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HONOLULU, HAWAII. TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1912.
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WILL SHOW OUR PROGRESS IN DISSOLVING OISIANCE ENGLISH AUTHOR'S ADVENTURES
DEATH OF FAMOUS WHALEMAN
WITH THE TURKS IN TRIPOLI
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The following obituary notice of
Captain Manter Is from the Republi
can Standard, New Dcdford, May 16.
It makes the error of mentioning Fa
ther Damien as publisher of Iho
Friend, instead of Rev. S. C. Damon,
who was pastor of the old Seamen's
Hethel and familiarly called "Father"
Damon:
Captain Cyrus Manter, ono of the
most highly respected citizens of
West Tisbury, oled May C at the ad
vanced ago of 87 years. Ho was the
Eon of the Iato Captain Granville Man
ter of Chllmark, and it was there he
spent his 'boyhood days. At an early
age ho went .to sea, soon rising to the
position of captain, and for many
years he spent nearly all his life on
the water. Success attended his ef
forts and he has been retired for
many years. Ho married Miss Amy
Chare of Edgnrtown, who survives
him. Ho also leaves a ion, W. G. Man
tor. the well known contractor of
' yineyard Haven.
Tho first Manter, surnamed John,
camo to tiio Vineyard about 1C39 and
for every generation there were Man
tors who followed the sea for a live-
llhood. Captain Planter's father was
a captain and so it was natural that
a son should follow in his footBteps
Cvrus Manter shipped before the
mast on the ship York, Captain Col
fin, sailing from Edgartown in 1844
on a voyage that lasted 35 months
and 16 days. The captain gave him
a recommendation that was suffi
cient to land him a second mate's
berth and ho sailed from Vineyard
Haven in the fall of 1847 In the Oc
mulgee, the ship that was destined to
visit tho Arctic before her return
The ship rounded' the Capo of Good
Hope In tho course of a whaling voy
age to the south and eventually
rounded Into the Pacific ocean whal
ing on the well known grounds to the
northern part of that ocean.
Previous to 1848 the cold, northern
ocean wa.3 unknown to white men, and
it was the adventurous whaling cap
tains, fired with ambition to find
new whaling grounds, who dared to
steer their ships into the unknown
north. It was In the year 1849 that
the first Arctic voyage was made, and
Captain Manter wen one of the men
on the voyage. Captain Joseph Dias.
alio of Marthas Vineyard, was also
with Captain Manter on this voyage.
At the time they mado their first
Arctic voyage Captain Dias was first
mate and Captain Manter second mate
of the ship Ocmulgee of Vineyard
Haven, .Captain Frederick Manter,
master, the first whaling matter to
venture his craft past Bering, strait.
American whalemen have always
enjoyed fame r.i fearless navigators
and previous to venturing into the
Arctic they had sai'ed In every sea on
tho globe. But the Arctic held little
terror for them once they knew that
whales were to bo found there. That
v there were whales In the Arctic ocean
was discovered accidentally. In the
year 184S, Captain Royce, master of
tho bark Superior of Sag Harbor, had
ventured so far into Bering strait that
steerca hU Bhlp into tho unknown sea.'
In the fa 1 of 1850 Cyrus Manter went
out as first mate of tho Ocmulgee un
der tho cqmmand of Captain Cottle,'
another voyage to the North Pacific
ocean lasting for three years.
In tho winter j)t 1853 Captain
Manter shipped as first mate in the
full rigged ship Eliza F. Maaon from
New Bedford. While cruising around
the Kings Mill islands the crew mu
tinied and set fire to vtho vessel. it
was only through the heroic efforts of
Captain Manter that the vessel was
saved. After refitting at the Ladroue
islands the Eliza F. Mason made a re
markable run toutfi, covering G48
miles in 48 hours.
In the fall of 1857 Captain Manter
sailed his first voyage r.3 master, go
ing out in command of the Ea'gar-
town ship Europa. Thin was a voyage
to tjhe North Pacific ocean, and lasted
for nearly five years. Captain Man
ter finished Ills voyage in the Europa
in 1SC2.
