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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-16

Princeton, New Jersey.-Represen-
alive Samuel Mccall of Massachu'
sets is being considered for the presi-
dency of Princeton university. accord.
ing To a report here. Mr.. Mccall de.
clined the presidency of Dartmouth.
his alma mater, in 1909 Congressman
Joseph II. Gaines of West Virginia,
prominent Princeton graduate. is said
to be one of the chief sponsors for
Mccall
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-16

Queen Mary decides at the last min
ate against hobbies. elbow sleeves and
sollarless afternoon gowns The Amer.
lean peeress division Is peevish.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-16
Launch capsizes: -Four Drown.

ST. Louis, Mo. Four men were
drowned and three rescued from a
similar fate when a gasoline launch
capsized in the Mississippi river here.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-16

A census Of the hens in Ireland
shows 100000 present Soon the
old reliable potato will begin TO be
Jealous of the upstart egg.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-16

Some men seem to delight in start
ing a bonfire In the back yard Just
after the next-door neighbor has hung
out her washing on the line.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-16

There is also a shortage Of farm la
Dor in Austria. though the cities are
growing. The bright lights attract
regardless OF nationality.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-16

Among the years divorces are TO be
foung some Of last years romances.
The latter seldom last over that
time.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-16
New Gold Strike In Alaska.

Nome. Alaska.-A rich gold strike
on the beaches of Klery creek, in the
Squirrel river country. is reported
here.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-16

Taxicab prices in New York are go
ing up. but fortunately Joy riding Is
not one Of the necessities Of life.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-16

Hereafter teach the children that
he year has three seasons-summer.
autumn and winter.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-16

When you are right don't argue.
Somebody will be sure TO get the i'm
preston that you are wrong.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-16

The trouble with Luther Burbank's
Hrawberries Is they do not taste like
strawberries.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-16

against rouge is a terrible blow to
some lovely compilations.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-16

Notwithstanding 1t is 20 yards long.
Queen Mary's coronation train will
run In one section only.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-16

Silly mad dog scares are q little
backward this year.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-16

A woman paid $50 long distance tel
sphone charges to talk to a parrot
40, one with feathers.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-16

These be the days when the most
Uncertain thing in life is the sure tip
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-16

A baby, 1t is reported. has actually
been born on Fifth avenue. New York.
Il has $4,000. 900 a coming.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-16

New Yorw proposes to beautify its
skyscrapers. Might try some Of the
modern millinery.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-16
Russian Ferry Sinks: 40 Drown,

St. Petersburg. Russia. - The sink
ing of an oyercrowded ferry boat on
the Volga near Uglitch 10 reported.
Thirty persons were drowned.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-25
TO CONSIDER
The WHARVES

AT the meeting of the Board of Har-
Dor commissioners at $3.50 o'clock to.
morrow afternoon there will probably
be a large attendance of business men
and Shippers present, in response to
an invitation of the board The men,
bers of the commission will meet at 2
o'clock and transact routine matters
Of business for the half hour before
The general meeting convenes. The
meeting will be held in the Senate
chamber al the capitol.
The object of this meeting is to en-
able tho board to get in touch with
the sentiments Of the local business
men on the matter of harbor improve
ments and shipping regulations. 1t is
The first of a series of meetings which
will he held by the board in various
island ports, it being the intention Of
the members soon to start on a tour
of the islands to look into harbor mat
ters.
Inc DOdIu u6lu du lHlOl iudl luSeL-
ing during lunch hour yesterday with
representatives of the Oahu Railway
and Land Company, with reference to
securing uniformity to wharf regula-
tons. At the present time there has
not been a complete uniformity be-
tween privately owned wharves and
public wharves, in the matter of wharf
charges, storage, etc. and this has led
to some difficulties. 1t is understood
that the railroad company expresses
willingness to cooperate with the
board in every way possible.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-25
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL
Paragraphs That GIVE Condensed
News Of the DAY.

