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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-19
BARB Wire USED
INTRENCHEsIS
Different SORT

The American Steel Export Com
pany announces that its shipments Of
barb wire to the allied armies total
more than 10000 tons, which, If
stretched into a single line, would ex.
tend $4,000 miles. The shipments
have been in progress ever since
trench warfare was first undertaken
on big scale in France and Russia.
THE product Is not the ordinary
barb wire," says the company, "but
special military type, very heavy and
strong, with great four-pointed barbs
and painted the grim oliVe-drab Of
war. The wire is made up in differ.
ent ways, sometimes coiled in spe-
cial manner and held by a single
strand, so that it might be tossed bod.
lily out in front of a trench and the
binding strand severed, allowing the
whole coil to burst open and unwind
like a great clock spring, covering the
front of the trench with a tangled
mass impenetrable to attacking troops.
"On other occasions, when time per-
mitted, the barb wire has been woven
into wonderful and intricate defensive
works laid out on, exact geometr1c
lines. They offer the greatest posi-
BILE obstruction to advancing troops,
and yet allow egress for the troops
in the trenches when it comes their
turn to advance"
Great quantities of high-carbon
sheet steel plates have been shipped
from this country to Europe to be
made into helmets. The company
estimates that July 100000 Of these
head coverings have been stamped
out in factories OF England and
France since thu allied armies began
to wear them, and production is in
creasing, in order to equip new forces
and replace the helmets lost in charges
ON the western front,
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u. s. ARMY AvIAToRs
. USE CAMERA" RIFLES
~ IN BATTLE PRACTISE

WASHINGTON, D. c.-"Camera"
rifles, devised to photograph rather
than kill the objective, are being used
by army and navy aviation gunners
In training. With this instrument in
use during the battle maneuvers, the
flying corps officers are developing
deadly accuracy in gunnery.
The machine operator and observer,
the latter equipped with the camera
instead Of the usual machine gun, are
sent into the air In squadron forma-
ton divided into hostile and defensive
units. After the battle the films are
examined and the number of would-be
killed Is revealed on the files. When
ever the negative develops blank the
shot. Is counted IS miss. but where
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-19
THE ATTACK ON THE SMITH

"a German submarine attacked the
q. s. destroyer Smith 100 miles from
New York.-News Item.) .@.
Who could believe in such. fatal
temerity?
Is II fiction? oh, Is 1t a myth?
Is II the truth that a U-boat's severity
Had as its object the u. s. s. Smith ?
oh, but the consequence sure now to
follow;
All, but the rage that will waken the
clanl 49, z...s H..
Quick from the mountain and swift
from the hollow, s-s+@-'-
Yowing revenge, come the Smiths to
man. l
Sad was its day for that doomed,
luckless submarine
When it assaulted the crafty craft
Smith. ..<aE
How its nose trembled, the poor, fated
dub-marine;
Lost to the crew was their pluck and
their pith. 1s'~
Well. well, they knew they were rous-
ing the hornet; Il
Too late they saw twas the end Of
their game;
Quaking, they heard it, the Smith
oath Of Darn II,
We win fight back for the pride Of the
name"
Ten million Pages OF city directories,
Ten thousand columns of telephone
books,
Ten hundred volumes of census In
spectories;
-Four million niIlionaires, eight mil
lion cooks,
Nine million horsemen and six mil
lion rifle men, s..
All of the clans and the kin and the
kith,
Rally to fight-for you know you can't
trifle, men,
With the illustrious, brave name Of
Smith! 49, &
Arthur Price in San Francisco Ex-
aminef.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-19
FRENCH OFFICER GLAD
AMERICA WITH ALLIES

An idea of the joy Of French soldiers
at the entrance of America into war
and the series of fluctuations that en-
sued is given in a copy of an announce
ment of the French inspector general,
Lieut.. Col. Girod, issued to the Amer
lean aviators at the training school at
Avord, France. This Is q free tTansla-
ton of the order:
Paris, April Z, 1917,-To the Amer
lean pilots at Avord: am sure that
/ interpret the sentiments of every
one under my command in saluting,
at this hour when she ranges herself
alongside the Allies in the world war,
your grand and beautiful country.
you have already, however, .antici-
pated this historic hour by offering to
France the concurrence Of your own
high longings, your courage and your
heartfelt friendship. thank you, and
with the aviation Franchise, the army
and all the nations allied against "the
Crime" / bow. before the American
flag. It's colors, mingled with ours,
will carry the triumph and glory OF
the patrie to the skies.
I'VE are proud to instruct you.
you will be proud, with US, to con-
quer.
"GROD"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-19

