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1, 1815. $LWl-WLKKL"'' HAWAIIAN GAZETTE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER THE HAWAIIAN V 4 GAZETTE RODERICK 0. MATHESON, EDITOR FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 1, 1915. 4- THE ADVERTISER'S SEMI-WEEKLY 2 Stiff i ring Oh Submarined I N view of the fact that perhaps nine-tenths f the members of congress have made up theif minds that wholesale ; submarine construction Is the solution of the problem of national defense and in view of the'"furthcr fact that there is goi , to be a regular submarine brainstorm orf'the boards in Washington' when congress reconvenes, ' it becomes intercstingrsays the Tacoma Ledger, to know that the navy department has run chock up against a mighty big obstacle in the develop ment of the submarine program and that is in reference to safeguarding the health of the men who will constitute the personnel of the under water boats. . Naval surgeons have had their attention attract ed to the problem and a thorough inquiry has been instituted, designed to establish the causes of the j unfortunate conditions and the remedies that may be brought to apply. Thus far, it must b$ admit ted, the inquiry has been busier with the causes than with the remedies. It has demonstrated the fact that the most common ailments of which, the men are subject are tonsilitis, rheumatism and , gasoline poisoning. Despite the hardships to which the men are subjected and the temptation occasionally to escape them, malingering practical ly is unknown among them. When the boat is submerged (he interior, espet cially in northern waters, frequently becomes bit ter cold. The steel sides of the ship conduct the heat radiated from the bodies of the men to the surrounding waters. It is impossible to dress warmly enough to overcome the effects of this radiation. The only heat in the boats is from J. electric stoves and from the energy given oft at J heat from the engines and motors, and frequently it is impossible to spare enough power to run the electric heaters. In some of the boats, as in those of the "D" and "E" classes, there is no cork sheathing, the sides are often covered with con densation and the humidity is raised to a high point, creating a damp cold, which cuts to the bone. When the clothes of the men become damp or wet there is no method of drying them. All this tends to lower ,thie body's resistance and, coupled with the effects of relatively impure air, is particularly conducive to the propagation of pulmonary disease. When the boats are under way the men seek the deck for fresh air, but there is no deck shelter and they are constantly exposed to wind and water. The treatment aboard submarines of the sick is regarded by the investigating surgeons -gfts out of the question. They must be removed !to' hospital, at once, as the facilities for caring for them on the' ship are deplorably inadequate. T1 repoion tne subject is not reaay, Dut tne inquiry x.' gram tbwards sugar agree on one point, that ,is considered a highly important one and wiU fur-, t,)e necessit of raisi rcvenue mak the imposi. nish a clear insight into the dangers and discom-1 . forts which the designers of the new American U- u,m M tax on 5USar imperative. But the reports boats are expected to obviate. Mavor MHdnei & Vieids N connection with the proposed business men's camp to be established hee-JJiiayear. by the Wifr den.TTtmdit the rollowing-ptatrnwnt given out by Mayor John Purroy MiteM-tf Ne w York City.iifpbn his return frfttlit;trivitary instruction tarnp'at Ilattsln.rg, Newjra, jitt tembe'r '7, pointing out the need of "full and adequate mea-" sures of national preparedness," will -be-of espe cial interest to the business men of Honolulu who contemplate attending the camp. .' The 1'lnttxl'iiri: encampment, aaya Mayor Mitchcl, has taught I3,imm) of the representative men of the nation the futility of relying on volunteer armies in om of need. We know, in way that arguments can never t r i n ir home, that a soldier, muh less an emVer, cannot 1 made in a few weeks of training, arxl thnt .it woulil be a -rime against our people, ' anibuiiting ti nothing less than national suicide, to euil into the field armies manned and officered by ' untrained volnntt rs. These nre tlit lessons taught by Plattabnr", lessons '" which thin nntion mint learn and take to heart if it would piescrve its free Institutions and maintain its position with dignity and independence among the , nation- of the world. The I'lattabnrg camp mint be followed by others of it- kind, pending the