A fine line OF basenaITs, bats and
tennis goods at Wall, Nichols Com
pany, Ltd.
The Pacific Restaurant will shortly
be ready for business at King street
near Nuuanu. Everything will be
new, clean and frst-class.
A man with a savings account is a
man with an easy mind. Savings de-
posits in the Bank of Hawaii earn in
terest at four and one-half per cent,
compounded semi-aunually.
The S. S. Lurline arriving tomorrow
morning will bring Henry May & Co
Ltd, fresh California Fruits and
Vegetables in season and Puritan
Creamery Butter Telephone 1871.
The Office OF the Wireless is open
every night until eleven for the re
reipt of ships messages. Ring up
1574 and telephone your message
The Waialae, Kaimuki and Palolc
Improvement Club will hold a special
meeting tomorrow night at the resi-
6ence of e, H, Boyen. Waialae road
and Ninth avenue.
Levers 6. Cooke, Ltd, III South
King street have placed on eXhibi
ton in their wallpaper room the two
large shipments Of foreign and domes
tie wall paper just received.
Governor Frear stated yesterday
that the Territory will probably take
ii number Of the Kau homestead cases
ilto the courts, for q determination o
some of the general questions which
apply to most Of the applicants TO
patents, whose good faith in fulhllinl
me conditions of their agreements ha
been questioned. Quite a number o
these applications are now being he'll
up, and it is hoped to get some iud
cial light on them which will also b
helpful in future cases which ma
arise
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-25
EVER SHOCKED BY FlsH2

A recent addition to the Division OF
Fishes in the new National Museum in
Washington has proved one of the
most interesting specimens in the en-
tire collection. 1t is the electric ray,
known in the language Of the scient-
ist as the narcine brasilienss, harm
less as to name, but capable Of re-
peIling its enemies dn manner pecu-
lilrly it's own. which gives it its com
mon title OF the torpedo" fish.
The electric ray is of skate variety,
with a broad, fiat, nearly oval head
and body, and a caudal aDpendaga
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-25

BERKELEY, July 1I.-HXperiments
to determine whether sugar cane can
be successfully raised in this state,
with a view to the organization OF the
industry on a commercial basis, have
been started this year under the direc-
ton of Walter E. Packard and ]. +.
Colt of the agricultural experiment
station at El Centre, in the Imperial
Valley, according to a report received
here today.
The sugar cane, or ribbon cane, has
been tried out in a small scale, and,
according to Packard, has proved sat
isfactory The primary tests have
been made with what is known as
Florida cane, the method of planting
being the system used in the South
by planting the eyes or joints The
sugar content from cane grown in the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-25

e. Benson, a well known man about
town. went to the police station today
and related tale of woe. At first he
didn't know whether he wanted to
bring a breach of promise suit or have
warrant issued He decided on the
latter, however, and accordingly one
Usiwalla, a comely Japanese woman,
is locked up on a charge of gross
cheat,
Benson alleges that the Oriental
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-25
VIEW ADVERTISEMENTS,
THE WEATHER.

Local Office, U. S Weather Bureau,
Tuesday, July %, 1911.
Temperature, Y a. nj; 8 a. m; 10
a m; and morning minimum:
"A, IS, 81, ST, n.
Barometer rzagrns. Absolute hui
mildly Cgrains per cubic foot; rela-
tive humidity and dew point at a. m:
1895, G.166, 60, 63.
Wilma verocTr. ano direction at a,
m; 8 a. M; 10 a. m; and noon;
4NE, 5E, re. 7NE.
Rainran curing "a hours ending y
a m, .Ol rainfall.
Total wTnu movement during 2i
hours ending at noon, 151 miles.
WIN. Is. sTOCKMAN,
Section Director.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-25

on file, Mr. Dowsett says, some for
the corner store, some for whole store
and some for half store spaces. When
the completion of the interior is
further advanced, and not before,
these applications will be considered
and their respective fates determined.
In the meantime, in view of the
varied demands, the erection of parti-
lions will be deferred until other fin
ishing is done, such as putting in win
dows and main doors.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-25
CROSS CHEAT OR BREACH OF PROMISE

charmer pretended she loved him and
to marry him, and on the
strength of these loving tender asser-
lions did obtain from him a ring and
money to the value of six dollars.
Just how Usiwalla proposed to Ben
son is a mystery, considering that she
can hardly speak word of English.
Six warrants for assault and battery
were issued this morning and there
are several more in sight.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-25

