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The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03

grand opera before he departs this life.
1t is in his system and he must get it
out. Will it be a good grand opera
Wen wait and see. 1 should say yes
/ for Sousa is an accomplished musician
and mine of ideas. You'll hear
grand opera by Sousa or I'm no Judge
OF men,
! TowIe met Sousa in his (Towle's) ca
pacity as correspondent in Washington
for a Boston paper. He was there for
I II wears, during which time he rubbed
shoulders with the great statesmen and
busy politicians OF his day and accum-
ulated a store of intimate anecdotes
which the confines OF an interview viii
not admit. save in suggestion.
1t was about 10 years ago that Klaw
G. Erlanger acquired Towle- He has
been their big manager ever since and
has been at the head of their greatest
production. ben Hur." since it started
on its career, a decade ago.
1--WE have great difhculty with our
horses in Ben Hur,'" he explained
You see, we have 70 get olood-
ed and spirited animals with the
instincts OF fire horses That is
TO saw. they must not be disturbed
or excited by strange costumes,
bv noise and hustle, by shouts and
the heterogeneous sounds behind the
scenes They must stand like statues
during the entire first scene OF tha
fifth act They must not even stamp a
hoof during the action in front OF ths
curtain in one which represents the
entrance to the circus. Meantime stage
hands are running around and under
them. actors, singers and supers throng
the stage. and, lastly, the horses must
be trained 10 start their own machines
and must be able TO run on a 81 inch
track That Is the width of the tread
mill they p1ow with their galloping
hoofs. To make the matter worse.
they have to jump on their wheels, as
we call them, in total darkness, and
stop them again in black night. All
this they must do without nervous
ness or disaster. While they are run
ming for dear life, only the attendants
In charge of them are permitted behind
their hoofs. for there Is a danger from
flying shoes. We took a super to tho
hospital recently in another town.
where his scalp was sewed up with
nine stitches, the result OF shoe
which came or on the treadmilL 1t Is
dangerous work.
Those horses know the play. They
stand ready at the treadmil1 and they
listen to the lines IN front. They ac-
tually know their cue-the last line
spoken in the scene at the circus por-
tails. When they hear the words five
talents against five talents they be-
gin to get nervous. because that is
nearly at the close OF the scene. When
the last word is spoken. without or
ders the horses leap on their treads.
The lights are turned of and IN an in
slant, when again the lights blaze on
the race they are pumping away as IL
maddened by the excitement OF the
contest. and for a little over a min
ute keep up the terrific clip. Then the
lights are turned OF. Judah's chariot
has been pulled on its machine ahead
Of Messala's and the race Is over
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03

Il feel sorry" Towle went on, after
discussion of the music of Ben Hur,''
for my countrymen whenever I think
of Edgar Stillman Kelley. To think
that q man of his genius should be per-
mitted to starve in his own land, and
that finally he should be driven to a
foreigners for the approval and living
which his fellows in the United States
denied him! We cry for native opera
and then throttle the throats of our
native singers who could, under hap
pier conditions, give it to us. Who.
listening to the music of Ben Hur,'
will deny that the hand which penned
those notes could score grand opera? !?
There is genius, there is imagination
there is workmanship in every measure,
and there is inspiration shedding a fine
light over it all. But Kelley nearly
starved in New York while millionaires
were buying libraries for people who
would only read few novels and the
best sellers of the month.
Il know Kelley personally and he is
remarkable man. The theme which
he employs in Ben Hur' as the motive
suggesting the Jesus of Nazareth was
conceived by him when he was IA years
old. Not that he scored It for orchestra
then. The counterpoint and instrument
tations are the fruits of his study, but
the motive the me1odics theme, was
the work of his early boyhood."
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
TOWLE,9
DEPARTf1ENT STORE
B E n II II r
BY Walter Anthony

By Waller Anthony
VERIFYING of
that when he his gardener
would be overwhelmed producon
thought would thanking glimpse
them bv
said nothing Klein puked gardener
enjoyed the play The old laid thought
Pretty good said he after due reflection long
That fellow said he who played the
man, he?"
said Klein, ne not"
i thought said the
point Of
story to Lanbs oned
how
lumber high see only the
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
Frederick BelaSco
Back From New York

