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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02
CHINESE JILTS JAPANESE WIDOW
Mrs. KIM ASKS $4,000 BALM FOR WOUNDED ]

NEW YORK, March 28-Mr Ruth Kim, young, petite rosy
Japanese widow has brought suit against Jim Fook pro-
preor of for breach of promise Her lawyer
damage $4,000 Papers have been served on
Fook but the date trial is yet set
Fook asked my broher-n-aw Walie Wong, interpreter to
introduce him the theatre frequently We to
be married Thanksgiving Day"
"On Nov when returned from visit to relatives in Boston,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02

Eddie TAFT is very anxious to fight
Bird at Fort Shafter for a substantial
purse, either in a ten round bout OF a
finish fight.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02

Miss Dixie and Miss Helen Quarles,
the charming daughters of Judge
Quarles, are becoming very popular
with the younger set in town. They
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02

The opening games of the big league
will take place this afternoon on the
league grounds commencing at two
o'clocsk, the first game being played
between the Rams and the Diamond
Heads. Fernandez and Reuter- will
do the twirling for their teams, while
Hampton, Joy and Williams will do the
same for the Puns and the Saints.
The grounds have been put in first
class condition, and when Bert Bowers
calls play ball." the seating capacity
will no doubt be taxed to its utmost
capacity.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02

One week from tomorrow the News
paper baseball league will open its
season on the league grounds, and it is
safe to say that there will be some
good fast games before the champion
ship is decided. The first game will
be between the Advertiser and Star
teams, and the second between the
Bulletins and the Mercantiles.
ESe'S-. -
The local cricketers are looking for
ward to a very successful season as
they are very much elated over their
victory against the Aorangi team
When the fleet is here they also ex-
pect to add more laurels, but they will
have to play some, as there are some
good cricketers on board the battle
ships.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02

The line up of the Saints this after
noon will be nearly the same as the old
II. A. G. team of 1906.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST.

Services at the Adventist Church, 767
Kinau street, will be as follows:
Saturday, Sabbath school, at 10 a. m.
Meeting at IL a. m, led by Mrs. S. e.
Williams. Meeting at Oahu prison at
3 p. m.
Sunday evening service at $780,;
preaching by the pastor. Subject, "The
Thoroughly Furnished Christian" c.
d. M. Williams.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02

Evers will probably be seen this aft
ernoon in a Diamond Head uniform,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02

The Hawaii with the transpacific
yacht committee, her amateur crew,
and the representatives of the press on
board will slip her mornings promptly
at one o'clock this afternoon, and will
take a trial spin outside of the har-
Dor, to see that everything is in work
ing order, in the event of her being
sent up to San Pedro to bring back the
coveted cup for Hawaii.
From all reports she works very
well, her special forte being her ability
to work up to windward, being able
to point up higher than it was expected
she would.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02
SPORTS

be seen again this year with Punahou
uniform on, and from accounts he is
even better than he was last year.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02

Bill Hampton, who so successfully
captained the All Hawaii team against
the Fisher All Star team last year, will
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02

Tennis is again becoming quite po-
pular with the smart set, and the many
private courts are being used now
quite frequently. Last Sunday after
noon quite an interesting set was play
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02

A new interscholastic baseball lea
que with Aliiolani College, Punahou,
High School and Kaahumanu schools
as entrants is being talked of.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02

Charlie George, who is chairman of
the football committee, is an old col
lege player of some note, and will
probably don the molesltins when the
feet is here.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02

Mrs. e, D. Tenney entertained in
formally few of her friends at lunch
con on Wednesday, in honor of Mrs.
Mary Widdifield. AS Mrs. Tenney
is still in mourning for Mrs. Spald-
ing, her sister, the lunch was only
for her most intimate friends.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02

Fine Job Printing, star once,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02

Quite a number of luncheon and
bridge parties have been given this
week for Mrs. Widdifield by her old
friends in Honolulu.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02

Mr.. and Mrs. George Rodiek gave
a small dinner party at their beauti-
full Nuuanu home Thursday night, in
honor of Mr., and Mrs. Richard M.
lsenberg.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02