WASHINGTON, July 9.-Senator
Burton, or Ohio, in an interview today
expressed the opinion that one of the
chief issues which is making, in the
estimation of political diagnosticians,
for the almost certain reelection OF
President Taft is the growing belief
that reciprocity will be a direct bene.
fit to the masses.
AS the time grows nearer when the
agreement, will, it is believed, be put
into effect the impression, oven among
the Democrats, is that Mr. Taft is more
fully appreciated by the people and his
administration regarded as one which
has justified itself.
Some of the Presidents friends rec
ognize that some of his greatest
achievements have been received by
the people with indifference, but since
the Standard Oil and Tobacco decis-
ions and the uncompromising fight Mr..
Taft has made for the passage of the
reciprocity pact, the arbitration treaty
and the promise of a reduction of the
tariff in the next Congress the hostile
sentiment. has been as violently
friendly.
Continuing, Senator Burton said:
There is no doubt of the renomina-
ton of President Taft. He has been an
able and courageous President and l
think it will be generally recognized
that his administration has been char
acterized by great events. He has
been progressive and masterful in TAX
ing the initiative.
There has been decided progress
toward more just relation between
the great corporations of the country
and the people. Again; the treaty with
England, which trust will be ratified,
and the fur seal treaty are fine achieve
ments.
THE reciprocity pact with Canada
will justify itself. l say this with full
realization of the possibility that agri-
cultural prices may fall in the near
future, and that this agreement may
be regarded as the responsible cause.
If, however, there should be such de-
crease, which would be injurious to the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-25
PANTHEON BLOCK
TENANCY IN AIR

John NJ Dowsett, the managing di,
rector of the Pantheon block, stated
today that absolutely nothing is yet
determined regarding who will be the
tenants of that handsome new bust
ness edifice.
There are a great many applications
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-25
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something like that possessed by the
majority of well-known fishes. It's
mouth is on the under side and it can
feel the way to it when feeding. But
the real curiosity about the narcine
brasiliensis is the fact that it carries
its own storage battery with it on
all it's wandeuings, and that it has the
power of recharging the thousands Of
little cells when tehy become eX-
hausted using it's power over and
over again.
There are really two batteries. They
are located where one would naturally
expect to find the breathing apparatus
Of the fish, to the right and the left
Of the beady black eyes and back.
They are kidney-shaped, occupying
perhaps one-third of the upper part of
the body.
When at peace with itself, and the
rest of the world, the torpedo fish
swims around at leisure, or rests in
shallow water burrowing in the sand
at ease, but if attacked, the battery is
discharged and the enemy is glad to
call lit a drawn battle, if it can swim
away 1t gets it's prey by using its
batteries to supply the necessary cur
rent to kill, but it must first complete
! oh Of re
attack.
Men have speared these torpedoes in
shallow waters and have caught them
in nets, but on handling them have
been very glad to call it off and avoid
further shock. Fishermen have been
repeatedly knocked down by contact
with them.
The species is common along The
South Atlantic and Gulf Coast, the
electric ray in the museum coming
from the west coast of Florida. II
Bulletin twenty-eight of the American
, Museum of Natural History, J. Russell
Coles says: "They can give power
full shock, and | have been knvcke,
, down many times when experimenting
, with this fish, yet could make no rec
ord of this peculiar form Of electricity
as it had no effect on my battery-test
ing needle, and it would not light
f little electric lamp that required bu
! two and a half volts.
e Several barefooted fishermen hav
T. been knocked down by stepping o
., the electric ray in the water, They r,
? main soft and rubberlike in a formal
l. solution that hardened other spec
: mems"
+ There is one adult ray and fourtee
+ little ones in the division. The lit
rays in life are capable of numbir
2, the human hand by contact.
a
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-25
TAFT SENTIMENT IS GROWING
AND HIS NOMINATION SURE

