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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-17

Now that Harriman's stenographer IL
accused of selling his employers Sc
crets good many men may conclude
to master shorthand and then dictate
to themsalvrA.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-17

Abe Ruef and his San Francisco pals
must have felt like amateurs when
they heard Of those tables In the state
capitol of Pennsylvania which cost the
people 81, 400 each.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1907-12-12

moment listen to the proposition to revise the
criminal code or the corporation laws in har-
mony with the wishes and views of the vot-
ers who have made the names of 'Hinkey
Dink' and "Bath House john" the first
wards aldermen, famous and infamous
throughout the world
There are blocks of the ward, which again
might demand local autonomy, in which the
states law against highway robbery would be
looked upon as Imposed upon the people"
Carrying the subdivision far enough, DO
cal autonomy" would mean that every man
who owns or rents piece of property, if it
be nothing more than hall bedroom, or
who sleeps under some particular lumber
pile, should have leave to do as he may
please.
This is a perfectly legitimate interpreter
ton of the Posts argument, and the Posts
argument is the saloons stock-in-trade argu-
ment to secure exemption from the law
Shame upon a great daily paper that
makes itself the mouthpiece of anarchy and
rebellion
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1907-12-12

regulation" under which these things are
not only possible but inevitable, escapes re-
sponsibility for them.
A good deal his been said in Chicago pa
pers during the past week about the sins of
one Brown who bought the chorus girls the
wine that sent them to the police court as
thieves. Should not something be said about
the respectable Christian voters who were
partners in the act?
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1907-12-12
TRUTH ABOUT IOWA

The Detroit Free Press, in a recent edi-
torial, undertakes to deceive its readers with
regard to the results of Prohibition in the
state of Iowa. It says:
For brief time the movement seemed sue
cess. Then the violator of the law appeared in
hamlet, village and city, secretly disposed of beer
whisky and wine, all of an inferior quality The
police authorities, deprived of license money with
which to fight this evil, saw more drunkenness
than ever before Its prevalence aroused the
people, the supreme court and the legislature,
the blanket Prohibition law was abolished, rigid
high license law established, the authorities
were thus provided with money to enforce the
law and it stands today approved as far better
than the results of the attempted reform
It would be difficult to imagine a state
ment more inconsistent with the facts in the
case The breaking down of the Prohibition
law in Iowa was the direct result of DELHI
crate alliance between the liquor interests
and the old-party politicians of that state
There was never an hour from the day of
the laws enactment up to the preparation
Of the malicious farce that placed the mulct
law as blight and disgrace upon the statute
books of Iowa-there was never an hour
when the public officials of that state were
not able, by the honest exercise of the pow
ers in them vested, to almost completely
expel the liquor traffic from the states bor-
ders
The surrender was a political deal, trea-
81 nable in it's character, wicked, and wholly
inexcusable. The result of the surrender is
not a better condition of things. There is
not city in Iowa in which conditions today,
under the operation of the mulct law, are
not worse than they we're even in the days
Of Reputation, before the enactment of that
measure, while in every part of the state
where the mulct law is in operation, con-
ditlons are infinitely worse than when the
Prohibition law prevailed
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1907-12-12

Wine growers declare that wine is temper
drink but how about Prov. Xxx, 1?-Chicago
EVening Post
So the Post has Bible? do tell!'
There is no great outcry for Prohibition in
Michigan-The Detroit Journal.
Say rather that the politicians and the kept"
editors, UP to this time, have been able to largely
stihe the "outcry." But recall the words of an old
Book "He that formed the ear, shall He not
hear?"
Alcoholic beverages will continue to be man
ufactured and sold so long as there is de-
mand for them.-BWyeIs & Bottles.
So, probably will slung-shots, brass knuckles
jimmies and the like; but what does that prove
about the statutes, "Thou shalt not kilr' and
"Thou shalt not steal"?
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1907-12-12
A SINGLE PAGE

