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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-26

ly. The little expert seemed pretty
confident, yet Dakin & Meekin ought
to know; nor could they be suspected
of shielding criminal, no matter how
well.connected he might be.
"See here, Pierre" he said at
length, 'Tll do my best to get yo1s
that reward. But you must promise to
keep your mouth shut. Understand?
Not a word to anyone. Go ahead and
make the necklace. If the firm asks
any questions let 'em think you've
changed your mind about recognizing
the pearls" Danser volubly promised,
and they parted, Finney Valentine to
tramp around Central Park before
sleeping in order to digest the story
he had just heard, apply it to other
existing facts, and formulate plan
for catching the thief.
Assuming that Roslyn Cavanna was
the culprit, the fact that he had, with
blazing efirontery, dared to carry the
Batterman pearls to leading house
In New York to be re.strung indicated
that some Of the loot remained In his
possession, waiting perhaps for fav.
orable opportunity to dispose thereof
after the hue and cry had died down.
1t was worth noting that he had cum.
ningly delivered to Dakin & Meekin
only forty-five pearls instead Of the
original forty-nine. The others he
might have sold; on the other hand
many Of the stones-diamonds, most.
ly-products of the various raids.
might still be in Cavanna's possession
their settings, as affording an easy
means Of detection, would of course
have been melted down or DESTROYED,
Then, too, no trace had ever been
found Of the Minor ruby, either in
this country or abroad. ~
Well weighing all thees matters. BY
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-26

themselves at all times. One Of the
odd features Of the organization is a
board of arbitration" which will set
tie all disputes between members, and
already two relatives who had not
spoken for a year have been brought
into friendly relations again.
The whole family is very well-to.do
and the homes of several Of the mem
bers are located n fashionable sec.
tons OF the borough. There are so
many children, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren of the aged cou.
pie that 1t was feared If some action
were not taken to bind them together
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-26

win be q close corporation, for no
body will be allowed to join except
direct descendants Of the aged codfle
and their wives or husbands.
Ambitious plans have been formed
by the organizers. These include
death and sick benefit funds, card cir
cles, sewing circles and eventually
the starting Of some business In
which every member Of the society
will have an interest. The main OBJ
feet OF the society Is to keep the fam
ily together. keep the wolf from the
door Of all, and provide means by
which they will be able to ,amuse
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-26

closed Meekin sl!d the tray Of pearls
into drawer which he locked. Pierre
Danser. muttering IN his beard. went
back to his workbench. But Valentine
had just heard by chance q quartet Of
names that set him to thinking hard
Cavanna-pearls; Mrs. Batterman-
Newport robbery.
That same night the ex-inspector
and Pierre Danser sat vls.a.vis at q ia.
bic In a little brasserie south Of Wash.
tngton Square, a bottle OF good wine
between them.
IF you're sure of your facts" Val
entine was saying slowly and impress.
sively, that five thousand dollars re-.
ward is as good as yours, for III find
some way to nab the gentleman"
Sure! Name of a cat!" spluttered
Danser. Then, more quietly: "See,
1t ees like ices: Three year since
when l work for Marks & Marks,
make up one charmante necklace for
Madame Batterman: every pearl
weigh an polish, an drill, an match,
-forty-eight of heem wiz one beeg fel.
low in re middle. Via! I know an
love zose pearls like my own shildren!
Zen comes re robbairy; re necklace
magnifique ees stolen! Meestaire Bat
terman offaire fife t'ousand dollaire
r'reward. Mails oui! Nozzing doing
Zen, three-four day since, a custo-
mairs he bring for-rty.fife pearl for to
be arrange in necklace. lis custo-
marie, Meestaire Cavanna, say re
paris belong zis long time in hees
famly-what you call heirloom. My
boss call me into Office an gife me re
ordaire Presto! l remembaire zose
paris! Four have vanish, what you
call vamoose, but re othairs are re
same. l swear him! Pierre Danser
cannot meestake! Via! want re
r-reward, but Meestaire Meekin he say
'Pouf!'"
Valentine followed every word avid.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-26
FAMILY HAS QUEER SOCIETY
Object 10 to keep Wolf rom the
Door" and Provide Own
Amusements.