Captain Manter remained at home
for three years after his first voyage
as master. Ho married In 18C3. In
18G5 ho sailed as first mate in the
ship Thomas Dickason, commanded by
Captain Nathaniel Jernegan. This was
a four years' voyage to the North Pa-'
Upper One of America's earliest nl read trains. Lower Same train co mPared with present day locomotive.
cific, and after two years as master
Captain Jernegan left her and'Captain How far man has progressed in
Manter finished the voyage as master, the furtherance of his desire to cover
He returned in 1809, the last of his the greatest an.ount of distance in tho
actual whaling voyages, though ho least, poss'blo time Is to be demon
continued to be connected with that strated at a "trave-. ana vacation ox-
industry. After a number of years at hibltion" in New York. It Is a long
ihome he took command of the Roman, way from the rowboat to the ocean
taking her from the shipyards at Bath, liner', from the ox cai t to I lu- compound
Me., to San Francisco. , locomotive, but the dVUanco will be
Tiin next vovace was as master of nidged at the show. In acdition, the
the bark Legal Tender, carrying pro- Intermediate steps will bo tiaced, and
visions to tho Sandwich Islands and the exposition, the lint of its kind to
lnnrtlnir there with oil to go to San "e held In America, will be interesting
Frnnclaeo. From San Francisco ho to the "never homes," to those who
went In command of the Jenny Pitts, travel occasionally rnd to thoio who
.mine to St. Lawrence Wand, in Be- remain at home.
r.n Dfrn nftr i rarco of bone and The expedition w'U have numerous
oil. Ho returned to San Francisco features, but it ii expecjed that the
nn tnnu- nn n additional cargo historical section will draw the largOBt
to come to tho Atlantic coast. Heavy number of visitors. All sorts o'. sources: ago and woe the forerinat r$ o'l the
vi-viqm IHLV4 iiHin iir.Lwn iiiriji liir minium i;a i auuiu uiuiui uutiu,
the Sandwich klands were reached hibit.3, lor moaels of thoso which it is
the vessel was In such .-shape that a impossible or inconvenient to move
survey was ordered. Tho vessel was and for photographs and plans of
,ilnrd untcaworthy and .-she was others. Among those agencies which
or,,, ani.i nftpv hpv parsro had have cooperated to furnish interost'ng; show.
been transferred to the Martha Da- material rue the Smithsonian lnstitu-1 used bv the man of Osawatamle in Ills
vis n Boston shin, bound to New - "
Bedford. Captain Manter returned to
San Francisco and there took com
mand of tho Siren to go to St. Law-
rence is (and (for another cargo of
oil and bone. He went thence to tlio(
Sandwich island.3 and reshipping tho
bone aboard a sugar lauen vessel , (
bound for San Francisco, he continued
the voyage to New Bedford. On tho Following is the statement of W. W.
trii) the vessel lost her ruddcA head Goodale, manager of Waialua Agricul
in tho gulf stream and tho Siren was tural Company, before the Home com
tv tn normuda for repairs. mittee on immigration and naturaliza
tion, the .United Stateb wvouiiiii'iit's
scientific museum in Washington the
navy ucp.i iment, .ailroad nu! steam
ship companies and trnfllr tluba.
The Sm'.hsonlan will senl models of
early steamboats, Including Fulton's
C ermont, Stevens' Phoenix, John
Fitch's boat and the Savannah, the
first stearn vessel to cross the Atlantic
ocean. In addition the government
will send a large model of the Panama
canal, Aomiral Peary will exhibit some
of his sledges, and there will be a
model of the Gjoa, tn which Amundsen
discovered the Northwest passage,
MotorboEr devotees will llnu math
to interest them in the nsi naphtha
launch over built, with its olivine. They
were corsi meted tweiity-:oon years
combustion engines which hav.i now
superseded those of tho old type.
The progress of land transportation
will c'aim a large sharo of space( in the
John Brown s old stage coacti.
GOODALE
SPEAKS
WORD
FOR
AND
SPANISH
Cantaln Manter then went to Dun- tion relative to the excepting of Ha-
dee, Scotland, for tho Bartletts of New waii from tho educational test for
Bedford, to look into t"e merits of the Immigrants.
steam whalers built thoro. As a re-' The Chairman. Do you appear for
suit of his report tho Belvedere, tho any organization, socloty, or Interest,
first steam whaler, was built in Bath. Mr. Goodale?