adoption by the National Government of full and adequate measuro of national preparedness. The I'lattidiurg enrampment was a thorough sue- ecss, and the spirit brought to the work by the mem bers of the provisional regiment waa an inspiration. The discipline wai strict, the work hard and the re (, mi Its achieved remarkable, eoaaidering the brief pe . riod of training. . i The regular army officers assigned to duty in the camp did a splendid piece of work and deserve gTeat credit. Their patience waa inexhaustible, their en thusinsm unbounded and their courtesy, while exact ing strhrt 'obislenee to discipline, unfailing. AH of na leave 1'lattsburg with an increased respect for the efficiency and character of tl.e officers of our regular i army end with the warmest feelinrs of pergonal friendship for those with whom we were thrown in Mronal contact. No one claim that any of til, by virtue of those , four weeks of instruction alone, is now competent to command troops, tin the contrary, we appreciate now how Utile competent we are. We have received, how ever, a groundwork which can easily be bnirt upon to make of thexe thirteen hundred men material fit to 'Supplement with ofticera the nation's meagre quota of trained regulars and trained militia. The opinion of Mayor Mitchel as above ex pressed is ii leed worthy of a man holding the high position in public life that he does, and it is to be hoped that those who attend the proposed ca.mp in Honolulu will enter into the work with the same spirit as those attending the Plattsburg camp, in order that they may fit themselves for the work that even now, may be looming up on the'horizon of our national life. I I it fM tit h 1 , n i i ,1 t IT L 1 if I i) t 1 Rumbus Obstinacy. iC; J liJ'ORTS regarding the administration's pro- T. A .' grarrt tfnvards sugar The Age Of Miracles HUMAN speech heard around a fourth of the world's circumference, from Arlington to Pearl Harbor, is a miracle of accomplishment whoEe true significance is difficult to grasp. With no knowledge of the men who have done this, or the instruments they have perfected and the forces they have summoned, it can yet be humbly as ' turned that a new epoch has been reached in which Life and Society will admit as realities the marvels we have been taught to look forward to by the men of vision. The consummation of wireless telephony by the tert of last night could not have been felt in Ar lington, speaking words into the dark, as it was felt in Honolulu, where they were so wonderfully ht?rd. Honolulu has been subtly connected with every great advance of aerial communication. The Ad vei titer published the first message by wireless between San Francisco and Hawaii and it publish ed the world's first news service sent completely by that medium, first by night and then a day ser vice. Jui.t as this morning it publishes the first spoken words with Arlington, so it has first pub lished the first wirelss message direct from Arling ton here, a feat then unsurpassed. Later as the web of aerial communicants was ; spread about the world it published the first formal messages between Hawaii and Japan. As outpost after outpost called in through the night to Hono lulu to report themselves to civilization, The Ad vertiser has recorded each accomplished fact. But surpassing them all in its significance, in its imagery, and above all, in its promise, the human voice that came from Arlington to Pearl Harbor : last night is a strange climax that binds Honolulu more closely than ever to the scientific progress leading us to social conditions we do not yet clear ly foresee. Whenever something interferes with the plans of the German war chiefs the edge is taken off the news by private advices of trouble in some Jiritish colony. If it is not a widespread mutiny diflferVratiieally as to the nature of the tax to be imposed, and, unfortunately for Hawaii, the great est credence appears to be due the idea that it is an internal revenue tax and not an import duty which the administration has in mind. Apparent ly, President Wilson and his advisers believe that it is more necessary that they "save thtir face" than do jusvlce to the home sugar industry. The placing of an internal revenue tax upon sugar will meet the demand for revenue, but it will effectually wipe it the greater part of the beet and cane sugar production of the nation. It will increase the cost of sugar to the amount of the tax, but will leave the way open for unlimited competition between foreign sugar ami that dom estic grown. It is stated that authoritative information has reached