This little two reel (too real) trag-
edy, entitled Before and After" or
What Happened to the LIST Company"
is not picture Of depletion by Ger
man shrapnel, but rather a striking
illustration of how National Guard
companies were all "shot to pieces" by
the executive order releasing enlisted
men with dependent families. 49,,
The upper picture shows the LIST
Company, Coast Artillery Corps, N.
G. H, Capt George K. harrison, at its
average strength Of IS representative
Honolulans, who organized little over
a year ago. In the upper picture there
is full complement of officers, non
CONS and prfvates.
After the upper picture was taken
and on the following drill afternoon
when discharges were read there was
little more than a skeleton company
remaining, as the lower picture indi.
Gates. When the discharged men
stepped en- masse from the ranks fol-
lowing the mastering out, 1t seemed
as if the whole company had been
taken.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-19
SUGGESTS SCHEME FOR
DONATING TO SAIL 0RS

aThe Navy League has approved a
plan by which the people OF each state
in the Union win provide the needed
comforts for every man on board the
battleship or cruiser named for their
own state, as well as for other YES
sells named for cities in their state.
Thus, for instance, New York state
viii be called upon to look after he
men of the sunerdreadnought New
York, the armored cruisers BROOKLYN
and Rochester, the light cruiser Aha
ny, the auxiliary cruiser Buffalo, and
the various destroyers named In hon.
or of naval heroes who were citizens
of New York. Pennsylyanians VIII
provide the comforts for the fleet flag
ship Pennsylvania the ;armored cruis-
er Pittsburg, the scout cruiser ches-
ter. and the gunboat Lancaster.
Unless, however. the government
hattens 10 name one Of the new boats
80 .o~1f The neonle of this terri
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EEH.X[EH News end notes Of the Service 3N.EENEST
in
medical CORPS

Several promotions in the roll OF
enlisted men in the medical service
Of the Hawaiian department are an
nounced in orders sent here from
Washington. The changes are as fol.
lows:
Sergeants to become sergeants first
class, effective April 20: Arthur l.
Swanson, James r. Wood, William J.
Henry, Ernest H. Evans, Paul T.
Hogge, John w. Friar, John A. Brush.
So. Paul P. Sherry, promoted to
sergeant first class, effective April 26,
1917.
Two. sergeants first class are pro-
NOTED to hospital sergeants, effective
May 2, 1917, as follows: Clarence E.
Yeager and Francis W. Wicket Sgt.
Yeager is now on duty at department
headquarters.
The following men are named as
sergeants, effective April 26, 1917:
Pvts., LIST CT, William b. Wall, ROLAND
R. Weimer, Cloyd Stahl, Ludwiek G.
Ross, Hfberius B. Molsbergen, Horace
C. Livingston, Joseph H. DuVall, Byron
L. King, Baron T. Kabel, Cpls. Lem
uel P. Smart, Benjamin H. Nouska-
tian, Arthur C. Boren, Philip Nielsen
zahl, Harold ]. Cross and Allison B.
Stewart
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Of the LIST Company, and Lieut.. Ernest
C. Webster. The latter; was the only
commissioned officer of the LIST Com
pany discharged and, although Lieut.
Dillingham; was unable to be present
when the lower picture was taken, he
is still very much an active officer.
An interesting feature Of discharges
from the 1sI Company, c. A. c., Is tbs
fact that had IL city ana county and
territorial employees who went out be-
cause Of the dependent family order
remained, and had the difference be-
tween their salaries from the local
governments and the federal govern
ment's been met by the territory, it
would have cost the local government
approximately $4,000 a month. One
can ready appreciate how long the
$4,000 appropriated for this purpose
would last with such a drain on it
from only one company.
To iii their depleted ranks the 1st
and End Companies, C. A. c., N. G. H.,
have opened a recruiting station at
the corner Of Hotel and Fort streets
The recruiting cry Is Don't Wait for
Observation-Disclosures Now"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-19
TO THE LIVING FLAG

Flag loved cherished
persisted?
eated
Again spring awated
Nay quvers through
fall the heartthrobs
Ave thy a century a life
call to blood that urging
blue truths hue thy stars of dazzling brightness
And truths and thus In thy blended,
So Of he men of unfurled
of thy
To therb
We
M
CouncuBl Iow
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-19
CAPTAINS NEEDED,
SAYS ARMY CABLE

