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IT’S A REAL PLEASURE
to view the new wall decorations on
view here exclusively. They are so
unconventional, so out of the common
and so unusually artistically attrac
tive. If you plan to repaper you
should by all means see these new
papers. To decide without doing so
is apt to result in regret later.
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WASHINGTON, March 6.—Should
war come, the man on whose shoul
ders the safety of this nation would
be borne is Admiral William S. Ben
son. His hands would write out the
orders to attack and he and his ad
visers would direct the movements of
our fleet. Since he was 17 years old
Admiral Benson has been preparing
for the emergency which the United
States faces. He is about 62 years old
now. And yet there is perhaps no
public figure in America about whom
j so little is known.
Admiral Benson is a Georgian. He
was next in rank to Admiral Dewey
at the time of the latter’s recent death.
He fought his way to that position
without influences. One thing has
brought his to the head of the navy—
unswerving devotion to duty.
His modesty and retiring disposition
have helped to keep his face and life
out of the spotlight of publicity. There
is little of bluster about him, such as is
assumed by some men in military life.
His personality is not striking. His
face is not that of a fighting man.
But he has a strong, honest face, and
in his kindly, soft blue eyes there is a
suggestion of confidence and vigor and
a calm which would meet any emer
gency without flinching. Those who
have talked with him say that Ad
miral Benson leaves the impression
that he would rather be a fanner,
leading a pastoral life, than anybody
else.
Won Recognition Quickly.
In 1872 Admiral Benson was ap
pointed to the naval academy as a
midshipman from Georgia. He was
one of the first southerners to enter
the institution following the end of
the Civil war. His first duty afloat
was as a junior officer of the old Hart
ford, then the flagship of the south
Atlantic fleet. He was with the Hart
ford two years. Then he was .$van.s
ferred to the Essex, of the same fleet.
When he was detached from" that ship
and ordered home he already was con
sidered an officer of great executive
ability and unusual judgment.
For six months Benson was on duty
at the Brooklyn navy yard. He soon
was ordered to sea a second time and
was on board the Yantic when that
ship made its historic expedition for
the relief of Maj. Gen. Adolphus
Washington Greely, the polar region
explorer. On the return of the relief
expedition Benson, then a captain, was
again given shore leave and assigned
to duty under what was then known
as the navy advisory board. In 1888
he joined the dispatch gunboat Dol
phin, in those days the ship which
President Cleveland used when he
wanted to get away from the politi
cians, think out big problems, or hunt
ducks on the coast of South Carolina.
After circling the globe on the Dol
phin, Benson was sent to the naval
academy as an instructor. Subse
quently he served in the Washington
navy yard, with the coast survey, on
several ships and again at Annapolis
as commandent of midshipmen. His
most recent sea service was as captain
of the superdreadnaught Utah and,
temporarily, as the commander of the
first division of the Atlantic fleet. He
knows the warship game from top to
bottom. During the ’80s he inspected
the material for the construction of
the first modern fighting vessels, and
has had a hand in the building of our
navy of today and the training of the
men who man it.
The “First Lord.”
Today Admiral Benson is, in a way,
what the English would call the “first
lord of the admiralty.” We call him
“chief of operations.” In the spring
of 1915 congress enacted that there
should be a chief of naval operations,
who should be charged with the opera
tion of the fleet and the preparation of
plans for its use in war. The selection
and assembling of the parts of the
machine, its planning and operation
was the job which Admiral Benson
faced.
Quietly—just thinking and working
—nenson Began to organize tne new
office. Gradually the naval war col
lege, intelligence office, target prac
tice, aeronautics, mining operations
and all strategic and tactical matters
were brought under his control. Last
year congress passed a bill giving the
“chief of operations” authority to is
sue orders within his jurisdiction in
the name of the secretary of war. He
is “boss” of the navy.
Long Hours At His Desk.
In a bare room in the state, war and
navy building at Washington, in an
office just large enough to accommo
date a flat top desk and a few chairs,
Admrial Benson works far into the
night after his helpers have gone
home. He undoubtedly already has
taken to the secretary of war the
plans this nation will follow should
Germany force us into war. Any plans
followed would be submitted by Ben
son to the secretary of war, who in
turn would carry them to the presi
dent for his approval.