.... . .t. ii.nin. tnnU tho Bolvedcro to Mr f3nnil;i1i Nnnn nt nil: I amicar
hi.-i thin was carried tnrougu to im unm
northern ocean On the way through San Francisco in 1880. It to a matter nere mercly as a citizen of Hawaii,
tho strait whales were sighted going of interest that those on board with T want 0 say thilt I have had a
ratiialv to the north They were huge him (luring this trip were Cavtalu great Ueal to ao with tho class of 1m
monsters and more numerous than H. Bodflsh and Captain Benjamin Til- ralBrants that are brought to Hawaii,
had been met with in other waters, ton, two men who shortly afterwards particularly tho Portuguese and Span
but they passed the flhip so rapidly made their mark as Arctic whalemen. ,Bh eopIe, and I desire to speak a
there was no chance to get any of A few years later Captain Manter took good word for thom as a people and
... .v.i, cmn wpm taken later, out the steam whaler William Lewis as cItzena of tne Territory of Hawaii.
Captain Royco found himself in the1 taking the .iteamer through the Straits jt ls true that tho a(juUs who como to J
Hrnnro ocean, uncharted and holding' of Magellan. On previous voyages HawalIi or at least a very largo pro-j
unknown terrors. It was not intended ( around South America he htid gone ,)ortlon of them, are Illiterate, in tho
that tho ship should get Into the ocean, around Capo uorn, iuukuib BCnB0 tuat tnoy can not reau anu
voyages, arounu mat iuuikuiuud i- write eitner tneir own languugo or
Cantain Manter mado his last trip to mi,.s )ut tj,ey aro people who make
sea over twenty years ago, since which tno very t,eat of citizens; they aro
nnd Cantaln Royce, at the first oppor
tunlty took hfa ship south through the
strait. Safely out and proceeding
south to the rendezvous of the whal
ers at tho Sandwich Islands, Captain
Royce had a wonderful story to tea
of the strange ocean. His story w.7
printed in the Friend, a paper pub-(
lished by Father Damien and havlngj
a considerable circulation among tl
I whalemen. It became the talk of tho
islands and every whaloman thero bo
camo interested in this discovery of a
new whaling ground. It was the bow
head species of whale that Captain
Royco had seen and at that l'erlod
tho wha'cs became known as Royco
whales In honor of tho man who Had
first seen them. Among tho whaling
vessel in port was tho ship Ocmulgee
nnri Pnntaln Manter was determined
to venture his vessol into tho Arctlo
ocean. It was tho first voyago m
i which a whaling master lntontlonally
' . . . ,... . nnn(nnt tn rPIll,'! 1 U .. I ... I .. .1 ! ln....r.Kl.lln .1
lime no mm uucn v.u.iiv... - mvuu;, inuuntiiuuD, mw-Huiuuih
at homo. His voyages had brought intelligent; it ls almost an unheard
him a modest competence that had of thng that tney figure In tho police
served to maintain him and his wlfo courts; a charge of stealing or crimes
in a comfortable homo In the chrm- pt v0jence or anything of tint kind
Ing old town of West Tisbury. Cap- aganat any of these Portugueso peo
tain Manter spent nearly forty years 1)Io l8 aim0Bt unheard of; and even
In following the sea. During tho first tilt)Ugh they can not read and write
eighteen yearn of his going to sea ho Jt (,oes not Becm to U8 tlat ti,B BU0Ui,i
never spent a winter at his' Island outweigh and offset all tho good qual-
home. itles they havoc We consider that
' "" ' they make the very best of citizens
PARTIAL PARALYSIS BENEFITED. t,jnt ,B tho BCCond aml tlljr,j Konora,.