1t is understood that a number OF
Naval officers wives will arrive here
before the fleet, and remain during the
summer. Society will be glad to hear
this good news, as it means more So
cial functions
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02

The Walter Macfarlanes and their
children are uncertain to their de-
parture for the Coast, but they will
probably leave shortly, touring Cali
fornia in their $50" Studebaker.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02

Miss Lorna Iaukea, one of the
most popular girls in the younger set,
has improved berry much in her golf
of late, and when the ladies tourna-
ment at the Country Club is held
she will probably have little trouble
in winning.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02

1t is quite possible that Mrs. Alfred
Vanderbilt and Mrs. Philip Lydig will
visit here shortly, as they are contem-
plating a trip to the Orient. Capt Ly-
dig will probably be in the party He
is very well known here, having visit
ed here several times.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-02

VIM. Pfotenhauer, Imperial German
Consul for Hawaii, entertained a num-
Der of friends at luncheon at the Paci-
fic Club Thursday, in honor of Rich.
ard NJ Isenberg.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-10
RaeksIidIng in Craekerdom

I Strange. WondTOus strange. is this news
we hear from down Georgia way these
days We should not consider il. were
/ it not vouched for by newspapers true
and tried: newspapers eyerlastingly
honest and Of good repute!
From what we are able to gather. "re-
form in the Empire state Of the South
/ IS on the wane-perhaps temporarily. to
be sure. but on the wane. for all that.
Railroad batting has begun to pail; anti
everything no longer enthuses the yokels
and the sand diggers. One venturesome
citizen, noted for his erstwhile con
servatism, has dared beard tl.e Hoke
Smith in his lair-is out for the Office the
Hon Hoke so strenuously adorns. And
they do say-alaS for backsliding Georgia
that from Rabun Gap 70 Tybee Light.
the wool hats" are whooping things up
for the anti-Hoke ''butter-in"' TOO
much reform " is the opposition's battle
cry. ITO - with reform, " one here
tofore dignihed old paper puts il. At all
events. there's something doing down
that way, so we learn.
An ominous shadow from the county of
Butts-'grand old Butts the spel-bind-
ers call it-foreeasts. perhaps. the begin
ming OF the end Of reform in Georgia.
Judge Frank z. Curry. the noblest Buttite
Of them ali champion Of more different
kinds of reform" than you could shake
a stick at in three trials, advocate of a
tax on soda water, theatrical tickets, and
trust-made hymn books. recently met the
enemy and he is "their'n." The octopus
gulDed him down with exceeding dis
patch, and Of the Lion Of Butts there re
mained not one inhnitesimal greasy spot
10 tell the sad and narrowing tale.
Says the Rome (Ga) Tribune-H Herald:
Judge Curry. Of Butts. who ran for the senate
3 platform Of reforming the world failed to
carry his own county. How sad this fate"
How sad. indeed We weep with our
hyphenated kinsman in Dixie! Reform"
has hit the toboggan for fairi There can
be no doubt about it! When Georgia
scorns TO put a tax on soda water. hymn
books. and theater tickets. reform" has
lost its nerve! When the banner of the
Lion Of Butts trails In the dust. and he
finds his trombone stuffed full of cotton
batting, then Is the future of reform
cherries, and silenced is its siren call.
And shall the mighty Hoke go glimmer-
ing, too, alongside the Lion of Butts?
Shall his greatness fade even as suddenly
as it blazed into glorious reality these
few short moons ago? Perish the thought;
it cannot be! We decline to believe IN
miracles! We pin our faith to the Hon.
Hoke until every vote is counted. True.
the fall Of the Lion of Butts Is disquiet-
ing-awesome. But even If all is lost save
Hoke. there IS st!Il hope for "reformr'
On with the fight We shall see what we
shall see!
The Washington herald., 1908-04-10
i Doubled Ann,

