as Reconstruction Makiki
Flume. ..... ... Il r.
Presented by
@.. + ..- -. DANIEL LOGAN, -.
-. .... g.. Supervisor.
Date of Introduction: Honolulu, Ha-
wall, March 16, 1916. IT,. III
i hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution passed First Reading and
ordered to print at meeting held by
the Board of Supervisors. on Thurs
day, March 16. 1916, on the following
vote of said board:
Ayes: AHA, Arnold, Hollinger, Hor-
ner, Larsen, Logan. Total s.
Noes: None
Absent and not voting: Single.
Total 1.
.".. E. BUFFANDEAU,
" Deputy City and County Clerk
-. 6425-3t
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-17

that's it-feel how smooth the skin
is? Well, that's where the corn was.
Well, that beats ALI" That's the way
-Gets-it" works on all corns, every
corn. every time It's the new, simple
way of curing corns You'll say good.
by to all foolish CONTRIBUTIONS like
bundling bandages. sticky tape, plas.
tiers, toe-eating salves, and. grave.
diggers such as knives, razors and
scissors. "Gets-It' stops pain. APP
piled in 2 seconds. Never fails. Moth
ing to stick to, hurt or press on the
corn
''Gets-It" is sold everywhere. 25c a
bottle, or sent direct by L. Lawrence
& Co., Chicago, I'll. Sold in Honolulu
and recommended as the worlds best
corn remedy by Benson, Smith & Co.,
Ltd, Fort and Hotel streets, and Hol
lister Drug Co-Adv. =.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-17
BY AUTHORITY.
RESOLUTION NO. AT.

Be it Resolved by the Board of SUI
pervisors of the City and County of
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, that
The sum of Eighteen Hundred Dollars
($1S00.00), be and the same Is hereby
appropriated out of al moneys in the
Permanent Improvement Fund in the
Treasury of the City and County of
Honolulu, and transferred to the credit
of the Road Tax Fund of the District
OF Honolulu, ITO cover expenditures
known as Construction Puuloa Coral
Road -. "..." = r..
Presented by .....
DANIEL LOGAN,
%> {. .-....:. Supervisor.
Date of Introduction: Honolulu, Ha-
vail, March 16 1916. -
! hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution passed First Reading and
ordered to print at a meeting held by
the Board of Supervisors on Thurs
day, March 16, 1916, on the following
vote of said board: ......~. =.
Ayes: AHA, Arnold, Hollinger, Hor.
ner, Larsen, Logan. Total s. .@...
Noes: None. .~@ ..
Absent and not voting: Single.
Total 1. .r.r.<t,. F.: -. r.
E. BUFFANDEAU,
Deputy City and County. Clerk
49,. 6425-3t -.s -
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HARB0R NOTES

Mail from San Francisco will arrive
Tuesday morning in the Matson
steamer Manoa.
aSearchlight practise was held last
night by the coast defense forts. Tugs
towed targets for it. -.
Bound for Kahului from the Column
bia River is the schooner Melrose,
from the northwest port Monday.
Arrival at San Francisco midnight
Wednesday of the u. S. army trans
port Sheridan, from here March !, is
reported. /. .>>5. =. -. 81
Taking 20 cabin and six Storage
passengers, the Matson liner Wilhel-
nina sailed at yesterday afternoon
for HiIo. She will return Sunday
niorninp MI $50 -
Between March % and April / the
Commercial Pacific Cable Company's
schooner Flaurence Ward will sal for
Midway, taking supplies to the cable
station. No passengers will be car
ried.
The new first mate signed on here
by the schooner James H. Bruce is
named Mcdonald. He was on the In
ter-Island steamer Helene before TAX
ing his new job. The Bruce sailed
late Wednesday for Sydney.
dore 1oka fbo OH
Nippon Maru steamed from Yokohama
yesterday, a cable received by the To-
cal agents, Castle & Cooke, says. She
should arrive here March 26, to sail
the next day for San Francisco.
At s o'clock yesterday afternoon the
China Mail liner China sailed from
San Francisco. She is due here
Wednesday, probably in the after
noon, and it is not expected she will
sail for the Orient before Thursday.
About Monday night the American
Hawaiian steamer Mexican, Capt. A.
c. Keene, will leave here for Kama
palia, Kahaului and Hilo to load sugar
for San Francisco. She arrived yes
terday from Tacoma with 1000 tons of
cargo. #+
A severe storm in which her pro-
peller was damaged compelled the T..
K. X. chartered steamer Dairen Maru
to put back to Yokohama yesterday,
according to cable adyiees received by
the Yamamoto store. The. steamer
left Yokohama for Honolulu March 10.
Not before Tuesday afternoon or
evening will the steam schooner Coz
lumbia sail for San Francisco, taking
1900 tons of sugar and passengers, the
local agents, w. w. Dimond & Co.,
have announced. The ship will take
passengers to the coast for $45. She
is being worked night and day and
will probably begin loading sugar
Sunday. 49,. ....... =. ~.
Congestion of freight from the
islands to San Francisco, particularly
canned pines, exists here. The Great
Northern had to refuse $4,000 cases,
and on the Sierra, due to steam for
San Francisco Tuesday afternoon. only
1850 cases can go, where 10000 had
been offered. Matson steamers are
also having difficulty handling all
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-17

Next mail for San Francisco will go
out Tuesday afternoon in the Oceanic
steamer Sierra. The Matson liner
wilhelmina, sailing Wednesday morn
irg, will also carry mail
Due here Wednesday morning from
Vancouver and Victoria is the Cana
n-Australasian liner Niagara, which
left Victoria Wednesday.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-17

The Workingmen's Club of Portland,
Ore, maintained by private charity
for the unemployed, closed its doors
because the number of unemployed in
Portland has become so small that
the clubs mission Is considered full.
filled. "@.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-17
PASSENGERS BOOKED

Per IL. str. Claudine, for Maui,
March 17--Mrs. Jessie K. Davis, H. f.
Cook, Bud White, E. r. Fernandez, J
c. FCss,, a. p. Lang ST. ~.