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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-28

An ola colonel went down into Ar
kansas a great deal when the railroads
were building through there to Texas.
He was not a sweettempered man. and
what he thought Of Arkansas he was
not soft to remark. One day he was
particularly abusing the State, its mos
quitoes. bugs, and myriad pests. 1t was
a little too strong for the natives and
one Of them retorted: '|Don t see why
vuh cain stand it. We live down
hvar all right. - Do you call it livin
down here all right to set aroun' an ;
slap bugs all dav3' the colonel re
torted. "Don t slap bugs all day, =
the native answered. eyes you do,
too. III bet s. you can t set there
where you are five minutes with your
hands folded in your lap It was a
bet. and the colonel moved around be
hind the native as that worthy under
took the ordeal, There were a few
bugs Of one kind and another, but the
colonel placed his reliance upon some
thing that was easier calculated to
make an impression. Standing where
his adversary could not observe him. he
took a small sun glass from His pocket
and focused its beam upon the back of
the natives neck. 1t was not very
long until the red hair on the neck
began to curl up and smoke. and after
about two minutes and a half the vel
low skin began to squirm The native
-ri-ted his teeth and stood Il for three
minutes and a half. Then he spoke
- Colonel he said, "Ah don want
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-28
TALKED TOO MUCH
AND TOO PLAINLY

LONDON, July "a young Arleri-
can girl who was walking in the
geological gardens of Berlin few days
ago received an unpleasant surprise.
She happened to pass the following I'M
complimentary remark about the per
sonaI appearance of young woman
and her companion who passed by:
- suppose they are frumps Ct Ger
man aristocrats.
To her establishment, shortly after
ward a policeman came up and asked
for her address. Next day she re
ceiyed a polite invitation to leave Ger
many. One Of the women she had
called frumps was the kaiser's daugh
ter. Princess Victoria Louisa, who I'M
derstands and speaks English thor
oughly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-28
PRESIDENT TAFT AND THE
PARTY WORK tie WOULD DO
Is Resting Now, but Expects to Lead the Fight
for Republican Senate and House
for Next Congress. !

. ate and Republican house Of represen-
tatives during the last two wears Of
his term to help him obtain this legis-
lation. He has some hopes Of further
tariff legislation, if the reports of the
tariff board, whose members are hard
at work investigating and analvzing
the present law, indicate that there
should be a modification Of some Of
the schedules.
There is yet much to do in legisla-
ton to carry out the Pres dent 5 con,
servation plans. The coal, petroleum,
phosphate, and water power sites are
secure from the encroachments of sell
fish corporations. The next step must
be to provide for the development of
these resources under government su-
peryisiOn.
\ considerable body of laws must
be enacted to that end. The President
viii want congress during the next two
years to frame and vote those laws
The work can not possibly be done at
the short session of congress next win
ter. It viii fall normally to the Sixty
second Congress which will assemble in
December, 1912 There are further
railroad regulations by the federal GOV
eminent to be worked out The Presi-
dent wants some supervision over the
issue of stocks and bonds. He already
has a commission at work investigating
employees liability
These are all matters in which there
is popular interest and the people viii
be asked to give the President a Re
publican congress. 50 that he can work
expcditiouslv in his legislative plans
All this in detail viii be advanced as
material for consideration by the vot-
ers, when the campaign gets well under
r-.lH- IN tho o. rlt- l11f11lnn
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-28
BY Ernest G.. Walker.
,Iail Special to The AdvertiSer.D