An injudicious exploitation of a scheme
for doubling the United States army has
placed in jeopardy the worthy project Of
increasing the pay of the commissioned
personnel and the enlisted force OF the
military naval establishments. This aug
mentation of the army is as Yet a most
impalpable theory. It is a subject which
is being discussed IN the General STAFF Of
the War Department in connection with
the idea that hereafter legislation sug-
gested by the War Department for the
benefit Of the army should be consistent
and general. and not fragmentary as It
has been all along The publicity which
has been given to this fanclful project
has net with protest from members Of
Congress. and especially from Senator
Hale. in terms which are entirely justi-
fed. the more so if the disclosure OF Mr..
Taft's intentions for army increase CON
tribute in any measure to imperl that
legislation which is so much needed by
the officers and enlisted men IN the form
Of an increase OF pay. and which seems
to be in such a promising condition.
If there is any serious plan TO double
the army, with a corresponding increase
in its officers, there has been a grave
mistake 81 strategy IN announcing that
purpose at time wl.en Congress Is max
Ing desperate efforts to keep the expendi-
The Washington herald., 1908-04-10
Raee-iraek Evll-Fleht 70 Finish

I
You are not asked to accomplish the impossible
or to writs upon the statute books visionary
scheme of moral reform You are asked to nd cur
/ Law o. a sieious discrimination whereby cIenses
equally condemned By the constitution are punished
as crimes if committed in one place. and ars en-
couraeed BY the absence Of suitable penalty if eo-
mitted in another. '--Gov Hughes.
This statement Of the race-track gam
bling question as applied to New York
applies with equal force TO the District
Of Columbia.
Here. outside a mile limit and within
an inclosure. under various hair-splitting
interpretations OF a doubtful statute. com
mon gamblers openly carry on an iniqui-
tous business that would be summarily
suppressed # attempted elsewhere in the
District BY standing on one foot and
then on the other and making a pretense
OF keeping "on the move" these black
legs from New York. who pay the race
track association well for the privilege,
conform to a ridiculous regulation that
permits ''perambulating bookmaking" and
thus enjoy official immunity and protec-
ton
The business is not only iniquitous and
demoralizing, a deadly drain upon the
community. but brings thu law into con-
tempt and makes of the law officers the
laughingstock Of the malefaotors who
thrive at the city's expense
The issue cannot be clouded by the false
assertion that the movement to wipe out
legalized and organized track gambling
means an attack upon the sport Of racing.
It means nothing of the sort. Racing
properly conducted. divorced from its
e-produclng. erime-breedlng, dishonest
gambling attachment, viii be welcomed
and promoted throughout the land. But
If the sport cannot exist without legaIlzed
gambling, it deserves to be outlawed, as it
surely will be outlawed. throughout the
land
To-day the District Committee Of the
Senate OF the United States will take up
the anti-gambllng bill. The crooks now
ihfesting the city and their constituencies
hackers, encouraged by the temporary
victory at Albany, are indulging in loud
mouthed boastings and giving out THEN
Straight tips" that a way will be found
TO kill the Sims bill Let the lie be given
TO them promptly and emphaucary. Then
let the whole offensive outfit OF blacklegs. /
touts. and tipsters be banisaed from the
Capital never to return
The Washington herald., 1908-04-10
FRIDAY. APRIL 10. 1905.
Can the Republicans Afford It2


