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1m HONOLULU 8TXK-BULLETIN,-fFUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1914; i ! - ! i ' 1 I IT .. I i . II . I 1 I 1,1 L Inf tt-nr nt ? T.nrt OrtO IrrMnHn th I L I 1 1 J I 1 1 I L fl 1 1 1 1 ' I fl If II . ........ - .ess :es3;0; ANNOUNCEMENT. Uadmg hat cleaners. Prices mod- erate. We sell the latest styles rn Panama and Felts. Work called for and delivered. Blalafien'fJdildlng. 5895-Cm V- BICYCLE SUPPLIES. 4 . Kcneya, ; -wholesale ; end- retail dealer la tlcyclestii accorlU. Kins street sear Punchbowjl street CICYCLES AND SUPPLIES v7 tav lust received a eilecSld.new up;ly of PREMIER, Bicycles fro mainland: also supplies, H. ,Joshf lmafa, 1211 Emma neaa. Beretanla. BUY AND SELL.. Diamonds, watches and jewelry bought gold and. Exchanged. J. Carlo, Fort CAFE, tcyal Cafe, evtrytilrx tbr fecit at pcrslxr prices; fine bona cooking; rrcnrt serrlce; Beretanla, nr. Fort CU cpp ra station. VL Kakano, Pr. Crrtra CzZz, coolest place m town. AT.cr tit ttaw Crop la.' Open day Lzl fc'r-- EUoa theater, Ilotal CL . (U -'-f t ' C;' -LrrcH Rocui; QTiick serrlce ti C "a czr motto; open .Cay ,1! lis EIV Ectbcl beL Hotel asd I'.-z r'ice to cxt; Cas U3 tociliS. Open tirjit nd CfJ. .v Lt;:s-tf - Ci!a. fcrtxttztlal Belts Alatca ccr llercta&t Ct : r:sa-tf ' '-"-"' CC'ITRACTOR AND BUILbER. Cecrrs Ytiiaia, general : contractor. Tcilnites rurnlsted. . Ko. 208- Mc Ciiiless BuUding. Telephone 2157. - 52G5-tl , .v. ' Eorko Co Kuuanu and Vineyard. Tel. . , 2151. Contracts buildings, " , paper tttrslis, ceaent work, cleans iota. k5327-tf ' ' -i. '".'':- X. tlc!:traiil. general contractor, 2034 C drs. Ph,one S356. Reasonable. ' '. - sT.S27-tf -v,-''- CARD CASES. DziIsces and TislUng cards, engraved lr ct printed, ta attractive ' Russia Ititier cises, pstent aetacnaoie Wrrt Etar-Bulletln office. 5540-tf ' . . ..'' CtCANINQ AND DYCINO v Hoyal Clothes Cleaning and Dyeing tCicp. Call and deUTer. TeL 3149. Clamcto, BertUnla, arAllpil St ''.'"- ' : 65S5-tf ',n : DRUMMERS. Xi yc-J want, good, tjuarters a CsplsJ your samples In lino,' use'Osorlo's Ttore. E940-tf i,' : I0SQUIT0ES? PHOriE 3535 The Board of Health requests uA householders in Honolulu and Tl:I-Ity who are troubled 'with t:;:;u:toeS' to telephone' 3595 ' for the Mosquito Man, and t :II h!a your troubles. The mat t : r vlll be Immediately ( attend cl to. ' ' : ra CIIANGIIAI Eight new Btudent As- roclatlczs were organized during past three no IJ ITcIvL:: :T1 rrlncTral C C w EMPLOYMENT OFFICE. Union Employment Office, Tel. 1420. All kinds of help. G. Hlraoka, Pro prietor, 1210 Emma, cor. Beretanla. 509-3m T. NakanlshL 34 Beretanla, nr. Nuua- nu, for good cooks, yarS . boys. i Phone 4511; residence phoae 4511. - 5Z4B-tf GLEE CLUB. JUal Glee Club, 51 Ypung BMg. v Tel ' 8687, furnishes musio any -occasion. J R HAWAII'S MUSIC. i-.-i.. Ernest K Kaal, 5i: Young BldajJ TeL 3681, teaches-vocal and. lnstrumen'tl KAT cleaners; T. Sito, cleaned, dyed - and blocked ; call and deliver: Kamanuwai lane, near Beretanla st. Telephone 3723 - I 6910-lm - ; . JEWELER. Sun "Wo, Gold and SIlTersmlthi -materia! and work, guarfnteod If not satisfactory money will be refund r ed. 1121 Maiinakea, nr. Hotel street ' . - ' .5531-tf -ic? LIVERY -STABLE, First-class livery turnouUf reasonA??. -iV able rates. -Territory Lirery Stable.! 34S Kins, nr. Punchboisl TeL 2SS5. M -1 ' 5' PAINTER. S.' ghiraki, ; 1202 : Kuuahu ; TeL" 4137. I Painting end paperhaiglng. AL ' work . guaranteed. Bids submitted J free. , k53mf PRINTING. do not boast of Jow .prices, which . usually coincide, with poor quality; " but we "know how to put life, hustle and go-into printed matter, .and that is what, talks loudest and - longest Honolulu Star-Bnlletln Job Printing Department Alakea Street; Branch Office, Merchant street . . 