MaI special to The AtVertlSer}
BEVERLY. July 5.-It is arranged
that the President viii spend the last
half Of July on water. sailing aboard
the Mayfower Before he left Wash
ington there was talk of taking a ten
days cruise from Beverly to Bar Har-
Dor and spending two or three days
at that fashionable resort. That would
mean an abstention from the political
controversies of the hour. but in any
event it IS quite certain that the Presi-
dent viii bear no hand in purely party
matters for the present.
He feels like assuming a dignifed at
titude in the matter. The work he
planned for congress to do was dispos
ed Of in manner very satisfactory for
him. 1t has been widely discussed in
the newspapers. \ correct impression
Of this big feature Of the first year
Of his administration is permeating
among the masses. The President Is
very content that this work of popular
education should proceed along natural
lines during the heated term, when,
normally, people are averse to plunging
into the thick of politics.
Right on top Of the work of con
gress.- the President has put into mo-
ton several forces in behalf of the
conservation policy. He has started the
reclamation work vigorously, under the
provisions Of the law, authorizing an
issue of $4,000, 600 Of treasury certii-
Gates. He has moved expedjtiously
under the provisions Of the withdrawal
law and set aside about 100000
acres of the public domain, on which
there are valuable power sites, deposits
Of phosphate, coal, and petroleum, be
sides unnumbered acres of valuable coal
lands in Alaska.
One can not easily overestimate the
Importance Of these Withdrawals. The
lands on which powersites and phos>
pilates are located were withdrawn by
President Roosevelt. as were some of
the lands containing coal and petro-
Ieum. But, as has been stated many
times. President Taft doubted the legal
ity of the Roosevelt Withdrawals and
obtained special act of congress to
authorize them. SO now there is no
doubt whatever of the legality of the
acts or that the vast natural resources
upon these lands are conserved to the
use of the people. In addition to the
lands that President Roosevelt with
drew, are about 10000, 600 acres of coal
and Ignite lands in North and South
Dakota, which President Taft has
withdrawn on his own initiative.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-28

from I! m platform covered with turf sne-
cjaIIy imported from Cork. ~
I i tod Of Napoleon Ill, too, sstbe
I: Of destiny" that he carried with
I'lf everywhere in exile, as a sort Of
mascot sod of French earth that
ne n3d dug Up with a pocketknife from
reid near Eoulogne in 1870
III lSoo' again, Garibaldi. the Italian
P 20 harangued at MARSHA. in Sci
~ ms ragged and hungry. but brave
ana enthusiastic volunteers while stand.
ing on some soil which had hean
drought over from Genoa in the khan
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-28
BITS OF EARTH AS MAsC0TS

\ small piece Of Ireland was recently
shipped to America in order that presi.
dent Taft might deliver his St. Pat
rick 5 day address standing on Irish
sol, The idea IS picturesque, says
Pearson $ Weekly, but not quite 50
novel as might be imagined. for as lone
ago as the year 1888 the notorious
Fenian O'DOnovan Rosa delivered a
speech against England at PHILADELPHIA
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-28
What Roosevelt Could Do.

Colonel Roosevelt has done much be
vond question to appease the insurgent
wing and if he is ready to call upon
them to join in support of the party,
help elect Republican house of repre-
sentatives. and carry the party banner
to victory in the States-and it Is be
leved this is Just what Colonel Roose-
welt will d0-there viii be harmonious
forward movement. BY September.
when the campaign should really begin.
the Republicans viii be in something
like their Oldtime form.
One should not assume for 4 moment
that the President purposes to surren-
der by one jot or little his position as
party leader He viii welcome the co
operation Of ex President Roosevelt.
ANY service the EXPIRES dent can rem
der 10 further the prospects of No
vembcr victory will be encouraged from
Beverly
But the President is not Unm ndful
Of his own re-pons5 hilltv to the party
and to the country and he viii not sit
back and surrender il to any other Re
publican. His record in Office for the
last six months warrants him in call
ing upon the country for cordial sup
port. At the right time the appeal
to sust2in his administration al the
polls viii he made and should meet
with 4 generous response.
Wants Responsive Congress.
The President has other legislation
in MIND He wants Rnnuh7fcan som
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-28
Wants Responsive Congress

The President has other legislation
IN mud. He wants a Republican sen
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-28

sack Of one Of his followers ,.s,r, .
Then there was the well .s.o.is s..
of Sir Henry Hayes, a pa'. .rsn;por n
Sheriff Of Cork, who was ). IN rsisse'
to Australia as a confN::, ,,,orti :
made a fortune there, and lur xh,l !
entire shipload of lrlsh esi AM s1'
spread an over his beaa'A
near sydney.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-28
Can Get to Work.