Persons troubled with partial par- lnn() K(Ulcat)o of children Is com-
alysis aro often very much benefited pusary Hawaii; they aro obliged
by massaging tho affected parts thor- tQ gQ Q scj101 up to tho ago of 15.
oughly when applying Chamberlain's nnil tll0 ,noro ambitious ones rise to
Pain Balm. This linlmont also re- njgu positions. Many of thom becomo
lloves rheumatic pains. For sulo by OVerseors, foromon, and mechanics,
all dealers, Bonsoln, Smith & Co., There Is a civil engineer on tho plan-
ngonts for Hawaii. tatlon that I am on who Is tho son of
campaign trip through Iowa, and the
original Deadwood state coach will
arouse memories among the o d timers.
One of the pictorial exhibits is a
series of photographs and diagrams
show Ing every locomotive constructed
for the Georgia Central railroad from
the beginning to the protein dry. The
first Is a tiny engine crecteu in 1SS2-3.
It weighed about live tons and was
called the Chinkapin.
But the gem of the collection, no
doubt, to tho minds of most of the Is
Itors will be the old De Witt Clinton
train, the first over run in the state of
New York, with its miaint, old lime
coaches, modeled after the horse-
drawn vehicles of tho time. Its iiig:i
stack wood burning locomotive and the
other features which have disappeared
lu tho development of rr lU'oadingr
There are.. Tew re ics of olo.cn times
more- interesting than this train.
The illustration s5ts forth the rela
tive.slzes of the De Witt Clinton train
and a giant -passenger locomotive of
today,
What the sailing vessels 'of olden
days were as compaied with the pres-
j e;it great orean liners the Do Witt
C.inton. the first steam railroad loco
motive run In tho states of New York
is to the giant Pacific type of passen
ger locomotive now in service on tho
New York Central lines. The Do Witt
Clinton, with Its original pioneer train
of three coaches, made its first regular
trip between A'.bany and Schenectady
on August 9, 1SI! t . attaining a max!
mum speed of fifteen miles an hour.
The Clinton was built nt tiio West
Point foundry, foot of Beacli street,
New York. Its four driving wheels
were four feet six inches In diameter,
tho cylinders five nnd one-half inches
in diameter and sixteen Inch stroke
Tho weight of tho engine and tender
was about six tons. Tho boiler had
thirty copper tubes two and one-half
Inches In diameter. Tho engineer
mounted c .small seat attached to tho
rear of tho tender and gave tho signal
for starting by blowing a tin horn. Tho
fuel used on this trip was dry pitch
pine, coal having been tried previously
but found not to work satisfactorily.
Ali thero was no spark arrester on
the stnek the smoko and sparks poured
back on tho passengers In such a vol
ume that thoy raised their umbrellas
na shields. Tho covers were soon
burned oft these, and each man whip
ped his neighbor's clothos to put out
tho fire started by the hot cinders
When a stop was mado at the water
station an attempt was made to rem
edy tho, disagreeable Jerks, resulting
from the slack between the coaches
by wedging rails from a neighboring
feneo botween tho cars and tying them
fast by packing yarn. This plan sue
ceeded and tho train arrived at tho In
ono of these original Portuguese Im
migrants. They aro not only taking
those high positions on the sugar plan
tations, but nlso in all the mechanical
trades In the larger towns, and they
air becoming a very Important factor
In tho life there. The Spanish people
have not had any such large oppor
tunities as the Portuguese, and I think
that the, proportion of illiteracy among
them Is greater than among the Por
tuguese but we havo not near as many
of them nnd they do not cut so big a
figure as the Portugueso.
Mr. Helgesen. Are they as good
workers as the Portuguese? 1
Mr. Goodalo. Oh, yes. Most of
thom come from tho Azores, which,
as you know, nre some small Islands
in the Atlantic, very rpeky and hilly,
and where agriculture is carried on
with great difficulty. That and their
poverty has resulted In making them
a frugal, industrious, steady people.
I think thero can not be too much
said of them as being desirable Im
migrants and as a class to whom the
test of llterncy should not really ap
ply to tho extent of keeping them out
of tho country.
Tho Chairman. In your experience
hnvo you found any great dlfforenco
between thoso who aro literate and
thoso who aro Illiterate as to their
conduct and their citizenship?