One Of the oldest social organixa-
Hons IN New York has just been form
I'D IN Brooklyn borough, and steps are
now being taken to incorporate It..
4 consists Of 81 members. all OF whom
are direct descendants OF Mr.. ana
Mrs Adolph Jacobson. who have just
celebrated the fiftieth anniversary OF
their wed!iDx The new association
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-26

I continued until | could rest we'll at
night and the kidney secretions be-
came normal. do not believe I would
be alive today were it not for Doan's
Kidney Pills.
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. 7.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-26

Made Father eestir Himself.
When Dorothy Medium was lit
tie younger-she is but ten now-her
father asked her on her return from
Sunday school what the lesson Of the
day had been.
"Dandruff In the lions den," was
her answer.
Ever since Rev. Andrew B. Mel
drum, D. D., has personally applied
himself to the religious instruction OF
his little daughter Exchange.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-26
LOST.

A fine, large case Of chills carried
off by Cheatham's Chill Tonic, the mo
Cure, No Pay" chill medicine Of twen-
ty-fve years reputation. Ask your
dealer or write A. B. Richards Medi-
cine Co., Sherman, Texas.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-26
the same time filled their windows

with lucious lavenders and faint green
stripes and soft silk shirts with com.
Portable French cuffs, and marking
out 81 or 81, as the case might be,
wrote $3.50 or $3.50 below. The song
Of the shirt was loud in the land, its
haunting melody not to be resisted.
Is there any lure for a woman in all
fluffy mystery Of a January white
sale" comparable to the seduction for
man Of lavender shirt marked
down from 81 to $3.50? I doubt 1t.
Heaven help the woman II there isl
Atlantic.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-26

were badly bIoated.
and feet SO swollen I
could not wear my
shoes. | tried many
remedies but became
discouraged as nothing
helped me. Then l
began taking Doan's
Kidney Pills and soon
pofioo1 in,prO1.omopt
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-26
Som a. the shlrt.

This has been particularly peril
Gus season for the man with passion
for shirts. By some diabolical agree
ment all the haberdishers ct one and
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-26

Ever notice how many people there
are in the world who say: You just
wait, I'll get even with you!"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-26

Fla,tery is simply the nice things
we say about other people.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-26
YEARS OF INTENSE SUFFERING
How Bad Case Of Kidney Trouble
Was Finally Routed.

Mrs. John Light, Cresco. Iowa, says:
"Tor years I vas an intense sufferer
from kidney disorders. The kidney Sc.
cretions passed irreguarly, my limbs
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-26

The man who has been married
fifty years is willing to let his wife
do the boasting about it.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-26

GOOD HOUsEKEEpERS.
Use the best. That's why they buy Red
Cross Ball Blue. At leading grocers cents.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-26
they would drift apart soon and lose
frank ~ nun ooathne

track OF one another
Particular attention viii be paid to
social recreation and already a sew
ing circle, card circle, q dancing cir
Gle and q dramatic society have been
started. These circles win meet reg
ularly at members houses or In club
rooms.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-26
Under the Rose
Passages from | '-'----------
| the Case Book | 'IHF CTHTxx
Of Inspector ~ ~ ~ T. /
vA 11Sy1T BUCCANEER
Investigator |
Extraordinary | | By FREDER1r Drnn
copyright by W. G. Chapmanl
~ FREDERIC REDDALE

MoNG tn e earlier
cases which came to
f1nney Valentine aft.
er establishing his
own private agency
was one that appear.
ed in his files under
the dual initials "R.
c."
Back Of this cabal.
lstic designation the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-07

T. Wisdom, manager of Social Priv
ileges, and George Chamberln and
Floyd H. Bmmans, Office secretaries.
Board of Trustees.
The Board of Trustees as at present
constituted are r. H. Trent, presidents
c. H. Cooke, b. F. Dillingham;, F. J..
Lowrey and p. G. Jones.
Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors is made up
of the following: r. II. Trent, presi-
dent; w. G. Hall, vice-president f.
c. Atherton, treasurer; G. S. Water
house, recording secretary; w. A.
Love, r. A. Cooke, c. H. Atherton,
Ed. Towse, H. G. Dillingham;, F. d.
Lowrey, Robert Anderson, r. B. An
derson, Alexander Lindsay Jr, W. T.
Pope and r. j. Pratt.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-07
IMPERIAL POTENTATE.
Continued from page nine.)