6239-tf ' v..-; SHIRTS AND PAJAMAS. YAMATOTA, 1250 rort 'balrts, palamaa, klmonoi. 7. rr, . . .. ' - ,- - . 57E2-tf l'" SHIRTMAKER. B,".Taaatoya, shirts, pajamas,' ktoo ' : sot to order; Nuuanu near PauahL i.'. '. - ' 6533-tf SHIRTMAKER. Have' your shirts' made to order. Awana, 91$ 9. idk itu f.S91-3m '.- TAILORS. Army ft Navy, Merchant Tailors; Vtrp . toIate establishment; cleaning aad 1 repairing. 1C3 King, cor Bishop st ' . 1748-tf - v UMBRELLA MAKER.. R. Mizuta. fmbrellaa faado'and re paired. 1234 forty nfvKukui; phono 374S, , ": S553-tf VlLANl2lNa ;rjc"' ft5i Bicycli Tiros ' ' ' i VcTcanlxfng Co - ATiisi- Street listen TN" II - K K Urmr shlrh niv h rfnrlnr )a I llllllFI illVI V J LI 1 11 II- - r ' 'J - I lr23.-: I warTItself. seem ' to aDDach mowfIIUI.lllll -Jl llll-.-- I The Demand for rent property and accommodations of - all sorts is growing daily. ' If You Have anything for rentt the quickest and most economical way to get a tenant is to run a few lines In the Star-Bulletin classified columns. : . The 'AD JIAN" RUSSIA: HER Absolutely: authentic information gsnizatlon of the great Europesn power now at .war Is. difficult to segregate, and can hardly be collected without reference to fh1litay records land sta tistics.' The following regarding the military strength of Russia, to be fol lowed by war statistic of the other belligerent pow t, has : been (compiled , by a high ranking officer of the Hawaiian department for the files f depart ment headquarters, and also for general Information, the figures being Jn no way confidential. : This it ' the' : fifth ceded by Belgium, France; Germany this officer the material Is available I .'.'', : 'tf: R U &S I A. ; - " International Pcfeition of Russia : ' As an J taternatibial :. force, Russia V; had bean.' of course.i-all '.but ' completely crippled by r Ute outcomel of the: Japa nese .war and ;the. subsequent; revolu tion.' Her recQ very, lioweterf reyealed the Immense reserves of; her strength. On the 30Ux)f-Julyl$07,' hfr signpd a' convention with Japan of mutual.re- spect ,for, tfea(y,and territorial rights, -lr " "2 Zl1!: flusDicion between Grest'Britain , and Russia was closed by. a convention Tor an amicable settlement of all questions ljkely .to ..disturb ,the .relations of Jtne two powers .InAsla generally.- includ ing the demarcation :: of v Persia1, fhto spheres, of infiuence.,This new entente witbAGreatr'f Britain, cemented by :a visit paid by King- Edward , VII .'to the Czsr.at Revai .on tne ,tn or June, 1908, helped to knit. close once raoT the .loosened 1 alliance with France. ? and so. to preserve the threatened bal ance, of Europe. .That in the;work 01 restoring its military position, the Rus sian government ;had the support of the Russian parliament was proved by a subsidy of 11,000,000 pounds sterling voted by the buma, on the 30th of De cember, 1909, for the special service of jthe reorganization : and. redlstribu Uon of the army, .:": ' :y rArmy : The, system : of obligatory miliUry service for. all, introduced in 1 874; has been maintained," while the privileges granted to young, men ;wno have received various degrees or edu cation have been slightly extended. . . Service in . the active army is for three years hi the case of the'lhfan try And. artillery, for four years in the other erms. The soldier thenpasses into the reserves' (Zapas) for. 14 or 15 years, durjng.which he receives two . V 1 ' . MMtl ' A O AW trainings ' of six weeks each. After : eiehteen years in the active army and reserve, he Is transferred to the ter ritorial army . (Opolchenie) : for :- five years. .This embracea also the surplus of the annual contingent thus forming a supplementary iTeserve, and In the second :"ban"' all those exempted from service those not up to "standard .and the older classes ?