A single page of the Chicago Record
Herald, bearing date of Saturday, December
Z, gives a wholly undersigned, and therefore
the more striking, picture of the part that
the drink devil plays in modern American
life. On that page is found, in the first col
umn, reference to the recent decision of
the Illinois supreme court against Bleigh,
the poor boy who has recently been sentenced
to thirty years in states prison for a murder
committed while he was drunk, and whose
old mother has died of shame and sorrow
since his sentence. In the next column is
the story of a poor woman, whose husband,
after weeks of intoxication, committed sui
eide, and left her with her four children to
starve. The next column has a story of the
divorce court, in which 'Sthe bird and the bot
tie" appear at every turn. The next column
tells of the disaster that befell two chorus
girls of apparently former blameless life, who
drank with a Chicago business man and
while intoxicated stole articles from a de-
partment store. The next column tells of a
Chicago girl who went upon an automobile
ride with two business men, drank with them
at hotels and restaurants and ended her first
plunge in fast life in the police court in most
disgraceful predicament. The same column
contains the story of another poor girl held
for months a slave in one of the dives of
Chicago, where she had been sold for ten
dollars.
The most startling thing about it all, when
one pauses to think of it, is that there is
nothing very startling about any of these
stories; that almost any day brings their
parallels, and that the people have become so
callous to their horror that they receive
scarcely any attention at ALL The American
people have become so accustomed to raising
their revenue by the sale Of permission to
bring about just these horrible and shameful
things, that when they happen we take them
as matters of course regrettable but unavoid
able
The reader is respectfully recommended
to weigh with himself, for few moments,
how any voter whose ballot, however it may
be marked party-wise, says eyes" to the prop
osition to continue the system of license and
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1907-12-12

anxiety; it is not the sale of liquor ON dan
that impresses us, but the sale Of liquor to a
man. If we have any proper conception of
the Divine thought, God is much more con-
cerned over the fact that His children are
poisoned than He is over the fact that the
rest day is violated
The special Importance of Sunday closing
in Chicago at the present time lies in this
fact: The zaw commands It, The failure
to obey the law on the part of the saloon
keeper and failure to enforce the law on the
part Of the public officials make an object
lesson in anarchy, in comparison with which
the Haymarket riot was as insignificant as
Sunday school picnic and present case of
rebellion more menacing than the firing on
Sumter
This is how the Post defends and argues
for the saloons anarchy and rebellion:
"The Sunday closing law is statute of the
state imposed upon the people of the city, not
by their will, but by will only partly theirs.
Whatever may be said of the essential wis
dom and righteousness of the law, it is not the
product of the sole will of the community it
dlIcCtS, dltHOugn IL deals with matter which
the people of the city believe concerns them
selves only. It is in short a survival from
day which did not recognize the need or the
justice Of local autonomy"
The sheer drivel of this sort of thing
would be ridiculous were it not serious, in
the fact that it shows how intelligence and
influence can be hired to prostitute them
selves in the service of villainy and corrup-
ton. The Post editor knows, and every in
telligent man connected with that paper
knows, that there is no sound foundation for
that species Of argument. The Sunday clos
ing law is no more Imposed upon the peo-
pie" Of Chicago than any other law which is
enacted at Springfield. Chicago is a part
of the state of Illinois, an important part
but still only part and the people Of the
city Of Chicago are subject to the laws Of the
state of Illinois, rightly and properly, and
should be taught that subsection by vigorous
means, if it be necessary. The saloon ques-
ton of Chicago does not concern the people
of the city only; it concerns the whole state,
and in very proper sense, the whole nation
Neither state nor the nation can by no posi-
bility waive its right to legislate for, and ex-
ercise its control over, every part of it's do
main.
"Local autonomy is thing that can be
easily overdone It requires but moments
thought to see this There are sections in
the CITY of Chicago which might demand To-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24
WOOD COMPANY
FILES CHARTER
Formed to Handle the Output
of Hawaiian Mahogany
Lumber Go.