Band boarded the Matson tug Intrepid.
on board of which was Illustrious Po-
tentate James S. McCandless. Past
Potentate c. G. Bockus and Mrs.
Bockus, Past Potentate Mamie Phil
lips, Mobiles j. a. McCandless, Lester
Petrie, Chas. F. Murray and John
Young, The tug steamed out of the
harbor alongside the Wilhelmina,
while the band played farewell music
and the Mobiles waved their last fare
wells to their well beloved departing
guests, wishing them God-speed and
safe return to their home, with Aloha
Nui De, the meaning of which in Eng
fish is PLENTY of Love to You"
at this moment our nerves were
strained to the breaking tension; our
hearts were filled to overlooking, and
there were few eyes that were not
dampened with tears in token of ap-
probation of the loving hospitality
that had been shown us. By this
time the steamer had commenced. to
seem like home to us, and in a short
time we were oil settled down in our
quarters ready for six days voyage.
Those having the entertainment in
charge were just as active as on the
trip over, and l really believed that
many dreaded to have it end so soon,
but there must be an end to all things,
and, speaking for myself would say
that the Golden Gate came into view
only too soon, and thus ended trip
that will be difficult to duplicate, be-
cause of the lavish disregard of ex-
pense on the part of Illustrious Poten-
tate j. S, McCandless and the men,
bers of Aloha Temple.
Honolulu has Temple of which
we may all be proud, and I say to
them in the language of their own
country: aloha Nui o."
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-07

tee an appropriation of $4,000 for
the building and $4,000 for furnish
ings, and paid for the land on which
the building should be erected, $4,000
Ground for the new building, Of
which Ripley & Reynolds are the arch
fleets, and the Pacific Engineering
Company are the contractors, was
broken by Governor Frear October 90,
1910. The cornerstones, of which
there are two-the one on the Alakea
street side bearing the inscription in
Hawaiian of the motto of Hawaii,
"Ua mau Ike ca ka alma ka pono,"
and the other on the Hotel street side
bearing its English equivalent, "The
life of the land is preserved in right
eousness"-were laid February 1, 1911,
by Judge Sanford-B. Dole and c. H.
Cooke, Jr.
Rapid progress was made in the
erection and furnishing of the build
ing, and on Wednesday night, less
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-07
LIZ YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BUILDING 1911

is circular, slightly concave ceiling be-
ing delicately fresceed, Directly in
front of this entrance are the secre-
taries counters. To the right the
music room, containing a splendid
Packard piano, the billiard room,
the lanai, and the cafe. To the
left, the game room for devotees of
chess, checkers, etc, and a corridor
leading to a small auditorium called
Cooke Hall, seating about a hundred
people. The general scheme is that
the first floor shall be used for the so
cial privileges Of the association.
Another entrance is on Adams lane.
This opens into the boys department,
which is on the second story, occupy
ing the whole of the Hotel street wing.
The basement is to be used for shops,
laboratories lavatories, locker rooms,
and bowling alleys. The whole of the
Adams lane wing, basement, first and
second stories. is used by the physi.
cal department. the gymnasium being
on the first foor. splendidly ventilated
and Always cool, 1t forms a marked
contrast to the old gym"
The second story, Alakea wing, is
used for educational purposes, con
tanning bookkeeping, IrawinG type
writing, and other class rooms. The
room over the entrance is for Bible
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-07

Cooke, where the details of the
method of securing the money was
outlined by Mr. Super The plan was
endorsed, and on Sunday, October 10,
1909, the project was presented in the
various churches of Honolulu. On the
following night over two hundred of
the leading business men of Honolulu
met at a banquet at the Young Hotel,
where the project was formally
launched and the plan announced of
securing one hundred thousand dollars
in a campaign of ten days. This
amount was in addition to Mr.. Cookies
gift of fifty thousand dollars.
The campaign resulted III securing
one hundred and forty-four thousand
dollars in a six days campaign, and,
as this was deemed at the time suf-
ficient, canvassing ceased. The COM
mittee in charge of this most success
full Whirlwind campaign consisted of
George r. Carter, R. II. Trent, ]. p.
Cooke, F. c. Anterior and George f.
Davies. There was another commit
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-07