-of ' surplus men. There also exists a modified system of volunteers - for one. year who supply the bulk of officers required tor the reserves upon -mobilization. - Owing to 'the enormous extent of the: Russian Empire, ItsI army , Is di vided into three forces, the. army of Fhirobean y Russia, the army i of :- the Caucasus and the Asiatic army.- The j Russian oattalion contains 1000 Tnen; j 4 battalions constitute .- a regiment 2 :!on? fc, , 1 , , nr , r y, - , , , k . , , ,. WAR STRENGTH regarding the , army strength and or- 'nation to be covered, havlnaibeen ore- ' and Austria. fThrough the courtesy of fori reaoera of th stirtwtVni- ; :: : I regiments' a ' brigadeV and .1 brlnde a posed.otleight-unsv-tne; iborse batter lea, of tix. The- ordinary army corns is made tip? of? f . 'divisions, ?a howitser di vision, and one'battaHon : pf 'sappers, and has a ;nght.fntrfatrengthdf approx imately 32,000 men The Title brigades fotm'.Bpare,'otg?nlzatidns of . eght battalions with . three batteries7 at tached, r Tb -Cossacks, who bold their lands by: mflitaxy tenurernre liable to service, X6r Ufe, Jtnd irovid, tb.eir.own equipment '- and yborses. ' At 19 their training, begins ..at.21 they Venter the actiTe- regimenKOfVtb'eir 'district;- at 2t ttieecdntltegory,, regiment, and at -29 the mird1 category'' regiment followed by &y&.t m tne i reserve. After 25 years of agetheir tralninr I? three weeks per attnum.-vln' European Russia IheYi.eld'.'anriy conSisU of. the Imperial 'Guar'nd Grenadier; Corps,' 27 line army corpsnnd 20 cavalry at visions: in the Caucasus- bf. 3 l army COT a :cavalry divisions. The Asiatic army !a Composed of Russians Wltn a lew 1 uxKumsu rtJKuinr uwop digits) and Ja mainly stationed in East Siberia. . Since' the Russian-Japanese war these forc&sliave been increased and ' reorganized into a r strong 1 army which - would tqobilize. as five; Trans- Baikal corps and two o rour uossac: cavalry dlvlslons'numbering together with auxiliary troops, over zuu.uw men. vX'';;! During the reign of " Alexander III efforts were mainly directed towards f IV reducing the timejrequired for the mobflizatlon of thie army;- (2) increas ing the immediate readiness of -the eavalrv for war. and its. fitness for servina as mounted infantry (dragoon regiments taking, the-place of hussars and lancers); (3) strengthening x the west 'frontier -by fortresses and rail ways, and (4 ) increasing the artillery. siege and " train reserves. : mirwer, the age releasing from service, .was raised from 40 to,. 43 . rears ' and the militia (landstrum) was ? recognized. The measures ' taken during tne reign of Nicholas II bve been chiefly direct' ed- towards .increasing the fighting ca pacity, and readiness for : immediate service of the troops in .Asia, and to ward, the betterJreoTganlzation at the local irregular militia" forces.: Broad ly speaking; the army Is divided Into regulars, cossacks and militia. ' . The peace strength of the - army is esti mated at 42,000 officers; 184,000 men; while the war strength Is approximate ly - 75,000: officers - and 5,400,000 . men. However, the latter figure is: merely i nominal, the .available artillery and train