Captains and first lieutenants Of
cavalry. field artillery and coast artil-
lery have the opportunity to apply for
transfers to I'LL vacancies for captains
IN the infantry branch created by pro-
posed increases IN the regular army.
This Is the information received at
army headquarters by cable from
washington which states that there
are approximately 15o such vacancies
at present
Applications must be filed not later
than May 26.
At present the strength OF the army
rs 50 regiments, but this is to be raised
70 SIS regiments, under the terms Of
the national defense act OF last sum.
Mer. The Increase was to be made In
five annual and equal increments, ex-
cept IN case Of emergency where any
part or all Of the number could be
called by the president. :
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-19
new MEXICO IS
BIG BATTLESHIP

NEW YORK, N. Y.-The new
United States battleship New Mexico,
first Of the wartime additions to the
navy, was launched with much pomp
end ceremony at the Brooklyn navy
yard.
Miss Margaret c. De Baca, daughter
of former governor of New Mexico,
was sponsor for the ship. Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Franklin D..
Roosevelt represented the government.
The New Mexico is sister ship to the
recently launched Mississippi and the
Idaho still under construction. 1t shapes
up with any fighting vessel afloat
In size and armament. When COM
pleted, 1t will cost between $15, 000, 900
and $20,000,000. If construction work
il finished on schedule, the New Mex
leo will be ready for action by October
IL, 1918. The vessel will burn oil ex-
clusively In generating steam, which
will be converted to electric power.
The United States is the first nation
to adopt the electrically propelled
battleship idea. 5.lsa
The New Mexico is 624 feet over
all. The extreme outside breadth over
armor II 81 feet IL inches. It 10 of
$4,000 tons displacement, with q mean
draft Of so feet and q speed Of 81
knots. Fifty-six officers and 1141 men
viii man the giant ship. Her arma-
ment viii consist Of IL fourteen-inch
guns, set three abreast in four reyolv-
ing turrets-two forward and aft, one
turret above the other to permit, of
free fire In any direction secondary
battery Of % five-inch guns, 4 three
Founders, antiaircraft guns and two
torpedo tubes.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-19
HERO OF why RIDGE (
PROBABLY IDENTIFIED 1

y TEMPLE, Texas-A communi- 4
4 cation received from Canadian
+ headquarters in France by Mrs.
+ G. F. Davis Of Bland, near here, I
y seems to establish the fact that 4
+ her son Robert was the Texan
\ who first carried the American
y flag into the present war. The
4 message stated the boy was I
+ wounded, but it is known he
\ enlisted in the regiment which 4
\ produced the hero Of Vimy Ridge,
= and so far as can be learned no I
\ other Texan enlisted with that
+ regiment. Young Davis father 4
+ fought the Germans on 'Vimy 4
4 Ridge in the Franco-Prussian war \
y of 1870. 4
= l. 4 4 y + \ 4 \ \ \ + 4 y y y =
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-19
RIFLES
FORLARGE ARMY

WASHINGTON, D. c.. April IS
Newton D. Baker. secretary Of war,
announced today that the department
contemplated using the British En-
field rifle in the equipment Of the
second million men raised under the
army draft. These are the men who
would be called to the colors during
the year 1918.
Secretary Baker also approved
contracts today for the construction
of the largest field guns and howitzers
ever built for the army. They will
lie Of foreign model, and some are un-
derstood to be Of the French Creusot
type that have proved so successful
on the French front. The order for
these guns and the decision to arm
!, 100000 men with Enfield rifles fol-
lowed conferences with British and
French officers and after careful con-
sideration Of every angle Of the mill
tary situation.
In preparation Of the possible arm
ing of a. second million men," said
Secretary Baker, the War Depart
ment 'contemplates using the British
Enfield rifle, modified to use United
States ammunition. For mobile artil-
lery Of greater caliber than at pre-
sent in service, namely the six-inch
howitzer, the War Department con-
templates using and has under con-
struction two types Of foreign manu-
facture."
For military reasons the War De-
partment did not make public details
respecting the size and number Of big
howitzers ordered, but it is under
stood that they will be as large and
just as powerful as the big guns now
being used by the British and French
in their great battles Of Arras and the
Somme. ~
American infantry and ordnance Of
ficers regard the 1903 model Of the
Springfield rifle, which Is the service
weapon of the United States army, as
the best rifle in the world. These are
being made as rapidly as the govern
ment arsenals can turn them out, but
cannot be supplied in great numbers
In sufficient time to provide million
of them for the second force to be
raised. American plants that have
been turning out Enfield rifles for
the Allies have intensified their pro-
duction to the point where they are
now able to turn out $4,000 Enfield
rifles daily.
About 1900 Springfield rifles daily
can be made with facilities existing
in this country. The chamber Of the
Enfield rifle crn be modified to take
the same ammunition that Is used In
the Springfield. The greater facilities
for the production Of the Enfield rifle,
coupled with information regarding
the use Of this rifle along the French
front, convinced the War Department
that It would be wise to order this
type of rifle, modified to use United
States service ammunition, for the
second army of 100000 men.
The Springfield is 30-caliber. The
Enfield il 1913. The modified Enfield
to be made for the American army
will be 80 caliber.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-19
JOE DANIELS. JUNIOR,
JOINS MARINE CORPS