The refusal of the House Committee on
the Election OF the President to report
the bill for the publicity of campaign
contributions. and the method employed
by the chairman to prevent committee
action on the bill, are not calculated TO
WIN glory for the Republican majority.
This is one OF the measures which John
Sharp Williams thinks would be promptly
passed if it were brought to vote, and
the fact that unusual mea asures were re-
sorted to in order 10 strangle It in com
mittee shows that the Republicans do not
want it 10 pass. In view of recent reve-
lations as TO the sources Of campaign
funds, and the popular feeling aroused
by them, 1t seems incredible that meri-
torious piece of legislation intended to
minimize the evils resulting from the
employment Of vast secret electoral funds
should find so little support in the party
Of great moral ideas.
The principal bill before the committee
is that introduced by Mr. Mccall, of
Massachusetts, ana indorsed by the Ma
tional Publicity BII Organization It
provides that all campaign contributions
for use in Federal elections shall be
made to a duly authorized political COM
mittee: that the committee shall keep de-
tailed accounts Of receipts and expendi-
lures. and that a sworn statement set
ting forth the committees financial trans
actions shall be filed within thirty days
after the election with the Clerk of the
House Provision is made as in the
New York law, for summary judicial m
euiry into failure TO comply with the act.
The measure is simply designed to intro
duce into the dark and devious ways OF
campaign committees the healthful light
Of publicity. Similar legislation has been
found useful in New York, and it ought
TO be enacted in every State, as we'll as
by Congress.
The failure Of the Republican majority
to permit the passage of a measure to
promote the purity of elections and to
minimize electoral corruption. against
which no constitutional objections can be
urged, viii assuredly leave a bad impress
sion in the minds Of the people A Presi-
Dental election is now coming on, which
ought to be conducted on the level, so far
as financing is concerned. Four years
ago both parties accepted contributions
from corporations and other questionable
sources. The Democratic minority is
willing to help put stop to that sort of
thing. Will the majority dare 80 on
record as favorable to underhand election
hnencierins?
The Washington herald., 1908-04-10
UNPRODUCTIvE OUTGO.
Policy of Enlnrging Military at Ex-
pense of Productive Expenditure.

Policy OF EnInrging Military at Ex-
pense of Productive Expenditure.
From the New York Evening Post.
There was force in Senator Hale's com
plant that the military appropriations
were eating UP all the funds. so that
nothing was left, this year, for public
buildings or river and harbor improve
ments. Political abuses in connection
with the latter kind Of public outlay have
undoubtedly occurred. and viii continue
TO occur. One thing, however. may be
said about expenditure for eourthouses.
post-ofices, deepening the channels of
rivers and ports. building breakwaters.
jetties, &c. That is a productive, expendi-
ture while money spent on ships and
guns is absolutely unproduetive IN
cidentally and temporarily. Of course, en-
ployment is furnished to a certain num-
ber of men in shipyards and elsewhere:
and the actually necessary military
establishment must be had; but the great
bulk of the money laid out in battle ships
and ordnance Is so much capital made
unremunerative. Other government ap-
preparations yield at least some return on
the money invested. Hence It is only
reasonable policy always to hold down
the unproductive expenditure in favor Of
the productive, instead of exactly the re-
verse. as is proposed by the administra-
ton this year This is to omit mention of
the most conclusive arguments against
extravaganza in military appropriations.
We mean, OF course, the moral ones.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-10

lures within reasonable limits. It gives
tho Senators an opportunity to say that
army officers, IN so far as they are repre-
sented by such a plan under consideration
By the General staff, regard the funds in
the public Treasury as fer their special
benefit, even at the sacrifice CT needed
improvements and the development Of ma
tional resources. The army and the navy
are deserving OF special consideration by
Congress. but this is no time to spring
on the public scheme which would
double the already large expenditure
which is necessary for the support of the
military establishment
The Washington herald., 1908-04-10
Inrestigate the Beef Trust.

We are in favor Of Representative
Hitcheocks resolution for another inves-
tigation Of the so-calied beef trust. There
is possibly no such thing as the beef
trust" any more than there Is a tangi-
bic organization to which the term coal
trust" may be accurately given; but there
are arrangements and agreements and a
network Of common interests that vir-
tually control the supply Of beef and coal.
Two great commodities Of everyday and
universal use, and the price of these
commodities is somewhere fixed by an
effective deeree-now raised, now lowered,
in accordance with the purposes and
methods of those who command the beef
and coal trade. Just now. the price of
beef is up, that Of coal Down Who put
the price of one commodity up and the
price of the other down, nobody knows,
but there is a well-defined feeling that It
IS done by orders from headquarters, and
that the forces OF supply and demand
have little to do directly with either
movement
In the case Of beef. present prices are
the highest attained since 1902. and the
packers make the usual plea that beef
and other meats are scarce. They assert
that fewer cattle are coming to market
that the high prices Of grain and proven
der prevented farmers from feeding the
usual number OF animals. and so On At
the same time that prices to the whole
saler and retailer are increased, it is
alleged that the prices paid to cattle pro-
ducers for beef on the hoof have been
loWered so that the trust or eombina-
ton reaps vast profits at both ends of
the transaction. A middleman is quoted
In New York paper as saying that an
inquiry into the affairs OF the beef trust
would show what a perfect business
machine IS in operation, which has the
middleman and retailer as firmly in it's
grasp as the producer Of cattle sheen.
> and hogs and the consumer. Even the
government viii find 1t diHcuIt TO find 3
criminal fault In the system"
The system, or combination. or trade
agreement or whatever il is, ought to be-
inquired into once more by the Bureau
Of Corporations. Perhaps the inquiry may
do no more good than the last one. which
came very near applying the whitewash
brush. Yet it may develop something
worth knowing as 10 the ways and means
by which the American people are made
10 pay for the necessities Of life, not
the market price created by the natural
law Of demand and supply. but some arti-
ficiai price established by an intangible
authority beyond the reach of the law
We are in need Of good deal Of enlight-
eminent on the methods OF modern busi-
ness, especially as they affect the inter
ests of the whole people
The Washington herald., 1908-04-10
A cENTRALIzING MEASURE.
Hepburn Amendment to Anti-trust
Law Severely Criticised.