Mr. Goodalo. Wo havo possibly re-
finlirnil nnmn nnnhln whnm tlin fnnntri .
from which they camo was glad tt cllned plane at Schenectady without
i accident
. . ...,t . I on nf refreshments in Schonoctady
Iiavo uuon ui mu mum iiiiuiiibviil -
class; they havo been bettor educated they returned to Albany and thus com
and brighter, porhaps-not smart! 1'lotod the first regular trip of a steam
. i ii.f (. 1 locomotive and train lu Now York
smart enough to go wrong.
enough to keop straight,
Anything elso you
Tho Chairman
wish to say?
Mr. Goodale. That is all, thank you.
Iimt locomotive an
state.
WALTON WILUAMS,
Flno Job Printing, Star Office.
(The Dally Chronicle, London.)
Mr. "G. F. Abbott, a woll known
Diltlsh author and journalist, who
has been with the Turkish headquar
ters In the Trlpolltan Hinterland
since December last, has reached
London. Ho lert the Turks on March
18, and after an adventurous journey
cn foot. In tho course of which he
was lost In the desert, was robbed
iv Arabs, and finally Imprisoned by
an Arab garrison, reached London by
way, of Tunis.
Speaking to Renter's representative
of liis experiences, Mr. Abbott said.
"I havo spent about four months
with tho main Turkish and Arab
forces In tho desert round the town
of Tripoli with a view to writing a
book on tho war.
"In London I had been warnej
that tho Arabs themselves would cut
my throat, or that the Italians would
shoot mo at sight if they caught mo.
Well, tlie Arabs, so far from cutting
my throat, as soon as they made sure
that I was not an Italian, treated me
asfa friend, while the Italians nevei
had a chance of catching and shoot
ing me, for the very simple reason
that they dared nol come out of their
trenches. The only real dlfilc.ilties
I encountered were those unavoid
able in desert travel long marches
on foot, on horse or on camel back,
and, at the beginning, scarcity ' of
provisions.
"The English Red Cross arrived
most opportunely to assist the Turk
ish and German doctors already In
tho field for fever really proved a
much more formidable enemy than
the Italian lire. Had the Italians fol
lowed up their occupation of tho town
of Tripoli by n vigorous advance afoni;
tho coast and into tho interior 1
have no doubt they would hare been
able to possess themselves, within n
month, of all the territory as far
south as the DJehal Mountains. The
Turks had lost their prestige among
the natives by evacuating tho capital.
The Arab recruits had deserted them
cn masse.
"The Arab "population was ready to
submit to the invader without strik
ing a blow. Indeed, in several places
like Azlzla and Zanzur, which now
tire Turkish camps, they had hasten
ed to hoist the white Hag.
Missed Their Opportunity.
'For a few weeks the small Ita-
lophlle party of inllueutinl natives in
the town of Tripoli had it all their
own way. No resistance seemed pas
sible
"Unfortunately for themselves, Iho
Italians missed the psychological mo
ment. As Is clear from their subse
quent behavior, they had como to
lpoli prepared to annex and not
to conquer, and they wasted tneir
time In changing tho status of tho
country on paper Instead or occupy
ing it with garrisons.
"Their blunder gave the Turks
and tho Arab patriots tlmo to rally.
crvid appeals were made to the pop
ulation to rise In defence of their
country and 'faith. Tho. population
csponded with admirablo spirit, Tho
white Hags were hauled down, and
the first contingents of Arab volun
teers" began to arrive from tho intc-ilor.
Then came the massacres at Tri
poli to fan tlie Arab spirit Into fierce
fiames. From that monienti suhmls-
Ion becamo as Impossible aa resist
nnce had at first seemed to bo. From
that moment, too, tho position of tho
Italians has been growing weaker,
and more volunteers somo on horse
back, most on foot aro dally Hocking
i.p from tho south to fight under tho
Sultan's ling, and weok after wool
r paw thoso wnrriors. who at first
had Httlo besides bravery to qualify
them na soldiers, lonrnlng tho null
monts of discipllno nnd tactics and
tho uso of modern rifles.