When he is ready to take up political
questions. the situation viii be ripper
than it is now. BY August, Colonel
Roosevelt will have completed his Oys-
ter Bay conferences, or at best the
major portion Of them. President TAFT
can then take up the work that belongs
to him as the leader Of the party. He
should be able TO to 50 without any
appearance of rivalry with the distin-
guished citizen of Oyster Bay.
1t IS the opinion that during August
President Taft VIII have conferences at
Beverly with many Republican man
ayers in the various States. He will
have conference chiefly with the rcgu-
lars. the same men he depended upon
in Washington TO help him put through
his legislative program. His prestige
as a President, who accompljshes what
he promises. win then be more general
" understood The hostility of the
West should be softened by that time.
Many erstwhiIe critics in that great
section should be disposed TO be
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-28
Please Reclamationists.

These steps on his part must prove
acceptable to the ardent conservation
lists and alike to the people in the West.
BY these acts the President rounds out
his preliminary work of conservation
in the face Of criticism that he was not
the true friend of. conservation. His
friends feel that he can well rest on
these laureIs during the month of July
and allow the news of the vast work
he has done to reach the people IN
many States and be discussed by them.
This process can but inure to his ad-
vantage.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17
HAD MISSED IT A NICKEL
But self-sscrifcing Little Ones Left the Store with the Coveted
 Plant

Two little girls entered a florist shop. So near each other in size were they they would have been taken for twins They had 20 eents--10 cents apiece-and with this srm saved from pennies for some time back they were gofn- to buy a plant for mamma One stepped out little in advance oi she other when the door closed behind them. The other was shy, looking tim idly but confidently at her sister The woman in charge Of the small shop looked up as the two mites of human Ety paused in front of her
 'WeH?T she said encouragingly.
 We want to buy a plant said the little spokeswcman Then she added In order to avoid later embarrassment the cheapest one you've got
 ~Ah.v said the florist. going 10 the window. here is a nice little plant for g cents"
 The little sister turned quickly to she other, but stIll smiling brayely.
 "Baby. we've just missed f. a nickel she said
 Yet not three minutes later they is- sued from the shop bearing the plant between them, and as the woman dc posited the two silver dimes in the cash drawer her eyes must have caught their gleam. for there was something shining there.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17
ASWOPE EGRANDJURY
KANSAS CITY CRIMINAL JUDGE
 ISSUES ORDER FOR INvEsTE CATION OF ENTIRE CASE.
4 WARRANT FOR DOCTOR HYDE
The 12 Mer so Begin Their Work of Trying to UnrsyeI the Mysteries of the Aged Mans Death on Saturday Morning.

Kansas City. Feb If--At 3 o'clock Saturday morning l2 men will plunge into the tangled web of sickness. death. poison. chemists analyses. coru. ner's Inquest ana all the other events ln the drama-~The Mystery of the swope Home~
 The order directing Joel B. Mayea, county marshal, to summons 13 men to serve as grand jurors at 30 o'clock The call for a grand jury 10 consider the 5wope case and such other matters as may be called to its attention, vas made at the urgent re quest of Virgil Conkling. county prose cutor.
 The delay ia the taking of deposi' tions ln the civil suits filed by pr. B. Clark Hyde, from which MT. Conkling expected to obtain much information; the developments at the coroner's in. quest and the desire to obtain Informa- ton which only a grand jury or a trial can bring out. prompted MT. cankling to ask Judge Latahaw to call the grand jury.
 "Mr conkllng urged that it was a case without a parallel in it's phases and he desired the assistance of q grand jury" Judge Latshaw said. T shall not withhold any of the means at my command to aid Tn the solution of the mystery which has attracted the attention of the whole country"
 IL was made clear that the grand jury was not to be called to consider alone the death of Col Thomas Swope, but the death of Craftsman swope and all the other mysteries which have puzzled the county prosecutors office and all others who have been engaged in the investigation. The coroner's in quest inquired only Into the death of Col Swope
 The province of the grand jury is greater than even a trial court in go ing Into all the manifestations of a case of thia character. All kinds ot testimony can be introduced that Will tend ia any way to throw aay light on the case--testimony which could not be brought out in the trial of a case because of the technical objections placed in the way by one side or an other
 The prosecuting attorney has an nounced that a warrant would be is- sued immediately for the arrest oi Dr. 3. C. Hyde. The formal com plaint, charging first degree murder, was signed by John c. Paxton. one oi the executors of the Swope estate Mr. Paxton also will swear out the warrant. The prosecutor announced that the arrest would not interfere tn any way with the grand iury investt gation. The plan is 10 have Dr. Hyde released on bond and continue his preliminary hearing from time to time on the murder charge. until the grand jury concludes it's inquiry.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17
TRAIN OFF A HIGH TRESTLE
Conductor Killed and 27 Persons In Iurec In Rock island Wreck
 Near St. Louis.