service being, much, below the itrengthw which. would be. required, for such an army;-' estimates : which- put the military forces of Russia in time of war st 2,750.000, irrespective of the army which may, be levied during the war itself, seem to approach more nearly the strength of the forces which could actually be mustered. The in fantry and rifles are armed with small bore magazine rifles, and the active artillery have steel breech loaders with extreme ranges jf 4150 and 4700 yards. ;: '' . The Russian military organization differs from that of France, Germany and Austria.' The latter states are di vided into districts, eacn or wnicn supports a corps of active army and one or more corps of the reserve army. Each corps is separately administered . ,uiuu.vC, uttuimsv. t ion and forms a complete unit' Rus- sa-uses alarger antt:c administra- corps. If you take a map and jnark circles around the conscription dis- trict centers at St Petersburg, Vilna, Warsaw. Kieve. Odessa, Moscow, Ka- zan, Saratof and Tifllis, in Caucasia, you will have a dear picture of the distribuUon Of the Russian army Jn peace. ' ia torial, that is, each army corps draws its recruits from a nxea aistnci ana Is usually quartered in garrisons there, In European Russia the majority of we "army u iauoueu west o uw longitude of Moscow, so that mobill- sation is slower under .ordinary cir- cumstances tnan in Tance,or oer- .v.-.. SU have long distances to travel, par-. ucmariy as many are consisneu 1 ;w Greece may join in the war against his corps outside Great Russia. :T6J broSer-by-mlrriage. : Everybody 's do .WJJS' inow, anhS.-.ConLntlneJS a iraluslEai "'gf r number could be assembled one week ' . . , ' w. later. The comparative dearth of rail- Haaion is a brotner-ln-law of King wayp is a great handicap in the matter Georgel having married Princess Maud, of supplies. .; '-V:,v " a daughter of Edward VII. v vi . On the call ; for moolllzation, the .'Francis Joseph is not closely relat companies are first filled bp to their ed to his brother monarchs, but his son, war strength by calling . in the men the Archduke Rudolph, who committed who have most recently completed the suicide, married a cousin of Albert I three years military .training: Sup- of Belgium.!" ' . .; : .v.' V-i' plies iare-'theti got" together, and vthe The many .descendants of QueenVk reglments of twelve companiea are toria are called the "Queen's Breed, t made ready to 'move to-the .front v In because -of the numbers that either .W general,.each army Is Intended to keep CUpy thrones or. are "wives, of .rulers, together in service, but .the corr. are They the , throne' of .England, organized with complete admtaistrs Qennny Grece penmark Ruih t TA RPrvlfe for war bo that thevmay?j ,0.'''.f. , - ".- . be detached : if necessary, v r-' i , i ; : The troops of Russia; proper nave the same organization as those of oth- European nations. . Their' units are: r Infantry: ' " : V Regiment 4 battalions ' t"i ' nivlalon 2 fcrteades of 2 reglmenU each. 1 artillery brigade of 6 jor 8 bat - teries; ammunition columns,l en gin- eer battalion, 2 or S sfladrons sotni asV:'of. Cossack. ca,valry.rT''-'1-'!i"'y''"":'' Armv corDS2 divisions,: howitzer division; 1' sapper battalion, 1; cavalry ' 'Cavairyr'- ," "". :' '' . ' ; ReffimeniV sotnla. 