Hepburn Amendment to Antitrust
Law Severely Criticised.
From the New York Journal OF Conmerce
We doubt if the public has begun to
realize the character Of the Hepburn bill
to amend the antitrust" act Ct 1890
and apparently sotne OF taose who were
engaged IN concocting it had only a
faint conception of what they were do
ing Nothing comparable with It in cen
trallzing power in the Federal govern
ment and discriminating between class
es" in legislation Aas been seriously at
tempted in this country before. All that
the so-called antitrust law needs is a
few simple straightforward and above.
board notifications. which shall CLEARLY
establish the distinction between re-
straihts OF trade that are not unreason-
able. injurious. or mOnopolistic ard those
which are so and have long been unlawful
as against public policy, and which shall
leave the regulation of railroad agree
ments or associations 60 the interstate
commerce law All combinations in re-
straint Of trade should be treated alike
in respect 10 their effect Those that are
unreasonable or Injurious should be for
bidden. and there should be redress for
all who are injured by them and punish
ment for violation Of the law. Those
that are harmless or beneficial should
not be prevented or interfered with so
long as they maintain that character, bat
all should be treated alike. regardless of
the classes" Of people concerned in
them. Before ths law there should be
no class distinctions. no privileges or i'm
munities granted to some that are denied
TO others.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-10
SEEING THE PRESIDENT.
DO as Many People Shake Hands
with Him as FOrmcr1ys


with Him as FOrmcr1ys
From the Boston Transcript
The public receptions in the East Room
at o'clock three afternoons In the week.
which were for many years maintained,
beginning with the first Cleveland admin
istration have been abandoned: but It is
by 20 means certain that the Pres!dent's s
time has been really saved by the
change. Many people were satisfied 10
shake ais hand at these regularly ap-
pointed occasions who now insist on find
ing a way into his presence accompanied
By a Congressman or other official, and
this Is a much more time-consuming pro-
cess, with the necessary introductions,
than was the old way. Every President
starts In with great pains for reducing
the number Of ,hcse calls upon him, but
in time as the reports Of deeply offended
individuals begin to pour in. his disp0si-
ton Is 10 relent somewhat in his pUr-
poses and tC relax the rules
Under our democratic government the
institution OF any code Of procedure must
arise with the President himself If one
occupant OF tne White House should en-
dure unpo5ularity by adhering to rather
definite rules. and three or four Of his
successors should follow his example, the
odium would steadily decrease until in
time the American public came 10 expect
less OF the President than is now the
case. His right 10 raid other peoples
dining tables for guests. on the theory
that an invitation 10 the White House is
a command, has long been recognized.
This is absolutely necessary to the social
arrangements Of the White House; other
wise the desired guests could not be
gathered on short notice 10 meet the dis
tinguished visitors whom every President
entertains. What the country needs is
an extension Of these preferred claims of
the President particularly those which
promise him some measure of rest and
seclusion. Were this TO be provided we
should probably have a longer line Of ex-
Presidents