St. Louis, Feb. 10-Conduetor James B. Reach of St. Louis was killed and 27 persons injured when part of Rock Island train No. 2s from Kansas City. due here at 7:s5 o'clock in the morn ing, fell from a trestIe near Union, 50 miles west of St Louis.
 The trestle Is 50 feet high, and all cars which went to the bottom of the ravine were reduced to debris except the steel day coach. Twenty-seyen passengers In the day coach were in iured- It is believed none will die.
 Conductor James D. Reach was crushed 10 death by safe when the baggage car turned over in it's drop.
 The four Pullman cars, one of which was partly pulled from the rails be fore the coupler attaching it to the day coach broke, remained on the bridge.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17
THE CHICKEN AND TIE CAR
Net to Speak of tire Pony, the roo0's' the Collie and Others W1o ~sFe
 in the MixuP.

A sort of house-that-Jack- built motor csse is reported in the Green Bag h says that as q motor car was pass'as quietly through a village in We" f-i's- land chicken pursued by a eau s'e- denly crossed the road just in front of the automobile
 The sudden dash of the chicken and cat startled a pony. driven by two ii0- tie girls. one of whom had a poodle lh her lap. The poodle jumped our TO give chase to the cat and fell on the road right in front of the car, causing it's driver to pull ID suddenly
 Just as this happened a collie travel ing with it's mistress in the car leaped out and chased the poodle, which frightened the pony so that t bolted toward the ear. Seeing this, tAe chauffeur drove toward the gutter nur as the dogs were fighting there had to take another course. eolliding finally with a stone wall and totally WreeElng the machine.
 The owner of the car brought an ac- ton for damages against the owner of the chicken, claiming that It was fe- sponsible for the damage In giving Judgment the court argued that there was no doubt as to the chicken having been the proximate cause of the acel- dent, for had 1t not crossed the road the cat would not have scared tne pony. had the pony not been scared the poodle would not have got out of the pony trap, had the poodle not done 90 the automobile would not have stopped and the collie and the poodle would not have been m the gutter; had the collie and poodle not been in the gutter the cat would not have hung round to see things through: had the cat not remained on the scene the chicken would not nave been trying to scale the wall, and had the chicken not been trying to do this the chauffeur would have kept his nerve and saved the machine from ac' cident.
 Yet though the chicken caused the accident the chickens act was not ID itself violent or dangerous. This chicken would doubtless have made a tender broiler; it was gentle and ia' offensive, and not being feras natarae it's destruction of the automobile was unconscious and free from malice Therefore the chicken not having ex ceeded it's common law rights the ac ion could not be maintained and ludg ment was accordingly entered for the defendant.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17
JAPANESE A MENACE IN HAWAII
4 Kansas Woman From Honolulu Talks Of What May Happen
 In the Near Future.

Topeka. Feb 11.-eIn about ten years the Japs will be ruling the Hawaiian islands" is the declaration of Mrs. J. " Kershner, a Kansas woman who lives in Honolulu, but who is here visiting her parents.
 Every Japanese boy who has been born on the islands will be given the righ so vote as soon as he is 21. At present the Japanese have not the franchise There is none of the age mentioned who have been born on the islands since the annexation. but wait. That race now outnumbers the Ameri- cans seven to one-and wssn they get political power they win elect all of their own people to office.
 "it Is hard to tell what will happen 10 the Americans when that time --
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17
THE SWOPE VERDICT.
coRoNER's JURY FINDS KANsAa CITY MILLIONAIRE CAME TO
 HIS DEATH BY POISON
ADMINISTERED BY DR. 3. C. HYDE
The Jury, However, Were unable ta Say Whether the Intent Was Felon. Ious-Dr. 4yde's Attorneys Refused to Allow Him to Testify.