800 men. :'" Cavalry DivrsIon2 brigades -of - 2 regimenfa each U regiments made up as follows: l?Uhlanfl hussar 1- dra- goon, I Cossack), 2 batteries of horse artillery.:' Total about: 4000, men.i, - - Artillery: Field batteries 8 guns each. v - Horse batteries 6 guns each, r - The response which Russia has made to the formidable military k in- crease which Germany voted in 1913, gives an insight into the military re-J sources or wmcn sue .can u papa with the fbie assistance of some self in' the. early' sUges of the , war. gray-whiskered ; minister of state wU Russia has elaborated a program or taink, a great deal more of strengthen reorganization which recently was iE power 0f his country than he adopted by" the Ta. In substance does otU color of , eyes and hair the the new mUitary iaw toCTeases the an- prince prefers. , -. ' nual number to be awn asrecriuts AJ, th crown. prince to do is fromj45000 to 580 000 med.this marry-whcMJVer ia Jelected. The young permits the eaUOn-orjharay .J A prin(.e99 -toTb t0 r t corps whlchw 11 ieo to jetoforce tte five.UK)ilyFever after for tkSki of mil Ury subisions ofJOlna and ar- a . , Bovle to correct the error. of. 1910, by m, ' a' which the 5th and 16th corps were . The' WJ? deny that hia withdrawl SSnhe western frontier i'!! Slnt ntSi of Russia. Tne companies of infan- JJ b. thing They, point -out, that try by the new law are raised.to 200 the laa is followed ith succe?. in men, and 19 regimenta of dragoons the breeding of. thoroughbred horses, hitherto without divteional connections The mam danger, they '.declare, is in wiU be made an Integral part oMhe the-, "train of insanity that taintr the fronUer corps, to be properly assigned. blood;bf .f many f royaj Uouses. Tbrei The number of artUlery regimentf is bears-, or King 'Alfonso were; so -queer augmented .and , the total number of that even ? theirvAubjecti - called "them pieces for an army corps are raised plain cnuy, Alfonso, however, is one from 108 to 144. The heavy artillery of the most brilliant rulers on the con- has a proportional increase, and theJtinent . - entire working material of the technl-l The reigninr.English kiasr is. of Ger- cal troops receives a large reinforce- J ment- The period of active service Is raised from three years to tnree . ana a half, but remains fixed at iour years i for the cavalry, horse artillery -and I engineers; The increase of six months In the period of service permits, dur- ing the winter season when the mo- bilization of, reservists would suffer a delay due to the rigors of the climate, the government to have under- rms I mure iaeu iu " Europe.' - ' -' r , 1 Navy: Before the war with Japan, f?na:: lr- would .be disastrous for aU of them to ?6 PClfiCwJ Cniw?n, marry and-have children. It was de operations before Port Arthur and in ... - , .arrr the disastrous battle of Tsushima, the e 1 auk Russian fleets were almost completely . J: J?" Jfv f'th Ke? annihilated;- The bulk, of the Black hoP Mb7 'J Sea fleet and a few other batUeshlps fj i,fort! Mffth were, however, still left and since i talented Sophie. 1 1904 steps have been' taken to buqd mide l?f -Ti -jfiZ new ships; both battleships and .pow- of them uldtake a wJhis erful cruisers. Kronstadt Is the na- system. of -in-breeding with a careful val headquarters in the' Baltic, Sevas- selection of wives .soon prodweiFwnne topol In the Black Sea and Vladivostok of the : most prominent figures of Ea- on the Pacific. : . v:-:-r;. :: rope.? Descendants of the bishop rfdw ' Portresses:: The chief; first; class sit on the thrones of , England, Ger- Russia. Denmark. Norwav. Novogeorgievsk in Poland, and Brest- j Litovsk snd Kovno In-Titnuania. The l second class fortresses are Kronstadt and Sveaborer-in the Gulf of Finland, Ivangorod in Poland, Libau on ' the forts and fortresses ' unclassed. .of Baltic Sea, Kerch on the ;Black Sea which six are in Poland. 