The Hawaiian Wood Company, Ltd,
has filed articles of association with
the Treasurer of Hawaii, the incorror-
ators being o. st. John Gilbert, A. C.
Dowsett, Lee st. John Gilbert, T. ".
King and Samuel Johnson.
AS the purpose of the company the
charter says it is to buy, import, sell
and deal in goods, wares and merchan-
disc of every kind. It's specific object,
however, as one of the directors in
formed an Advertiser reporter, is to
handle the output of the Hawaiianl
Mahogany Lumber Company, Ltd. 1t
will sell koa and ohia lumber produc-
ed by the latter company on all the
islands. There is an expectation also
that a good market for the lumber will
be found in San Francisco. The new
corporation has a contract with the
other one for the business of marketing
the lumber.
The capital stock is $4,000 divided
into 500 shares of 800 par value each.
and on a two-thirds vote of the stock
holders may be increased to $3.50, 900.
for one share each, while as trustees
o. ST. John Gilbert takes 246 and Sam
uel Johnson 249 shares, making the en-
tire issue.
"A. c. Dowsett is president, Lee St.
John Gilbert secretary and 0. st. John
Gilbert treasurer.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24
A PICTURESQUE scoUNDREL.

A picturesque scoundrel was brought
10 book when Frank c. Marin was
convicted in Philadelphia of conspira-
cy in connection with the Storey Cot
ton Company swindle. He and his as
sociates, one of whom is now serving
a fve-year sentence, through skillful-
ly-worded get-rich-quick'' advertise
ments, induced thousands of people to
intrust their savings to them, pretend
ing that the money was placed in cot
ton margins. AS a matter of fact, it
went into the pockets of the swindlers,
who ''cleaned-up'' about 81, 900, 900 from
the credulous investors" mostly poor
people. Marin was born in Brooklyn,
and practiced law there until 1895. He
says that he has been, at various Pc
RODS of his career, a race-horse owner
and gambler, a publisher of a daily
newspaper, and a colonel in a Hondu-
ran revolution.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24
WHERE Is MICHAEL H. GANNoNq

Editor Advertiser: My brother,
Michael H. Cannon, arrived in Homo
lulu, H. l., in 1884. 1 have never heard
from him since, / am almost sure he
stayed there He was u years old, was
born in Boston, Mass, from which
place he left for Honolulu.
He must be about A years old now.
I would be much Obliged if you would
publish it as news. Please answer this
letter, and if you should publish please
send me a copy.
Yours truly,
JOHN w. CANNON,
No. 404 w. 4Sth ST., n. Y. City, n. Y.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24
wHITELAw REID IN WALES.

A visit to Wales by the American
ambassador to England, Whitelaw
Reid, has had rather remarkable
sequel Mr.. Reid was present, on Sep
TENDER 25th, at the opening of the
John Bright Memorial School at Liam
dudno, and made a speech on John
Bright and American education that
attracted attention throughout the
United Kingdom. The governors of the
school were so much pleased with Mr..
Refd's attendance and remarks that
they have decided to give the pupils
a half-holiday every Fourth of July
hereafter TO commemorate the event.
Never before mas American Independ-
ence Day been recognized by British
school.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24
Concert at
Seaside Today

BY the Kaai Quintette Club all the
afternoon and evening. Come out
after the ball game and enjoy the
beautiful Seaside grounds, the moon
light and the soft Hawaiian music.
The only Independent hotel in Homo
lulu, the only place in town where
there is any amusement on Sunday.
Mique Fisher, the ball nine and the
EHefOrd company will be there
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24

development of heterogeneous in the
soil the ground may be renovated by
heating and states that the long con-
tinuation of good crops in former
years on the wheat fields of Califor-
MIA may be partially accounted for by
the burning of the straw and stubble
on thief fields, while the burning of cane
trash on the fields in many sugar coun-
tries may partly explain the success
full continuation of successive planta-
tons.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24

you wish to employ one of our de-
tectives to watch your husband?'' Il
do" May I ask what has aroused
your suspicion of him?" HE sent me
a bunch Of violets and a box of candy
from town yesterday. Houston Post.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24
4 BIC SHOW DOLL
To BE GIVEN AWAY

A pretty dressed doll will be given
away by the Sachs Dry Goods Co., for
Christmas, to the most popular child
The doll is now on exhibition in the
millinery window. The child that gets
the most votes will receive the doll.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24
SOME STORE IMPROVEMENTS.