independence, Mo. Feb. 10,-fnto a small cioakroom adjoining the main courtroom six men of IndeDendednee, business men of acumen, walked at noon to decide whether or not Col. Thomas Hunton SwoDe died by nat uraI causes, or by accident or by de sign.
 It was a dramatic end to a dramatic morning--the finish of the inquest at noon. Even at the beginning of things there came q renewal of the interest ln the testimony of Miss Pearl Kellar. called back to tell of the symptoms displayed when Col. Swope died. And then following closely, with every mo ment tense, every word spoken, one that had a spectacular meaning, the attorneys for pr. Bonnet Clark Hyde announced that they refused to allow him to testify. Insistence followed on the part of the coroner. almost angry words on the part of the prose, cutting attorney. but still the refusal remained and Dr Hyde was silent
 Just as the hands of the clock ap- preached the line which marks the monday Dr. Zwart left his seat and addressed the crowded courtroom
 "IS there here" he asked. "any man who can tell us anything that will add to the inquiry into the death of Thomas H. 5wope2"
 The answer was silence, absolute sl' lenee, that became deeper as the sec onds passed.
 Then there came moments pause as virgil Conkling. prosecuting atror- ney, Frank P, Walsh, John Lucas. John M. Cleary and William T. Johnson, attorneys for Dr. B. C. Hyde. went out of the room for conference that had as It's object the testimony of Dr. Hyde. Again Mir. Conkling endeavored to show the attorneys that they should send Dr. Hyde to the witness stand Again they refused, and then they all went back into the courtroom
 The coroner's jury returned their yer diet at f2.57 D m. saying:
 Colonel 5wope came to hls death by reason of strychnine administered In s capsule by Dr. B. c. Hyde. but whether by felonious intent or not we the jury, are unable to say"
 After the verdict. Prosecutor Conk ling said he had nothing to say at this time as to the course of his office.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17
porles ln sehooI of sharks

Ships coming 10 port from No Nam Land bring reports of schools of rap enous sharks that infest the ocean ad Iacent to Martha's Vineyard.
 Members of the crew of the nshins schooner Priscilla, Capt. Fred De Wolf, declare that fishermen in the Priscillas dorieS had battle with a school of sharks that tried 10 overturn the boats.
 4 critical moment came when the sharks rushed on the dories from several ways at once The boats were kept upright with great difficulty. Some Of the sharks leaped from the water as f to view what was in the boats In the rush three of the biggest sharks became engaged in a battle among themselves. an opportunity which the fishermen took to TOW hastily to the schooner. One of the sharks, it is said. was more than IS feet long, Boston Herald.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17
ABOUT THE ART OF KISSING
Writer Calls praetics s Folly, but Fs Is Not Likely seoH Go Be
 Abolished.

Why do people kisa2 The act itself Is ridiculous as a spectacle and unsat- lsfying aa an amusement Its sole physical accompaniment is a feeling of mTocation. and on the psychic side lt is frequently embarrassing. partic- aIariy II an unsuspected audience re v@als itself. say. by satiric whoopa and catcaHs. It has none of the charm of other pleasures. such as solfeggio, eat ing and automobiIing. for example. wissing will neither build up the inaemic nor soother the neurasthenic.
 But still 1t thrives, and no ieremiads on its periIs will ever work it's aboli- aon. The man who makes a practice 0r kissing the fair sex Is man at tracted rather than repeIled by dan ger He knows that every kias he steals is full of fearful hazards. The girl herself may black his eye. stab him with a hatpin CT call for the DO lice, and then again she may choose to regard his idle favor as an offer of marriage. and accept him before hs can escape. Yet again. her father or brothers, detecting him with his arm around her neck and his eyes gazing Into her forehead, may rush in and hail him as a relative, touching him for small loans, calling him by hia arst name and seszing extensively upon all the other familiarities which relatives-in-law affect. Finally, the mother of the girl may knit him pulse warmers and send him amateur remedies for his rheumatism and red nose. and her little sisters may giggIs every time they see him. .--Baltimors guu-