farmer, it will result not from the
agreement with Canada, but from
other poignant and more substantial
reasons"
Sentiment is shifting to Taft. and
the leaders say if he carries out his in
tention to reduce the tariff in the next
Congress his reelection is assured
The insurgents feel it, and the strong
men in the progressive movement will
rot dare self-effacement by OPPOSING
it. About the only man who will stand
against it is Senator La Toilette.
Reduction of the tariff will be the
second great issue Mr.. Taft will use in
his appeal for support in 1912.
AS a result of developments in the
camp of the insurgent Republicans in
the past week President Tafts advis-
ors have cast aside the last doubt that
every Western State, with the possible
exception of Wisconsin, viii go into
the national convention IN 1919 with
a Taft delegation, even if these dele
cations are headed by men like Sena-
tor Cummins of Iowa, Bristow of Kan
sas and Works of California.
The positive announcement that Sen
ator Cummins; Borah, of Idaho; Brown
of Nebraska; Dixon, of Montana, and
Kenyon, of Iowa, would support Taft
for denomination is now followed by
the information that with one or two
exceptions, notably La Toilette of Wis
Consin, and Bourne, of Oregon, all of
the insurgents will do so.
Senator Clapp, of Minnesota, and his
colleague, Senator Nelson Crawford, of
South Dakota, another member of the
National Republican Progressive
League announces his state will send
a solid delegation to the convention
for Taft. Senator Gamble, of the same
State, concurs in this statement.
Senator Townsend, of Michigan, who
was hailed as a new addition to the
insurgent faction, says that the Presi-
dent will have his heartiest support.
Neither Senator PoindeXter, of
Washington, nor Senator Works of
California, have made announce
ments.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-25
BORN.

MESSCHAERT-In Honolulu, July
23, 1911, to Mr.. and Mrs. p Mess
chaert, son.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-25
PACIFIC RESTAURANT.

New, clean and frst-class. Best
chef in the city. Short orders a spe-
cialty. $500 meal tickets for $3.50
cash.
Open $50 a. m. to 1870 p. m. King
St, near Nuuanu T. Y. l.. building
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-25
PERSONS IN THE NEWS

r. B. McSTocKER was among the
arrivals here this morning by the
Mauna Loa.
3. Hebron, of the Internal Reve-
nue. Service, returned from Hawaii
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-25

II. P. WOOD of the Promotion Com
mittee, accompanied by Mrs. Wood,
left by the Mauna Kea this morning
for a visit to the volcano. They
will return on Saturday
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-25
@ @ G e C 9 @ @ g @ C G C g G @
/, FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT

g FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT g
. OF H. P. BALDWlN'S DEATH .
9 Cards, black bordered, reading g
y as follows, have been received by g
. local business firms: 9
. 1.-THE directors of Alexander g. y
& Baldwin, Limited, announce with g
9 deepest regret the death of their .
g esteemed and respected presi- .
. dent, Henry P. Baldwin, which -
9 sad event took place at his home g
g at Ma!uhia, Island Of Maui, Ter .
9 ritory Of Hawaii, July the eighth, g
g nineteen hundred and eleven" .
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-25

Fine Job Printing, Star ONCE,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-25
SUGAR CANE AND COTTON
PROPOSED CALIFORNIA CROPS

valley is reported as extremely high,
and first grade home syrup has been
taken from the stalks grown at Ell
Centre.
According to the report received
here today, cotton growing is expect
ed to become one of the main indus
tries of the valley. Over $4,000 acres
were planted to the new crop last
year, the climate being found to be
especially adapted for the purpose.
Experiments are being carried ON
with the assistance of government ag-
riculturists, methods being adopted
from Egypt, where the irrigation plant
of cotton raising is also followed. A
complete report is soon to be pub
lished by the government scientists
on their findings regarding cotton
growing in the Imperial Valley
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-25

Fine Job Printing, Star Office,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-25

this morning by the Mauna Loa.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-07
". {. Stokes TELLS
STORY OF HIS
SHOOTING
Details Attack on Him by Misses
Graham and Conrad
TRIED TO BLACKMAlL HIM
Says They Wanted Him to Pay $685..
. 600 Under Threat Of Death
But He Refused