"Tho nttitudo of thoso mon can bo
summed up In ono sentence, which la
constantly on tholr Hps: 'Wo shall q:o
on fighting as long nB thero Is ono
drop of blood loft In our volns.' That
thlt, Is not nn empty ploco of rhetoric
V am convinced by repeated persona
experience. 1 havo Boon Arabs wound
ed two, throe, four, or five times, and
each time. Immediately tho wound
was hoaled, returning to light ngaln
From the material point of view al
to the position of the Turks has
been steadily improving, and that of
the Italians aB stead ly deteriorating
since the beginning of the war. At
first the Turks had neither money
nor provisions a piece of broad or
a handful of stale dates was about "
all they could find to eat, and a pack
et of 20 cigarettes that normnllw
cost two penco had to bo boneht
for two shillings.
"Gradually contributions from all
ovor the Mohammedan world Tur
key In Kuropo and Ash, Kgypt, Tun
is, Algeria and so forth began to
como in and caravans of all Borts be
gan to cross tho frontier. Rvon vol
unteers from Tunis, Algeria, and
the desert beyond Chadames camo
to join us, shouting "Allah yansur oa
milium uou save tho Supltan. Tho
French authorities oannot arrost tills
stream without running the risk of
a rebellion of their own subjects, no
profound is tho enthusiasm aroused
1-y tills last attack of the Cross on
tho Crescent. As-a very responsible
French official In Tunis said to me:
Even apart from political considera
tions, it is utterly imposslblo for us
to guard such an extensive frontier.
if the, Italians wish to stop the in
flow of men, money nnd food they
must "land an army and guard tho
frontier themselves.'
Prime Mutton In The Desert.
"Besides help from outside, this
year's rains, after four years of
drought, have been of Immense benefit
to the fighting Arabs. I saw tho
desert rapidly transforming itself In
to a beautiful meadow under my eyes
and for somo months jinst tho flocks
of sheep and goats that abound on
Tripolilnnla have been fattening on
bisclous grass, with tho result that
I ate better mutton in tho hinterland
ef Tripoli than I had ever tasted In
Hie best restaurants of Ixmdon. And
that is not all. The Italians have
given tlmo to the Arabs of tho vari
ous oases to till and bow their fields,
and when the crops aro harvested in
Juno thoy will afford a supply of food
that will make the forces of tho Cres
cent independent of provisions from
outside.
"On tho other hand, the Italians,
penned up in the town and its Im
mediate environs, have, since all
communication with tho Interior ls
cut off, been all this time obl'ged
to rely entirely on supplies Imported
from Europe. From the point of view
of health also, to one slck,iArab you
will probably find ton Italians for
while the former are in the open
desert, the pure air ofvhlch counter-
aetf. in a largo measure the causes
that make for disease, the latter are
doomed to hreatho the polluted at
mosphere of an Insanitary, and con
gested Oriental town. All these con
ditions will bo nccentuated as tho
months creep In, nnd tho summer,
with its terrlblo heat and the suffo
cating sirocco, succeeds to tho com
parative coolness of the spring.
Had the Italians advanced durins
tho winter, when the climatic condl- ,
Hons woro in tholr favor, and when'
owing to tho calls of agriculture most
of tho Arab voluntoe'rs were obliged
to stny at home, they might havo been
masters of the situation. But the fact
that they have not quitted their forti
fied trenches has not only made ad
vance now impossible, but has induc
ed the Arabs to believe that tho Ital
ians are lacking In courage.
"Lastly, a word as to finnnce. Tho
war costs Italy scvoral million francs
o day. It costs Turkey about 30,000
a month and most of that money is
raised by private contributions.
Arab Bravery.
"In tho clrcumstnnces tho struggle,
so far as tho Arabs aro concerned,
can contlnuo Indefinitely. Even If tho'
Porte Is compelled by troubles noaror
homo to concludo peace, thoy decUro
that this will make, no dlfforonco to
them. 'We will ncvor submit to this
invador,' was sold to mo a few days
ago by a venorablo old sheikh of C7,
and ho concluded
speech with n
'Allah, up thoro,' pointing to tho blue
heavens above. Personally, I havo
seen enough of Arab valour a k1
(Continued on Pago 10)
his , passlonato
solemn nppeal to
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