\ Frederick Belasco who has been IN
/ New York with his brother David re-
4 turned from the metropolis OF the east
last Thursday night. He comes with a
quiver full OF pointed arrows. which he
proposes to place against the string OF
public approval at once to see how far
they Will go. Dropping metaphor.
I Frederick has been in New York to get
plays and he thinks he has got them
So do l.
For instance, the local representa-
tive of the house OF Belasco told me he
had secured Blue Grass" Paul Arm
strong's latest piece, which has had an
unpapered success in New York; he has
secured Merely Mary Ann and the
Clyde Fitch play, which. personally. I
think little of, The Girl Who Has
Everything" Far better than that is
the acquisition for stock production OF
/ The Great Divide" which is a massive
play; The Squaw Man." which is a
curiously interesting one. and a later
piece which we have not seen as yet.
The Man From Home" Frederick Be
lasco also brings back Audrey and
The Gentleman OF France"
II have other pieces" said Belasco TO
me, which will be given at the Alca-
/ Ear this season. but can not at this
time tell you what they are. because
they have not yet been released to
stock houses and am not at liberty on
that account to say that have secured
the first rights to a stock production OF
the plays"
The Warrens OF Virginia" which is
now running to full houses at the
Academy of Music in New York Is one
of the plays which Frederick secured in
New York. ut will be produced within
month at the Alcazar." said BeIascO.
While 1 was in New York we shipped
to San Francisco a carload of props.
and costumes for the production OF
/ The Darling of the Gods which piece
will be seen in Suffer- street soon. per-
haps within three weeks from now.
The wise ones" said Belasco. "On
Broadway say that this is the worst
/ season that American theatricals have
/ ever 'weathered. 1t is easily the worst
in the dramatic history OF America
Broadway is congested with busted
actors. Melodrama companies breaking
into one night stands in the middle
west have found themselves against
the moving picture business. AS soon
as new show is advertised the town
IS billed by the local houses. who ad-
vertise a new set of animated pictures
The public, sore on melOdrama. STAYS
: away from the imported attraction and
goes to see the new reel OF projected
photographs Thus the meIodrama COM
panies throughout the provincial east
and the middle west have been losing
money and their managers have been
calling them in. with the result that
the new year finds Broadway choked
with actors and actresses, while the
moving picture men are making a liv-
ing and a profit for their Christmas
stocking. too. Good pictures. say the
public in the small towns. are better
than poor productions. even IL the
players are conscientious and good to
their families
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
Sothern as RicheIieu

Since Sothern last appeared in San
Francisco he has won fame as a
Shakespearean actor. He has played
Hamlet in the east with success. and
he has shown a commendable DISPOSE
ton to devote himself to the worthy in
the drama of the day even IL he had TO
go back some. "Richelieu' has been
placed in his repertoire and he has
added to his successful efforts the por-
traiture Of the leading role in which
his illustrious father made fame--LOrd
DuDdreary.
In England. where the Shakespears
|cognoscenti are, Sothern supported Ju-
liza Marlowe in the Avon bard's dramas.
There his impersonatiOn Of the melan-
choIy Dane was given high praise by
the critics and the public. In the role.
of Lord Dundreary Sothern follows TO
the last detail his fathers characteri-
zation. and veteran play goers say that
it is almost uncanny TO see the per-
formance which the son gives OF the
role which was, in other dzyB. his
fathers greatest success. Yer ~ rea~s
the character has been a eaErs "a
American dramatic life. The I'm ~
re-ereates the role.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03

"On the occasion of the hundreth per-
formance of Ben Hur' in Boston Kelley.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03

Towie is an American type. Not the
George Cohan type of Yankee Doodle
boy. but che style OF man whom for
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-09
DREIER ESTATE

Cecil Brown and e. A. Schaefer, ex-
ecutors of the estate of August Dreier,
have field their final account with pc
tition for allowance thereof, final dis
tributioh and discharge. They charge
themselves with 29,2O75O and ask to
be allowed $25 1854, the balance on
hand being thus S377109.
Judge De Bolt made an order, in the
partition suit of the Lusitaua Society
and VIM. AHA VS.. Henry p Bush and
others, that the clerk of the Judiciary
department shall pay to William X
Leleiwi, the grantee of Kema Leleiwi,
the sum of one hundred dollars in full
of the right of courtesy of Kema Lele-
iwi in the estate of Maria K Bush.
Judge Robinson appointed w. o.
Smith, on the petition Of Eta Hassin-
ger Sullivan, as administrator of the
estate of Priscilla T.. Hassinger
Augusta Jesus Monteiro was ap-
pointed by Judge Robinson as admin
istrator of the estate of her daughter,
Carrie Marks Alexandra, deceased.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-09
VOODRUFF'S
FIRST TRIAL