Hawaii that this is to be the plan for submission lefore congress. If the report, be as true as it seems, it means free sugar on and after May 1 next and a period of "watchful waiting" for Hawaii until Republican couinionsense re sumes contro' of national alTairs. The Hoog's Case AWKF.K ago. in this column, the "no bill" return of the grand jury in the Hongs' case was termed a farcial one and the apparent failure of the jury to render justice to the community was ascribed to a faulty presentatinn of the matter on the part of City Attorney Brown. Yesterday t lie members of the grand jury sent a letter to The Advertiser in which they tate: In justice to City At'ornev llrown wo desire to correct the impr 'kmioii yrliicli ha gout broadcast through your editorial and to h-v that thu deci ion arrived at by th jury was in no wuv due to an on witiHfuctory manner in which the city attorney preiieuted the esse, I ut on the other band we con sider that the rate was prem-nted by the city attor ney in nioat cupntde and tiioioiigh manner and iquully as well a ponsiM could have been presented' I y any person, aid the " No uguinvt Mr. Hooga was returned aft r lull discusaion ami roiiHiiieratiou of the facts an I ein uiiistuiu es connected with the I I nogs case. This clears Mr. Brown (f neglect. The next in India or a wave of sedition in Saskatchewan, point is in regaril to t lie grand jury itself. Inas- it is a rebellion in Ceylon or trouble in Ireland Serving the Nation TJIK nation' will ponder tiie.iiames of the twenty-two men chosen as members of the Naval Advisory oard long and thoughtfully. Suggest ed by Secretary of the Navy Daniels and headed much as Mr. Brown presented the case properly uul Jhe facts. are plain, what becomes of the oath What's this kick about a man on the garbage the jurymen have taken? Why did not the jury payrolls for five months doing no work? We know insist upon the attendance of all the essential wit men who have been on the public payrolls for nesses? Of course, if the members of the grand years jkVho haye done liljtle besides draw their( little jury can.srjuare their performance with their oath, old btipends. Five months looks like nothing but they may rest content, and the public can think as a -fair tart for somt amateur. , ri ; it pleases.- . :v --', ;. ' by Thomas A, Idisqn( thisioar.dUrdforajpart of the answer to h cjfiargeorunprerfdiett leveled and Wstained tieainst this fiatfllrtT W cfcnr- prises the pick of eleven of the great engineering and scientific societies of the United States. There is no mart ort the' hoard Who sliould hdt be there1 and who will not add weight and power to its deli berationssays' the St. Louis'kepublic. Tliere are Americans who have shown their' genius ad 'their greatness in certain inventive and industrial fields whose ardWontd have' been 'valnaMe, but their names are not on the list of membership, as it was necessary' have an organization of a size not too unwieldy, t Kvery member of the board as now constituted has certain notable inventions and researches to his credit." Howard K. Coffin is one of the best known authorities on automobile design in Ameri ca; Hudson Maxim is one of the greatest of our military inventors; Peter Cooper Hewitt is inter nationally famous in the lighting and hydro-aviation fields, and the remainder of the membership may be taken as representing a notable "mobiliza tion of the talent and genius of this great country," to use the language ofrf the president of the board, Thomas A.' Edi. j j v This advisory boarci Will'db for this country what similar jorgamaatioos havedone for the Con tinental Powers in fhe matter of passing upon and perfecting the1 !nvenirrshkving to do with nyal preparedness. It should be borne in mind -that these men are giving their time and their gemus to the American peoples v Their work represents the highest type of patriotism, as it, is being car ried on without remuneration in order that a great and a free people may remain great and free. ' "'.'