Fine Job Printing at Star Office.
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I. N. c. A. BuILOING
Continued from page nineJ

suited i'm the late G. NJ. Cookies Civ
ing $4,000 to start the building. This
gift was made in April, 1909.
1t was then determined to adopt a
whirlwind campaign method of secur-
ing the funds, and the fall of 1909
was chosen as the time. The question
Of securing outside help in raising
funds was discussed, but it was finally
decided that it would be better done
solely by local people. With this in
view, Secretary Paul Super paid a
visit to the states to study association
buildings there and also the methods
succe sfully adopted by them to raise
funds. On his return a group of bust
ness men met at the home of J. p
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-07
FREE KINDERGARTEN.
Continued from page nine.)

and the people Of Honolulu of all ma
tionalities have been providing gem
erously the wherewithall to carry on
the work.
From time to time, entertainments
of various kinds have been given-the
proceeds devoted to the kindergartens
and to the Children's Home.
One such entertainment will be
given at the Hawaiian Opera House
on Friday evening, October 81, and
on Saturday afternoon, October rs.
The following is the list of those in
charge: Mrs. Richard Ivers, Mrs.
Gerrit Wilder, Mrs. Francis Swanzy,
Miss Lucy Peabody, Mrs. H. H. Webb,
Mrs. Edgar Henriques, Mrs. c. S. Hol-
loway, Mrs. Gardner Wilder, Mrs.
John S. Walker, Mr.. David Anderson,
Mr.. Akai, DR.. Katsonuma, Mr.. Motok-
ava, Mr. Ishii, Mr.. Nakamura, Mr..
Komeya, Mr.. Mikami, Mr.. Takahashi,
Mrs. Hendrick, Mrs. A. Lewis, Mrs.
z. X. Meyers, Mrs. Phillip Frear,
Mrs. Raymond Brown, Mrs. Arthur
Wall, Mrs. Alonzo Gartley, Mrs. Will
lard Brown.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-07

than a year since the breaking OF
ground, it will be turned over to the
association by the contractors com.
pletely finished and furnished, it's total
cost being in the neighborhood of a
quarter of a million dollars.
The New Building.
The lot on which the building stands
has a frontage of 142 feet on Hotel
street, PIP on Alakea, and about 175
feet on Adams lane. 1t is of rein
forced concrete and steel frame con.
structiCn, built around the three sides
of a central court, which gives SPLEEN
did light to every room in the build
ing, and is of three stories and base
ment, with the opportunity in the fu-
ture of having a garden on the roof
for social purposes
The main entrance is at the corner
of Alakea and Hotel streets, APP
preached by a low, broad, oval stair
way leading from the sidewalk to the
main floor. The doors of the main en-
trance open into the main lobby, which
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-07

X4O feet and Is feet high. They are
well lighted and ventilated, and the
floors are covered with Watsonite in
order to give them a high degree of
resiliency.
Bowling Alleys.
Bowling will be made a feature of
the athletic department of the institu-
ton. Three maple alleys have been
installed, two of which are equipped
with automatic pin-spotters, which in
sures pin being always on the exact
spot. There is also an up-to-date loop
the-loop return chute. A spectators
gallery runs the whole length of the
alleys.
Billiards. and Pool.
The institution is furnished with
three Brunswick Bake Collender pool
tables, 412x9, furnished with the pat,
ent return ball chute, and one billiard
table, 5X1O, probably the only table
of this size in town, and a strictly
class A article.
Lockers and Baths.
In the junior section there are 2S5
double-deck lockers and six hot and
cold showers, In the young mems de-
partment there are 29O double-deck
lockers and six hot and cold showers,
and in the business mems section
there are 100 single, extra large lock
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-07