Judge Woodruff is today holding his
first trial as second judge of the
United States District Court, and an
interesting legal point arose to be
battled over by the lawyers when the
first witness was called.
Morimoto is the defendant being
charged with assaulting a witness
before the grand jury
Assistant District Attorney w. T.
Rawlins is prosecuting and G. G..
Biting defending.
The jury is mainly composed OF
business men, some of them veterans.
These are the names: VIM. A. Todd,
Theo. F. Lansing, j. D. Dole. Geo. S.
Harris. w. A. Bowen, Jos. A. Gil
man, Richard ]. Lyman, Chas L.
Sprinks, John d. Kennedy, John Fas-
soth, Philip Rice and Roy A. Wood
ward
Chise, a Japanese woman, was the
first witness called Biting objected
to her giving evidence on the ground
that she had been convicted of an
infamous offense. An argument en-
sued and the jury was excused until
9 o'clock.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-09

Two thirds of the Japanese who
originally worked on Waipahu plan
tation are back there again. or about
900 have returned out of 1900 who
used to work there.
AS for Honolulu Plantation, Aiea.
there are several hundred japanese
who have not returned to either Aiea
or Waipahu, but have found work on
other island plantations or have ss-
cured employment other than planta-
tation work.
have been forgotten and it is expect
ed that before that time there will be
no such useful article as a strikebreaN-
er in operation.
Nearly 1000 strikebreakers, during
the last two mouths and more, have
daily been going down to Waipahu and
Aiea.
This morning there were three or
four hundred less than the ordinary
number; but 1900 strikebreakers GO
ing to work.
The beginning in decrease of strike
breakers is the sufest sign of the ac-
tual end of the strike
AS exclusively announced in The
Star, last week, the Higher Wage AS
sociation is reorganizing as labor
union, with the same officers, and
with practically the same objects in
view under a new name for the cause.
The Japanese newspapers favoring
the strike movement undertake to
make much of this reorganization,
praisfng the movers in the new idea
and giving them great credit for the
latest development, development
which comes nearer being an attempt
at graceful recapitulation than the es-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-09

tablishment of any new organization.
EFFECT ON ROAD WORK.
Now that the strike is ending the
City and County is benefiting in the
matter of work on the public roads, tor
the $1.5O a day proposition, payable
daily took from the army of road work
ers many men who preferred to be paid
by the day than by the month Now
that less strikebreakers are needed,
some of those who are dropped are
going back to road work, in which they
are proficient, and the road department
is therefore dropping green workers
from the payrolls.
STRIKEBREAKING AGENTS.
There is at least one corps of en-
ployes which will rejoice at the ter
mination of the strike, and that Is
the clerks whose business it is to pay
off the strikebreakers. They have
been working at al hours mad fire.
quently have suffered for lack of sleep.
Rushed in automobiles to the scene
of working or busily engaged in the
Office of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters,
counting out silver dollars and silver
half dollars, they have more than earn
ed their money.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-09

SToCkHOLM August 9The Farmers
appeal to the general public
ready to be reaped and which will otherwise be
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-09
ATCHERLEY
TO Be OUT
IN YEAR
IN THAT TIME WILL BE WEANED
OF DOPE AND SANE AGAIN.

DR.. Atcherley will be out of the asy-
lum for the insane in less than year
if DR.. Petersons system of breaking
the paranoeic patient of the drug habit
is persisted in.
This is the opinion of those who
have Atcherley's case under supervi-
sion.
Atcherley has become, in years, the
victim of cocaine and opium, allegedly
through desire to relieve the pain
caused by an abscess in an car.
BY gradual reduction of opium and
cocaine it is hoped to break the af-
flicted physician of the use of these
drugs. 1t is even contended by certain
physicians in Honolulu that the ear
trouble Is not a legitimate EXCISE for
the use of dope.
With the cure of the drug habit, if
it can be affected and if the physique
Of the patient will endure the wean-
ing. the paranoeic tendencies will be
eradicated and Dr. Atcherley will
cease to believe in voices from the
sewer and in ghostly telephone calls.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-09
JAPAN REFUSES China MORE TIME
ARE
STILL BEING USED

None of the strike breakers have
been called off the job" said r.
d. Mead of the Planters Associa-
ton today. Tie main reason why
less were used today was that many
of the men employed had work on
the waterfront, with the Siberia in
port till yesterday morning, and con
sequently did not show up Monday
has always been small day in num-
ber of applicants for work.
we have not called off any of the
strike breakers, and we used those
who applied this morning. That
there were several hundred less to.
day was due solely to extra work on
the water front,-and Monday morn
ing"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-09
HAMAKUA
DITCH WORK
EIGHT HUNDRED MEN RUSHING
IRRIGATION SCHEME THROUGH
IN FAST TIME.