]. A. R. Vieira & Co., the Hotel street
jewelers., have recently completed some
improvements to their store that will
enable them to display their stock to
much better advantage than formerly
Mr.. Vieira has been fortunate in the
selection of his stock for the holiday
season and the display now made is
a beautiful one. The firms advertise
ment today tells the story.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24
PILLOW BAGS.

A new novel assortment. Striped
Tapestry Pillow Bags, ready for use,
35c.
Painted Linen Pillow Bags in various
designs, all ready for use, 35c. up
wards.
Heavy Tapestry Pillow Bags, ingram
designs, ready for use, 60c.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24
New importation of
Irish Point Scarfs and Squares.

New designs, new patterns, some hem
stitched, some sealloped edge; ALI at
prices that will please you.
Irish Point Squares from 90c., $1.oo,
$l.25 up.
Irish Point Centers. something new
and very pretty, in three sizes, 25c,,
40c and zoe.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24

Does your wife assist you in your
work?" queried the horse reporter. Il
see her at your desk often Yes, -
replied the self-confessed humorist,
she destroys all my wife and mother
in-law jokes. "-Chicag go Daily News.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24
sEpGw1cK HEARD FROM.

T. F. Sedgwick in a bulletin of the
Sugar Experiment Station of Lima,
Peru, makes the suggestion that when
fermentation takes place through the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24
NEW PILLOW TOPS.

The very latest subjects. Litho-
graph pillow tops in hundreds of diff
ferent designs, at 35c. each. New
tinted pillow tops, with backs, new de-
signs, elegant colorings, doe. upward.
Tapestry Pillow Tops in new designs,
from 40c. upwards.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24
Striking Display of Art Goods.

Our Department this season is most
complete, showing many new and in
teresting art novelties.
Everything for Needle Work.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24

Extraordinary Values in Imported
Battenberg Lace Scarfs and Centers.
They are all hand made in exquisite
lace designs. Some all lace; some with
linen centers.
Battenberg Squares, 25e., Soc and soc.
Battenberg Centers, 60c., 65c., $1.00
and $1.25.
Battenberg Searfs from S2o5 np.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24

She Ito her husband)-The poor chill
dren! When you get up in the morn
ing they have gone to school. and when
you return from the tavern at night
they have gone to bed. At least, write
them a souvenir post-card.-Fliege
Blaetter.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24

New Drapery and Kimono Silks
in Oriental and floral designs, elegant
colorings, 80 inches wide, 75c. and 90c.
yard.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24
G0EoEDeCepc0

With double the space In our
newly arranged store we have
eorrespondingly added to our
stock.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24

Some new lines were put in,
and other lines, already carried,
increased to better meet the de-
mand of our patrons.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24

Leather and Burlap Pillow Bags
in solid colors, something new, $3.50
each,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24
Hand'Chief Stocks
At Their Best
Greatest Values Ever offered.

Greatest Values Ever offered.
We have pardonable pride in our handker-
chief assortment and values. You can get here
the first choice of big Holiday Stock. We
offer any number of styles in wOmen's pure
linen initial handkerehiefs, embroidered effects
in check or eross-bar, Armenian lace effects in
sheer linen and shamrock.
Hand embroidered initial linen at Zoe. and
12Ae. each.
Extra fine and sheer hand embroidered initial
six in pretty box, at $500 a box.
Hemstitched all linen hand embroidered in
four corners, from 15c. up.
Our real Armenian handkerchiefs, hand made,
daintiest and prettiest, at 75c.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-24

A visit to our store win con-
vince you that we mean bust
ness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-10
WHAT CAUSES HEADACHE.