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 2S.-
Josephus Daniels, Jr, eldest son of
Secretary of the Navy Daniels, passed
an examination today to be a private.
class four, in the Marine Corps, and
was accepted for service AS soon as
he has been enrolled he will be sent
to the naval training station at Phiia-
delphia.
He is 81 years of age, a clean-cut
and wholesome American chap, and
has until recently been. employed on
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Won FALKENHAUSEN
SUCCEEDS Won Kissing

AMSTERDAM Netherlands. - Ac.
cording to Hanover newspaper re-
ceiyed here, Colonel-General Baron
Won Falkenhausen has been appointed
Goyernor-General OF BELGIUM IN suc-
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-19
AMERICANS DEFRAY
EXCAVATION COSTS
rRH Associated Pressl

LONDON, Eng.-Americans connect
ed with the American Mining Com
pany's works on the Island OF Cyprus
are defraying all the expenses of arch
geological excavations which have
been begun at Arsos, near Ttemi-
thousa. The work is in charge Of
the Cyprus museum. The spot chosen
is an interesting one, connected with
the great Adonts myth.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-19
REFUSED TO HALT-SHoT

VINCENNES, Ind. When Henry
Oexman, SO, a wealthy German farm.
er, ignored repeated orders to halt
as he was crossing q railroad bridge
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-19
DANES TO CLOSE sss a
POWER STATIC
NOW Rises
and
EetB
Rises
0siH

COPENHAGEN, Den
shortage Of l1uminatfn33 ft25
come so serious in De- 81 2.0A
electric power stations
gines are to be closed n4t ettd
the use of petroleum for as17
poses will be prohibited. Co..
which obtains its electric liz
from coal power, will not be affecEeo :
but almost every other town in Den
mark viii be seriously hampered with
the exception Of part Of North -
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-19

Lieut.. Baldamus, one of the most
successful of the German aviators, is
reported 10 have been killed in COLI
The Meeker herald., 1917-03-03
oldest Of Queer Flshe..

A queer fish that does not swim IL
the .sargasso fish," known to sailors
rs the "frogfish." 1t lives in that vast
mass of floating gulfweed called the
Sargasso sea. In mid-Atlantic
Its pectoral fms are SO modified and
developed as to resemble arms. and It
uses them for clinging to the weed.
Very gaudily colored, It changes its
hues to match the aquatic vegetation
by which it is surrounded. and when
the latter decays and turns brown It
assumes n corresponding shade.
The fish lays its eggs In jeliy-like
mass. which. absorbing great guam
tity of water. becomes three times a.
big as the mother fish herself. assum.
ing the form Of narrow raft three or
four feet long and two to four inches
wide.
The Meeker herald., 1917-03-03
Thrill Of BeinQ Wet.

There is something rudimentary and
fundamental about having water
splashed down upon one and getting
completely and deliciously wet-not
damp. not moist, but wet. wringing
wet. You yourself when child never
enjoyed anything so much as your first
branching In an unforeseen and I'M
avoidable rainstorm-the thrill Of be-
ing wet. the cool drive of the water on
your nose. Into your sleeves and down
your neck. and the joyous slush of
soaked. water logged boots. Even the
tedium Of being rubbed with alcohol.
bundled mp and warned you would
catch your death did not diminish the
event. You voted 1t better than the
time yon fell off the boat dock; 1t last
ed longer.-Atlantic.
The Meeker herald., 1917-03-03

Not many people knew that Thomas
Jefferson was great inventor. His
inventions were all Of articles of ev-
eryday use. He devised a three legged
folding camp stool that is the basis of
all camp stools Of that kind today.
The stool he had made for his own
use was his constant companion on oc-
casions of outings. The revolving chair
was his invention. He designed n light
wagon. A copying press was devised
by him and came into general use. He
also invented an instrument for meas
uring the distance he walked. A pillow
and a hemp cultivator showed that his
thoughts were often on agricultural
matters. His plow received gold
medal In France in 1880. Jefferson
never benefited financially by his In
ventions. but believed they should be
for the use OF every one without cost.
The Meeker herald., 1917-03-03
TA.lsMAN OF THE cELTs.
Romance Of the Liza Fail. = Curious
Piece Of Stone.