With eigh; hundred men at work
the dirt on The new ,Hamakua ditch is
being maic to fly in even better shape
than was anticipated by the promoters
of the big task. Over 102O0 feet of
tunnels has been completed in the
mountain section alone and IN addition
to this 100 feet of tunneling in the
open country has been placed out OF
the way
In the Kukuihaele section the open
ditch work has been practically COM
pleted and the concrete work is be-
ing commenced. The new feature in
this line is that all the concrete will
be reinforced with wire mesh, some
thing which has never been done with
the concrete ditch Innings in this Ter
ritory before
The work on the Paauhau section
of the job was only started about six
weeks ago but has been pushed ahead
so fast that 31O0 feet of the open ditch
has been dug while 900 feet of the
tunneling has been finished In the
Honokaa section but six miles of the
open ditch remains to be dug.
w. G.. Irwin, who owns a large in
terest in the Paauhau plantation is
now making an inspection trip over
the work and is said to be very enthu-
siastic over what is being Gone. The
added water which the work viii bring
to Paauhau will mean a great deal to
the future of the plantation.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-09

Fine Job Printing Star ONCE.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-09
NECORO TALKS OF
POETIC INSPIRATION
JUROR YARICK DoCKED LAST " ABSENCE
ON FRIDAY DUE TO INToXlCA TON DENIES
RESPONSIBILITY NFLAM MAToRY MATTER FROM OUTSIDE
ORGANIZATIONS NPPU JlJl-C1A1Ms OVERSIGHT

That is poetic the witness an
swered, 1t was in the funny col
umn. 1t is addressed in japanese lam
guage for Japanese readers.
Il am speaking tor the Jill. These
articles did not call for violence"
Was it not part of the conspi-
racy,' Kinney proceeded to ask, Ito
have these associations on the surface
not connected with you, so that if
they did anything unlawful you could
not be held responsible?"
Lightfoot's objection to the word
conspiracy, on the ground that CON
spiracy had not been proved, was sus-
tained and Kinney substituted the
phrase plan of the Higher Wage AS
sociation" for your conspiracy"
Negoro answered by quoting por-
tions of the six rules adopted at
mass meeting at the Japanese Y. M.
c. A. hall. Asked if there was no
check on the part of members upon
the actions of the officers, Negoro told
about very informal mode of delib-
Grafton pursued by the members of
the executive committee. There were
minutes of the transactions in a book,
but the meetings would perhaps be a
casual coming together of Maxine and
himself on the street. When formal
meetings were held all of the commit
tee Of twenty might not be present,
but outsiders were permitted to come
in and listen. The officers were rec
ognized as the executive committee.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-09
GREECE STANDS
FIRM IN CRETE
BERLIN August 9t is stated that
Crete and has Turkey regard to the matter
MANY DEATHS IN
CHINESE CITY

Annoy China August 9Dung past been
hundred and three deaths plague cholera
in this city. - - ~
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-09

by all dealers, Benson Smith & Co.
agents for Hawaii
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-09

DON'T IGNORE SLIGHT INJURIES.
Don't neglect giving every cut,
wound or bruise prompt attention.
Blood poison may appear and an ugly
scar or even the loss of a limb result.
Chamberlains Pain Balm is an aitis-
septic, heals the wound rapidly and all
danger is avoided by its use. For sale
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-09
NAKAMURA
RGARRESpED

Nakamura, who was acquitted in
the Federal court the other day, to
the surprise of District Attorney Brec-
kons, upon his trial for unlawfully
importing women, was arrested today
on warrant charging him with per-
jury committed while testfying on
his own behalf in that case. He will
be brought before a United states
commissioner for examination this ar
ternoon or tomorrow morning.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-09
NEW RICE MILL.