classes and reference books for the
educational department.. The third
floor is a dormitory, with twenty-foWr
sleeping rooms, trunk room, and lava
tory
The laual and main lobby on the
first n0cr trl laid with Mosaic thing,
the rest Of the first floor, with the ev.
ception Of tie cafe, is laid with drab-
tinted cork carpet. the cafe, pantry
and buffet kitchen have floors of ohia
wood The building is furnished with
mission furniture, except the board Of
directors room, which has Bank of
England chairs and sanitary desks of
golden oak. High wooden wainscoGt-
ing of Oregon fir, fumed oak stained.
The lobby, halls, offices and rooms
throughout the building have high
wooden wainscoating of Oregon FIR,
fumed oak stained, the walls al we
this wainscoating being tinted in vari-
Gus shades of green, running into cove
ceilings The electric fixtures are of
weather bronze, and the building is
furnished throughout with a complete
inter-communicating telephone system.
The Gymnasium.
The gymnasium and other athletic
features of the new building are mod
ern and complete and would be hard
to equal on this side of the Rockies.
A feature of the gym" is a running
track overhead made of cork carpet
laid over sleepers and banked at the
corners. Twenty-six laps so to a mile
and the track is very resilient.
The gymnasium proper is equipped
with a FRACTIONAL wrestling machine,
arm machine, wrist machine, two Ey-
draulic oar rowing machine, adjusja-
BILE horizontal bars, two standard ed
Unstable horses, two standard adjusta-
bic parallels, a German vaulting block,
climbing ropes for contest work, trap
eze, travelling and flying rings adjusta-
BILE for senior and junior work, dumb
bells and clubs, steel wands, Roman
ladders for pyramid work, and tripleX
pulley weights for setting-up exer-
cises.
The Games Room.
The games room is 54x93 feet and
! is marked for indoor baseball, basket
ball and vclley-ball 1t can be divid
ed in the center by 15-foot net run
clear across the hall, allowing a divis
ion Of games played at the same time
There is a platform in the games room
of a portable nature, and when this
/ is removed the room and gallery will
accommodate 1000 people and will be
invaluable for use as an auditorium Oh
an entertainment hall.
Wrestling and Boxing.
The wrestling and boxing room is in
the basement. and for the former sport
16-foot Pinch hair-felt mat has beer
provided, the mat being covered with
canvas stretcher. This occupies one
end of the room. At the other end are
two punching bags, drums, concrete
noiseless, and adjustable to the height
of the user The wrestling section OF
the room. is equipped with heavy.
weight dumb-bells.
HandbaII Courts.
I There are two handball courts, one
above the other, each having a visit,
ors gallery. Their dimensions are 20
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-07
THE
WONG WONG co.
Builders and Contractors
Office Maunakea st.
IFI HAD ECZEMA.
In a Farce Comedy
"A BREACH OF PROMISE

I'd wash it away with that mild
soothing liquid D. D. D. Trial bottle
25c. Relieves all kinds of skin trout
BILE, cleansing away the impurities
and clearing up the complexion as
nothing else can.
Yes. If | had any kind of skin trou'
BILE I'D USE d, d. y. Benson Smith
& Co.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-07

tee Of younger business men under
the general direction of F. f. Steere,
and a third committee under the di-
rection of c. ]. Hum and J. c. Ander-
son that did valiant service. AS the
Rev. A. A. Ebersole of Central Union
Church had previous experience in this
method of raising funds, the trustees
of the church voted to allow him to
give his time to the direction Of the
cOmpaign, in which he was associated
with Paul Super, who had also had
some little experience along this line
in college, They, with Dr. Hand, took
charge of the campaign,
The following tabulation of the
larger donations may be of interest:
One Of &C. NJ. Cookie ..........$5O,OOO
Four of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10000
Seven of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 5000
one Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 3,OOO
Two of .................... $500
One of .................. ..., 2,OOO
Ten Of ................... 1000
The building committee of the as
sociation, consisting Of T. c. Davies,
A. Gartley, f. J. Lowrey W. G. Hall
and r. A. Cooke, now had in hand
from over one thousand subscriptions
the sum of $4,000 and what could be
derived from the sale Of the old build
ing. The directors gave this commit