In every strongly Irish newspaper.
either In America or IN Ireland. there
III the oft repeated threat: whit until
we recover the Lila Fail. Tllen Ire
land will become II republic" And the
readers have asked again ana again
What is the Liza Fail: Where Is it,
and what IL its magic power Those
who remember the Fenian iiusc"
some years ago will recall the bal
tlecry Of the troops. 'lln. 10: the
Lila FAIL" The recovery of this Celtic
tullsman. however would involve
something more Than n victory over
some outlying province OF Great Brit
ain. for It Is II part of the coronation
chair In Westminster Abbey 1t is Il
curious piece Of stone. little more
thun two feet long. and is said to be
the Identical stone on which jacob
rested his head when he had his mar
seIous dream. 1t was taken to Ire
lind. according to. tradition. before the
Christian era. and its removal from
that island mennt the death Of liberty
and independence to the Celt.
After century Of possession 1t was
conveyed to the Ionian islands. to be
used In a coronation ceremony. and
WINS never recovered. The kings Of
Scotland seized and held 1t as their
mascot By Edward l. II was carried
to London among the spoils. of war
when the Scottish kingdom began to
totter. The son Of Edward attempted
to restore the stone to the Scotch. but
already 1t had taken such hold on the
superstition Of the English that they
feared for their country. and mob
prevented its Observation-Disclosures
The Meeker herald., 1917-03-03
MOST ANCIENT TREATY.
Carved In Stone on the Walls Of Two
Egyptian Temples.

Egyptian Temples.
On the walls of two of Egypt's great
est temples. that Of Karnak and the
Ramesscum at Thebes, carved in the
everlasting stone of the dry land of
the Nile. says the Christian Herald, u
the Oldest international treaty known
to man Rameses the Great. one Of
the signers. is the best known man of
remote antiquity. Khetasar (the car
of the Kheta or Hitutes,, the other par
ty to the treaty, is unknown except to
n few. and his nation Is little known
even to the scholars.
The Hittites were a mighty race.
whose empire. equal in rank with the
mighty empire Of Egypt and Babylo-
MIA. once extended over 100000 square
miles of territory in Asia Minor and
Syria. A few years ago practically
nothing was known Of the life and CIV
ilization of these mysterious people.
They are mentioned In the Bible and
in the Egyptian and Assyrian records.
but until very recently their own story
had never been read by modern man.
Today. thanks to the excavations that
were carried on at the capital city of
Carchemish. much has been learned
about this great group of tribes. and
orderly evidence about them Is now
available for the first time In 1000
years.
The Meeker herald., 1917-03-03
SHIFTING OF THE WATERS.
What the Sea Gives to the Land and
Gets Back Again Every Year.


According to MIR. Roscoe Num- Of the
United States weather bureau. the wa.
tors Of all the oceans have visited
every part VI the earth at some time In
the history of the globe. SO continually
and upon such vest scale are the
WINDS and the forces OF evaporation
condensation and precipitation at work
A continuous circulation of water
takes place between the hydrosphere
THE water areas of the globe, and the
atmosphere. The winds blow water
vapor from over the seas to the land.
ind ascending currents carry II into
the upper atmosphere. There 1t con
dcises and Is precipitated. to begin the
return journey to the sea through
springs and rivers.
The amount Of evaporation from the
seas and the amount of precipitation
on the land depend upon the tempera-
ture and the winds. 1t has been esti-
mated that nearly 100 million millions
of tons of water are transferred from
sen to land and back again to the sea
every year.
The average rainfall Of the globe is
about thirty three inches. In the Unit
cd States 1t varies from almost nothing
to about 100 Inches Over the eastern
half Of the country 1t ranges from
about thirty to about sixty inches and
In the Pacific states from five to 100
inches.
Probably the greatest rainfall In the
,,cr,,rS m y,,ppfy tho btI1o of
In India. where over 800 inches fall in
a year. and sometimes as much as
forty inches in twenty-four hours.