The X. Yamamoto Rice Mill is the
largest as we'll as the finest in the
islands. All the machinery is of the
very latest pattern. The famous
Tengu Rice is cleaned at this mill.
With the large cleaning capacity they
are able to handle considerate outside
wortk.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-09
SALE NEARLY PAU.

The grand clearance sale at Sachs
lasts only a few days longer If you
have not taken advantage of the mar
velous bargains offered, do not fail to
do so during the last days of the
sale.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-09
QUICK ANSWER TO
FOR MORE
NEGOTIATIONS
DISPUTED RAILROAD
WILL Be BUILT
(ASsociated Press Cable to The StnrN

TOXIC August 9Ihe end of the controversy China
Japan the reconstruction
entity been reached China asked
present while further governments were
being carried Japan's
one in which the negotiations had result is
that China virtually has conceded should be
out
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-10-11
Who Supports the VIE?

Rev. Anna Howard Shaw ali Mrs.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman J. 4! n g..
bate the other day in New ok the
question being, DO husband s,inp?rt
their wives?" Rev. Anna Saaw ga
that. they do not. but that IN this
semi-civilized country in Sc - i,
states the title to the child cn rci.a
not in the mother, but in the rath,"
Women can not legally poss ?ys th2.r
own children nor own their e o.h,,i.
me more work woman does the .n...j
her husband gives her. Mrs. C.im.a
said that If 4 stenographer rarnin.
$40 week married All invaliI and he
stayed homc and did the wcr..: while
she made the money, people wcwF4
sf.y she supported him, and logically
the wife doi1,S tie same thing wn:
supported TIL, audience, .howeyc..,
voted in favor of the propositions of
DR.. Shaw. -
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-10-11
The SeaguII and the FIshern,an

In the fishing village of Auchmitbic
scotland, you may frequently witnc S.
seagulls. flying into the houses Of tha
lishermen and partaking of fooJ rro9,
their hands. One of these sea birds
was In the habit of staying in a fisher
mans house all the year round e>,
cept at the breeding season. when :.
left. Once while the gull was ava,
the fisherman removed his homo SOM.
tnree and half miles from the form,
er place. The fisherman never e,
pected to- see his old friend, tho se1,li.
again. 1t was, therefore, much to his
astonishment that he beheld one Sun.
day the sea bird come walking into
MS new residence with stately steps
to resume HIS old familiarities and
ways.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-10-11
a Crave But a House

Is grave digger a builder? IS. he.
mechanic? If not, what in the die.
tionarE of the labor unions is he?
Ihe grave diggers have inaGe an ON
deaVor 10 join the building trades.
council Of Greater New York, and bayn.
Deen denied. The last home of man IL
not a house, say the builders, The
grave makers say that rs they dig In
l!c earth, 'hCy should be classed with
IRE MAa WHO make cellars, who have
h'%N %".'..''od TO he unions of the
t.i;"";l!:5. iralcs. TIC failure of this
'si;:e 80 pointed out by the builders:
,.'. 2Ele can live in cellars and in
i'4,'-ei o'er tie cellar, ebut never in or
1tc/ the Graves.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-10-11
f'.:.t
TEE VCUH1 MAN GOULD TALK
10 the ChsGri1 of Two Who Thoughts
Flo Was a Deaf Elute.'

1t isn't always scfc to trust appelr.
aEces, rs two young women learned 80
thelr 'chagrin on a trolley trip.
TWO other young women {, with Il
man between them were seated Oh the
opposite side of the car They were
:. silent three; the young women and
ING man, but they talked excitedly-
win their fingers. Deaf mutes. evil
oont!y, the ether young women
t"otsht, and after they had got a little
uSSd TO the novelty they began to talk
out loud about the young man and his
companions. 80. a..
isn't 1t a pity" said one, that such
NICE young man should be deaf and
CHmJ?"
The other agreed audibly. and the
talK went on. AS is the way with the
sex. there was little commiseration
iof the young women afflicted as tne
Young man was.
inc young man got his revenge for
nllnsef and his friends. Arriving IF
the point he Wished to embark. rc
raised his hand to the conductor AMI
said in loud voice:
STOP at - street, please"
'.lEe young women who trusted to
appearances looked mighty sheeplsh
as the three left the car. The yor,g
man wasn't deaf and dumb at all.
His companions were. and he was sim.
ply talking TO them in thei; own lam
gnage.