. But ii must not be taken for granted that the deliberations jo these men, however profound may be their wisdom, and however earnest their desire to serve, is going to "save the nation" or render any the less, necessary the united efforts of less exalted patriot towards a reasonable preparedness, to start now." John F. Bass, a war correspondent of prominence and a thinker who is able to apply the. lessons he has learned along 'the flaming lines of Rurope to home conditions. In an article on "The Trice of Unpreparedness,"'Mf. Bass writes: "Those . people' $JJl4 country w(lio do not wish to face the problem of the preservation of our in stitutions and 'liberties resort to two arguments. One is that the 'superior inventiveness of the Amer ican people will come to the rescue and by some miraculous invention destroy the armies of the enemy. The chances of such an invention being produced during the war are infinitesimally small. For years inventor tiave been tryibg in this and other countries toVdevUe instruments 6t warfare 1 to crush opposing armies. All they have succee:d in doing is to prolong warfare for unlimited periods and they have involuntarily rendered an efficiently defensive' position almost impregnable. "The second argument is that the American peo ple in some mysterious way would rise up and crush the itrvadef, ;' --i'Thls theory if it were not wicked would be a t .least ridiculous. The day of the minute man, who took his rifle and powder horn from the wall and with a handful of bullets repelled the British forces, is past. How did our untrained citizens defend Washington against British capture in. the war of 1812? They gave way to a force less than one-half their size and that with eight killed and a very few wounded. "Under the rules of modern warfare untrained civilians who take up arms to defend their homes if caught are lined up and shot; such popular actions also lead to reprisals. We have before us the horrors resulting from a few such incidents among the civilian Population of Belgium. In the United States an attempt to arm the civilian pop ulation would result jrt the wholesale slaughter of thousands of innocent , people and would not stop for a single instant tlie victorious advance of a thoroughly drilled and prepared army. "The peace loving citizens of the United States cannot for a moment conceive the horrors and suf ferings of war asJt is waged under modern meth ods. -. W' - -. "From the F.ast .Prussian coast of the Baltic to the Carpathians I have seen the great kaleidoscope of misery, suffering and deah." Watch tluej1line of (iermans, their baypnels, glistening in the sun, advancing rank upon rank against the intrenched position of the Russians.' See the Russian ma chine guns mow them down.. The last line drops gasping upon the wire, entanglements that bar their immediate passage ,to the. enemy's trench. The charge has failed,' but it -is only a signal for the new and terrible activity of the .Germa'd artil lery. Showers of shells arc hurled 'against ' the enemy's trenches' they ' blow huge holes in the earthworks and hurl the mangled defenders' high into the air. Some of the shells 'explode among the dead and wounded German soldiers in front of the treiuhes and blow severed arms and legs into the faces of the soldiers in the hidden line of defense. country of the tfrribie scenes now enacted in Eu-' rope ?., '-W''J V ;" "Why not'tufn for advice 'to the words of.'ottr first rrestdcrff, George Washingt6n, a great soldier and also, a great statesman? In his fifth, annual address to congress he says; 'If we desire to avoid insult we must be prepared to repel it.-If we de-jrfg-t--. tlNr,af-ure jMkce:me-pitfi Wiost powerful in aruWfnt RfM Mfcfl Prosperity, itt mifst (lift, know tftifWare at Wit times ready fof wr.' .v . . . -f- Official V6bperati&rt le'fnay think of the "Murray f?'' tharter'J or'the present 'administration jbt tfieJvater$kW at least one must appreciate the fact" that It'arry Murray ' is reitfrfifctuig' several degrees 6f commonsense in a number of directions. H is latest "movV" is' to'Vequest the cooperation of the board of health in the matter of guarding against water wastage, asking that the various sanitary inspectors report to the waterworks office the cases of defective, leaking plumbing they may find in their inspection tours. In almost any other city than Honolulu such a request would be entirely superfluous, because such reports would be made as a matter of course. But, in this City Beautiful it. has never yet oc curred to any official, to deviate a fraction of an inch from his pwn, particular line, of duty. The health, inspectors should 'Cooperate with all othet branches of the public 6ery ice, waterworks, police, building inspectors;- garbage .department, street lighting department ttid 'otheW, 4hd they, each in turn should cooperate with the health department artd with 'eachtithe'r. x .. ' ' . .In' almost ?ver- other city, ' when a building starts the policeman on the beat takes the trouble to look jajt the' building permit, or, if the street is being cut ;ino, the. policeman asks for the author ity the first time he drops around. He sees