WHAT SES HEADACHE.
From October to May. Colds the most fire.
uuent cause of Headache LAXATIVE BRONO
QUININE removes cause. E.W.Grove on box. Of,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-10
WOULD ISSUE GREENBACKs.
Mr.. Watson Would Cure Stringency
bv CURRENCY EXPANSION

After taking luncheon with the Presi-
dent yesterday Thomas E. Watson of
Georgia gave out the following eXplana-
ton of the greenback issue scheme he is
trying to get the administration to adopt:
The great trouble with our financial
system is that the national bankers have
been allowed to narrow the foundations
upon which it rests. If every dollar in
circulation had to be redeemed n yellow
dogs. at the option of the holder, the yell
low dogs would Immediately become the
most precious of CANNES So where god
is made the money of final redemption.
the few men who control the gold become
ma sterS of the markets of the world
'''ro this narrow foundation of gold the
national bankers have shrunk the money
of final payment; and upon this narrow
foundation they have raised the giddiest
superstructure of credit money that the
world ever saw. There are u few far
sighted men who knew that the financial
situation was fraught with national peril,
but the warnings of such men went I'M
needed. Then. one fine morning, something
shook public confidence. and the people
began to clamor for real money. There
was not enough real money in the United
States to meet the demand. Therefore
panic disaster. universal decentralization.
''Panics are caused by contraction; their
only cure is expansion. If the President
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-10
GREATER PITTSBURG.
Councils of Pittsburg and Allegheny
Hold Joint Session.

PITTSBURG. December 10.-Pittsburg
and Allegheny were formally united last
evening, when. for the first time. the
councils Of the two cities met as one body.
Early in the evening Allegheny councils
met in the Allegheny city hall, and at the
same TIME the Pittsburg councils met in
Pittsburg. Then the Pittsburg councils.
headed by a dozen brass bands. marched
in q body to Allegheny, followed by thou
sands Of citizens.
When the Allegheny city hall was
reached the crowd was Joined by the
members of Allegheny councils. headed
by Mayor Kirschler of Allegheny, who
now becomes deputy mayor of Pittsburg.
Mayor Guthrie did not accompany the
Pittsburg delegation because of the in
clement weather. but the mud did not in
terfere with Kirschler. and he paraded at
the head of the delegation to the delight
Of the crowd, which proclaimed him the
next mayor of Pittsburg.
Then the march to Pittsburg began. ev-
cry one of the dozen bands playing stimuli
taneously, Hail. Hail! the Gangs All
Here
Mayor Guthrie was on the steps of the
Pittsburg city hall and met the crowd.
The members of the new Pittsburg coun-
ellis then held a brief meeting in their
chambers. after which they ADJOURNED to
the Monongahela House, where a BAN
auet was served. Throughout the town
red fire was burning. bells were ringing
and whistles blowing. Everybody cele-
brated the union of the two cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-10
COL. COCKTAILS TO RETURN.
Will Bring Arguments for Widening
the Canal Locks.

Col. George w. Goethals. the chairman
and engineer-in-chief of the isthmian
canal commission, has notified the author
tiles here of his intention to come to
Washington in about a week or ten days.
Probably the most important matter
which will come up for consideration
between Col. Goethals and the admins
tration officials will be that of increasing
the proposed width of the canal locks to
100 feet, so as to be able to accommo-
date development in shipbuildng for
many years to come. Several months ago
the question was Informally considered in
Washington, but without reaching any
conclusion, the subject referred to
the commission at the isthmus for re-
port. 1t is expected that Col. Goethals
will bring with him well-defined views
on the subject as a result of the confer
ence of himself and his colleagues. The
report will be laid before Secretary Taft
on his return.