New York, July GA package of
eighteen letters written in bygone
years TO Miss Lillian Graham, the
show girl, and neatly tied with
scented ribbon, was handed up to the
judges bench this afternoon in the
courtroom where Miss Graham and
her chum, Edith Conrad, were ar.
raigned on a charge of attempting to
murder W. b. d. Stokes, the million
aire hotelman. They had been found
said the detective in whose keeping
they had been, in the young WON
ems rooms, and they constituted the
prize to recover which Stokes declar-
ed he had risked his life.
Stokes, pale and worn, told his own
story of the shooting. He had been
summoned to the apartments, he said
by Miss Conrad, who told him that
Miss Graham had left for Europe. He
was angry, he said, when he saw he
had been deceived, and declined to
sign an alleged statement setting
forth that he had DETAINED Miss Ora
ham and her relatives. He had also
declined to pay $4,000 under threat
of death, he added, and thereupon
Miss Graham began to shoot. AS he
gave his evidence, the young women
laughed and chatted gaily
Stokes said that he told the girls
that blackmail was a prison offense
and that Mis- Graham said, "Ill say
I'm crazy" while Miss Conrad declar.
ed. according to Stokes that "Well
say he came to our apartments and
attacked us and we killed him in sell
defense. We have three witnesses
listening to all this who never would
let him out alive"
When Stokes disarmed Miss Ora
ham, he said, after sustaining two
wounds, he recollected the Conrad
girl and looked around for her. She
was in the parlor, and as some ont
began firing then, he said he assumed
IL was she. lie was shot in the cal
VI he leg, but swung Miss Graham
between him and Miss Conrad. Their,
were four more shots, but they al
went wild, he said. There was a lul
when the cartridges had apparent!
been exhausted. he testified, broker
by Miss Cinrad's throwing up tn,
window sash, leaning out and shout
ing: "Helpl Murderl Police!".
Stokes started for the hall ther
He said, first the two girls and the
three japanese grabbed him ant
throttled him. Between times, h
said, a short, stout man also throt
tied him. The police finally rescue,
him and he testified he handed a pa
trolman the revolver he had take
from Miss Graham.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-07
STORM IN DORSET
Worst in History Of the Town Thurs
day

Dorset. July THE electric storm
that visited this place on Thursday
afternoon at about p. NJ. is said by
some to be the worst ever experience
ed here. II bore down from the
north in apallipg darkness, mingled
with most alarming lightning and
heavy thunder which was continued
for fully an hour and a half Forum
ately the wind was not as severe as
during Tuesdays storm, but the rain
never fell so copiously. Streams
We're raised far above the limit for
spring freshets. Hail fen in some
sections of the town and general ha-
voc prevails especially in corn fields.
The roads are badly washed and gul-
lied In all directions. and this after
vast amount of painstaking on the
part OF the road commissioner to
have the highways in prime condition
for summer traffic.
During the hottest part OF the
wave the past few days mercury in.
side the cheese factory stood az 140
degrees. The cyclone of Tuesday
tore the entire roof from the barn
OF Albert Kinney who lives on the
west hill road
Friday morning the air is clear and
| refreshing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-07
TROLLEY TO WILMINGTON
Talk Of Building Road From Green
field via Shelburne Falls

The Springfield Republican today
has the following ga North Adams
newspaper contained the statement
last evening that survey is under
way for the extension of the Shell
burne Falls and Colraln street rail-
way line through Jacksonville to VIII.
mington, VI. 1t was said that sur
veyors have been at work for about
three weeks and that the survey is
already completed as far as Jackson
Vile. VI. No definite confirmation OF
this rumor could be obtained from an
authoritative quarter last night. The
people served by the present trolley
line have been expecting such de
velopment ever since a control In the
company was bought by outside inter.
ests. IL may be. however. that the
North Adams announcement is born
OF the fears OF the merchants OF that
town, who believe that II such troll.
ley extension should be made. they
would lost a large volume OF trade
from southern Vermont They argue
that such an extension would draw
the Vermont trade south through
Shelburne Falls to Greenfield and
larger places In the Connecticut val
Icy.