And when the day comes, if it does,
Benson will give the word which will
strip 40,000 men into fighting trim and
set the machinery of our war dogs to
grinding. All the naval material re
sources of the country will be under
his direction—naval reserves, yachts,
power boats, provision houses, supply
houses, fighting vessels, munition
makers, taxpayers, banking houses, in
ventors, laborers and marines.
Is he the man to handle the job’
Said a brother officer and former
shipmate of Admiral Benson:
“No matter what his personal feel
ings for me might be, there is no offi
cer in the navy whom I would fear
more if I were on trial for an offense
of which I was guilty, for nothing
would make him swerve from what he
conceived to be his duty.”
AT THE EMPRESS.
Two Very Interesting Triangle Feat
ures.
From the title of the film play,
“ACQUITTED,” to be presented at
the Empress theatre Tuesday and
Wednesday, March 27 and 28, one
might suppose that it was one dealing
with interesting court proceedings and
with social problems. There arc
scenes in the play which would en
courage such a hope, but they are few
in number and have no direct bear
ing on the main theme of the story.
Indeed, the plot is frankly melodra
matic and there is no attempt at any
time to rise above this level. Many
of the distinguishing characteristics
of the Triangle school of features are
in evidence, such as settings, atmos
phere, well considered details and
photography. The cast in the story
plays its part far better than one
would expect in an ordinary melo
drama. There are improbabilities
right on the surface and many more
just a little below the surface.
Audiences that enjoy melodrama
plus excellent settings and photogra
phy, will not regret seeing this Tri
angle play, “Acquitted.” It is clean,
and it rewards virtue and punishes
villainy. As an added feature, a Tri
angle-Keystone comedy, “His Hereaf
ter,” will be on the same program. 680
HONOLULU’S NEW
FEDERAL BUILDING
WASHINGTON, D. C.—New plans
are to be prepared for Honolulu’s
million-dollar federal building, for
which a new site has been acquired at
a cost of $200,000. York & Sawyer, of
New York, architects for the plans
approved for the federal building
which it had been decided to put on the
old site, will probably make the plans
for the building which will be put on
the new site. While quite extensive
changes will be made in the plans for
adaptation to the new site, which is
larger than the old, it is expected that
the building will, in general appear
ance and arrangement, be much the
same as planed originally.
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Furniture and Fixtures
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Everything in Season and Service the Very Best.
Private Boxes for I>arge or Small Parties.
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Bowling Alleys and Pool Parlors
YOUNG VIKING
B. HEGSTROM
Next to Harmony Theatre.
The Royal Cafe
Special Arrangements Made for Entertaining Private
Parties.
The place of real service. Boxes, Lunch Counter.
Try Some of Our Special Dishes.
PUT BIG MONEY
ON 1917 CROPS
SPOKANE, March 12.—Some of
the biggest wheat gamblers in the
country are 2,000 miles from the Chi
cago pit and the Minneapolis wheat
exchange and they have no private
wire connecting them with any ticker
.service. They are the wheat ranchers
of eastern Washington, who produced
about 50,000,000 bushels in 1916 and
75,000,000 bushels in 1915.
Checks for $150,000 and $250,000
received by a number of ranchers for
their 1916 crop have turned the heads
of hundreds of growers and they are
staging everything on the 1917 crop.
It will be a one-crop year for thou
sands of the growers and every cent
they can command will go into addi
tional acreage, machinery and labor.
WHY A DOG WAGS ITS TAIL.
A dog whips his tail to and fro
to express feelings he cannot put into
words.
It is his own code and varies ac
cording to the message he wishes to
flash on his rearward semaphore. He
has a short twitching motion that ex
presses anxiety and interest, a vio
lent * lashing that makes known his
enthusiasm and affection, a steady
whipping from side to side that spells
hunger, and a motionless droop that
signals defeat and discouragement.
Canine experts have always been able
to read these wigwaggings, but it
took science to explain why the dog
used them.
When a dog is pleased and delight
ed he must have some outlet for his
feelings. Just as a bashful boy twirls
his cap or twists about in his chair,
or a person tickled by some humor
ous sally rolls on the floor and holds
his sides, the dog wags his tail. The
human beings in the situation de
scribed above are striving to relieve
the strain on their nerves. Embar
rassment must be relieved through
so,me outward convulsion of the mus
cles.
The dog becomes filled with joy and
his tail, like a safety valve, takes the
pressure off his nervous system.
This is the time to order your
spring and summer suits, so you are
cordially invited to come and look
over our new samples. Bjornson &
Ganton. 682
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