that builders" do not encroach on the sidewalk limits' without excuse. He reports defective street lights. He keeps an eye on quarantined houses to see that the quarantine is observed. J Ic. reports leaky gar den taps and, if he is a night patrolman, he makes a note cf running water In any of the houses along his beat, as he can hear .the Wafer running in the stillness. Sueh policemen work along the rules of commonsense, appreciating the fact that whatever they can do to serve the public, they should do, Health inspectors invariably communicate with the police when they detect gambling houses, baw dy houses, opium joints, apparent thrTves quar ters and any other discoveries which might assist the. peace officers in their work of prevention of crime. They also keep in close touch with the building inspectors and the garbage men and the vvW rnarl"i1endrtmnf : . And so on through the list In, Honolulu, whatever is the health depart ment's business is no business of the police and the average officer would snort at the idea of troubling himself over reporting a mosquito-, breeding pool. He Would. think jt a joke if asked about the building permits of the new structures on his beat'" ' ' . ' , ' v The garbage men -would consider .'themselves disgraced if asked to tip off the police regarding some of the things they. se during their early morning rounds. ' That is why Honolulu has not enough men in any one branch of the public service to cover the ground, because they get no assistance from the men of any other branch. Harry Murray's com monsense suggestion and request for a measure of cooperation may open . the way for a great deal more, therefore, because it may occur to some of the, officials that perhaps cooperations will be a good thing all around .''. M. -f JfCt s hope that the, seed Murray has dropped will, grow and producer a harvest. ,v.a. 1 Governor Pinkham believes that there are too many holidays in the territorial public schools. He might have gone farther and declared that there are altogether too many holidays in the Territory and too many leaves of absence for territorial and municipal officials. We notice, for instance, that the Hawaiian band is about to 6art on its regular annual month's lay-off. Just why the musicians should be given one-twelfth of the year to rest under salary is hard for the ordinary man to see. Of course musicians are highly-strung, sensitive folks, but it never struck us that the band boys were either evidencing - nervousness or showing signs of overwork. In the matter of holidays, Ha waii ought to decide whether it is going to hold to the old Jmte-annexation. schedule of Hawaiian dates or the existing American holidays. Observ ing bohetS( giving, the," business community too much of a good 'thing. o Mr. Bryan may be a peace-at-any-price man, but he did not go so far as to turn the other cheek to that he-whiskered Kansas farmer who kissed hiin. When last heard from Doctor Cook was within 2000 feet of the top of Mount Everest, But don't be iuQ optimistic, lie, will probably come down safe. ---Kansas City Journal. ' Sidesplitting riddle from the Atchison Globe: "'f lack Johnson. Harry Thaw and Billy Sunday should be placed in a glass and shaken up, what "In the rear of the line whole villages of women would you have? A chocolate nut Sundae, of and children, driven from their home, shelterless i course. Yaw, yaw, yawl" and without food, wander hopelessly through the night, they know not whither. Starvation stalks ;. An Atchison man, in case this nation ever gets through the land. In that part of Poland captured in a war with Germany, will enlist in the German by the German th vict have requisitioned all army, as there are two or three Bull Moosers that food and left the population to starve: , " V.' - he wants to punctun.! That Is carrying' political now may we avoid a repetition in our Flotilla Commander Writes Denial . i a - i - m . a W ! 