8 In West and Vladivostok on the Pacific; In the and Southwest Russia, and the remain third class are Vlborg, in Finland, Os- der (mere fortified posts) r in erAsi' sovets and Ust and Kars and Batun atic dominions. ' ' . ' LOODS CLOSELY . 1'IT BY DLOOD when you consider it from the point 0f the men who are wearisg the mnn nvr nn tt thr sitle of th) is noiUmg more thaa a familr row.. Practically every kiag . E - , th blooJ mlng M.UUverof , eveji- other kuje.' In a : i " - .. , ..10,. r Ki0g j George of Lnglaml and the German kwr are flrrt cousins. The fr of Rum a and King George are first cousxm. KThe ear and Wdheln e 'distant cousins by mamagebut mg further, back, they both, descend from the same parent line. , , j I ' ftitholas isi a son of a sister of the Dowager Qwea Alexandra of England. 1 ac Miwr j3 gnuuwn u xurea tor iaj as is the presents king of Eng land. j : v " : - - King , Uonstantiae of Greece is Si brother-in-law of the kaiser, having married one of the latter 's suters.: IC cermkny does not make a satisfactory I explanation ot tne reported sale xu two to- the Turkrv the king of - j -""" dangej ; of . weakening the- stralh bJ forcing! royalty to marry onlyiU equals.. Many years. of ; this have -ro- Jui kings V the necessity, of marry ng 'only' lelatives.' Jl crown priace. 1 when he hears the call of spring, ean't strou.out m the para, become smitten .of.iaome handsome . fcadhuskyv-young woman and marry-her with the'ail.of a bored j. p. If he could it would be j a lot better for his .' descendant s-andJ j AVhen; your crown . prince f allai . In loverthe royal papa calls louy for I the . 4 Almanack de GothaV and- fooks up the iadys pedigree. ; If she, . is the danghtriiof a house .of tank equal Jo bis own,, the son may; be all ed -1 U 1 walk up the long aisle with her. - If to the 0yaV papa slams the almaaaek to end says:-; . v- ''v-,''.'.:t "Nothing doingl' :; , - P Only, most of the time, the1 .young . -. . t . i . man - is iu innocens uysiauuer , in -ia matter of selecting his own'wifeV It i9 usually " arranged by . mama'.-aad man -blood as ; are - most of the other royal. families. The cause of this goes back to a curious, example of anliqOe eugenics. r ; ; ?:-) T. in the 16th century, seven brothers inherited an estate on the' Black FoK est which included the free Hanseatie eity" of Luneburg; , If the estate were kept intact it was important enough to k -now.r imon? th German kine- jom9but i was eut.i,p .by being handed down to many children it would inevitablv have, been' overwhelmed bt mop(1 Mwfui neighbors. . The brother! aa y it Greece and many other . countries of less importance tin Caucasia. There are, moreover 46 SPOTS 'Imperfectlont on your mirror fn be removed by rtsltvortna. OLD nd worn out mirrors made to lOOk .. ...V..V Fhsno 1C37 8ilvsrlnj Dossrv mont ' Sharp Signo 1U UuxUnt Strut L t;: acclimated For ;SaIe CLUB STABLES LIMITED. Telephone 11C3 Chairs and : - Coyiis Furniture Co. icsj u.icsi .; t ...... .cuho? et ;PUREIGECnE Tort nr. Beretanla '.Phons 4123 CO IT CLCCTRICALLY . I cEiitra Large ; ? if- Chiffoniers j i sAltErS FURNITURE 8T0H2 Alakea St. near Klnz. - i : Don't MUa This Chxr.cs. CROWN DICYCLES ONLY tZZ, h HONOLULU CYCLE RY CO. . ISO South Klaj EL 'ror j tha: Latwt Ctyts Ikta -tz far Ladles and Cent!:-i.T . Coma and Ces Ua, ' K. UYEOA :: ;;. 1C21 Nuuaxa EL V'-v;' -v You-get" tri'Stworth nu-i i livered by automobna) frima .spick-and-span market s when 'you trade with - ; . . C. Y. HOP WO MEAT UAHXZT - Opposite Flshaaret SPECIAL CALC;;, . 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