'V -'- ' w 1 neory Aavancea by ror-" mcr Lieutenant Howell ' ' t ' ' ,i . L ! (, J Th- oflln " of the local bmarlnn flotilla reaent -th Imputation jilareil . Uninat the ah 111 of th laUj Comman.l-r Kile of the F-4 by former Lieut. J. H. Howell, in an aililreaa made by tha latter in Ban Francisco, a -report 'of which waa published in thli paper yes terday. In regard to the auggeation that the loan of the F-4 waa due to Lieutenant Ede'a inability to handle . hip craft, Lieutenant Crittenden haa written ai follow to the editor of the San Franritico Exnmiaet, in which "pa per ,the original report of Lieutenant Howell 'a remaraa waa made, :Th local commander write) "Honolulu, T. II., Bent. .10, 1915. "Managing Editor, Han VranclHco Ex aminer, Ban Franeiaro,. California. "Sir: The division commander and the officer of the aubmarinea station In Honolulu were -hocked and hurt be yond tneasUrea when reading the total ly' vicibua and abdolutcly nnwarrantel attack on that high efficient and aplendid officer, the late Lieut. Alfred L. Edo, U. S. navy, by former Lieut. J. B. Howell. "The atatement by Mr. Howell that there waa no other reaaon for the inking of the F 4 in Honolulu than baolute inexperience on the part of the commander, is an abxolute aad un warranted falsehood. Lieutenant Ede waa attached to thin division for well over one year before ha waa given com mand of the F-4. ' He waa not given command of the F-4 until he had thor oughly - demonstrated' hia -ability to handle "the boat under all conditions, both on ' the surface and , submerged. Lieutenant Ede, had been in command of the F-4 for nearly nine months be fore the arcident occurred which re sulted ia the loss of the boat. ''I was not in command of the divi sion at the time hut I waa info-ined br Lieut. C. E, Smith, U.' 8. navy, when I relieved thnt officer in command of thia dlvi-ion in June of this year, that Lieut. Ede was one of the best sub marine officers that he had ever known, and this opinion is shared by every officer and by every enlisted man wbe was associated w.tli the late and great ly lamented officer during the time that he waa connected with this' Arvisio'n. "Lieutenant Ede'wM man, of the highest character and principle, spies, did, ' capable, efficient officer, a gentle man and a fine man in ever J 1 respect. He had the respect of all officers aad men in this division, and the feeling of resentment here Is most keen at the warranted attack upon aim. ' ' ,, "The statement by Mr., .Howell In fers that Lieutenant Ede was making bis first dive. This la absolutely un true. Having been in command ef the boat for nine montha Lientenaat Ede must have made easily . 100, .dives and. bad taken his boat through two target practises submerged, and through tha varioua exercises submerged," required in the course of his work. .'' ,VTbe board of investigation, of which I am a member, appointed by the navy department to determine the cause of the accident haa1 not yet com pleted its work. Therefore, 1 con sider it extremely bail taste for any one, even a person who haa had such wonderful experiences in aubmarinea aa former Lieutenant Howell, to publicly discuss at the present time the probable cause of the accident. .. " "I most earnestly request that you give this letter the same prominence thnt you gave former Lieutenant How ell's iHwh in order that the w?lw and family of the late lamented Lieu tenant Ede and hia personal friends, who may have seen this brutal, vicious and unwarranted attack upon him, mav know that an attempt has been made to refute thia attack and to let the world at large know what a snlendid, gallant officer and gentleman Lieuten ant Ede was, and what a loss the ser vice suffered in his death. "What ever tha cans of the accident may have bean It was In no way Lieu tenant Ede'a fault, and we know that be- did everything In bis power to pro vent it and to recover and to save his command after the acrid ant occurred. "Very sincerely, "K. B. CHITTENDEN'. "Lieutenant U. 8. Navy, Division Com---cr-der.' FEAR FOR SAFETY OF IS HIGGINS own feeling entirelytoo far.- Atchison Globe. Friends of Mrs. James A. Higgins, wife of I.ieiitenunt Higgius of the Twenty fifth Infantry, rtchofield Bnr racks, are ereutly concerned for her safety and thnt of her young daughter, both of whom at Inst reports were at Pass Christian, Mi sissippl, directly In the path of the hurricane which ia de vastating the flulf Coast. Mrs. Higgins arrived at her home in New Orleans four weeks ago and ex pected to leave for Pass Christian to spend the autumn there. Pass Chris tian is about twenty miles south of Bixoli, Missib-ippl, which, according to reports, is six feet under water. Lieutenant Higgins endeavored to get In communication with New Or leans relatives yesterday by wireless, but late last niht had bad no response. 1 If the hurricane gave warning of its approach, he thinks residents of Pass Cliristiun fled to safety, but the sud denness with which these storms make their appearance may have prevented this. I Mrs. J. Wesley Thompson, who is visltiug her ' parents and friends iu Nashville; Tennessee, will return to Ho nolulu before Christmas.' The Thomp sons have decided to make their perma nent borne In this nit.'. ' V , :