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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-19

keel, as though we were sailing
through loose ice.
Running forward, l sprang into the
bows and looked down at our stem.
Half submerged beneath the surface
foated a sort of pavement of broken
fragments of pumice that, thrust aside
by the stem, swung clear as the YES
sci forged ahead, or, over-ridden,
scraEed noisily against the copper or
her sheathing as they passed beneath
us.
Cant find the island?' said the
skipper, as l reused him. water like
milk? Nonsense, man! You must ha'
bin struck colorblind."
Three minutes later, whilst all hands
stared in Amusement at the vacant
horizon, Captain Warner snapped his
glasses.
What do you make of it, Mr.. Mat
son? Looks to me like another Straits
O. Sunda business-as if the whole ca
Doodle had blown sky-high in an
earthquake. That milky water is from
volcanic ash"
For an hour or two we held our
course, hindered by masses of floating
pumice. At noon, as the captain
called the readings of the seXtant 1
pricked our position on the chart.
Latitude 20 degrees 20 minutes n.
Longitude 175 degrees so minutes W."
Laysan had vanished In a clear
sky we sailed to and fro, up and down,
over the exact meridian of the island.
Gone! Purple leaks, waving palm
groves, and white-fringed beaches,
Laysan--its freight of human lives.
their works, ambitions. and hopes
had disappeared as utterly as if, grip
ped by a giant hand, it had been
dragged to the depths beneath
Under easy sail we took many
sOundings, and found no bottom for
the lead at a hundred fathoms. For
six days We continued our unavailing
search, circling round a degree or two,
now west and east, now north and
south.
1t was useless, of course. Who ever
heard of a solid island slipping its
ntoorings to 90 a-cruising over thou
sand miles Of sea? No doubt the cap
tain, loath to carry news of the disas-
ter, protracted the vain quest as long
as possible; but on the evening of the
sixth day there was nothing for it but
to bear away for Honolulu, to tell the
owners that Laysan, the sugar works,
their manager, his wife, and two hun
dred japanese, with machinery and
buildings, were sunk deep beneath the
waters of the wide Pacific.
We held the breeze all night, and
making good sailing on due-east
course, ran a good fifty knots before
turned in in the morning watch.
had been asleep, it seemed, scarce
ly ten minutes when / was aroused by
a loud knocking at the cabin-door, to
hear the voice of the second deCkhand
Mr. Matson, Mr.. Matson!' he cried.
| The captain wants you on deck"
"AIl right, Kiata," l answered, sleep,
| lily, beginning to turn out of my bunk.
What is it?"
Boat on the weather bow, sir"
was out of bed in a second, and,
even whilst hastily pulling on some
clothing, felt intuitively that here was
the closing scene in the tragedy Of
Laysan
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heave Of it, reflected the zenith above.
Our keel slipped through the water
without ripple.
l had kept a lookout on the west
ern horizon, in order to pick up the
first loom of the island, which should
now be within about twenty miles of
cur position, bearing west a quarter
south. That l failed to make it out
did not surprise me. In the half-light
Of a moonless night. where sea and sky
mingle at the horizon into one vast,
saucer-like rim, it is difficult to pick
the mirage lifted at dawn the blue
peaks of Laysan would appear, cutting
the skyline to the westward, and we
might expect to make an anchorage
about midday.
This was our first direct run to the
island under the new chatter, but on a
previous occasion I had sailed around
it and knew it well. Like all volcanic
islands in these seas, it was won
drously beautiful. Palm-fringed, low
cliffs and white beaches sang to the
music of the surf. Beyond, the land
swelled in green uplands towards the
thickly-wooded central mountain, with
its cleft summit. A few buildings
stood on the slope around a wide bay
-whitewashed barracks for the cool
les, shed or two, and, on a small,
palm-shaded knoll, the white house Of
the manager. Below, in the blue of a
white-fringed cove, his yacht rode at
anchor.
The whole place was about fifteen
miles in length, with a circumference
OF thirty-five-just a chunk, Clipped
from corner of Paradise, dropped
into the ocean below; a green gem set
in sapphire sea.
At seven bells the east flushed rose
and orange to the dawn. | swung
round and looked for the twin peaks
knew so well. The horizon lay clear,
sharp, steelgrey in the light of dawn.
But where was the island? Snatching
at the night-glass, l swept the field
of vision. Not a dot, not a vestige, not
the least shadow of irregularity broke
the clean line of the waters edge that
heaved slowly, sharply defined, against
dome of sky.
What was it? Were we out of our
course? Had a sudden current, set
ting in in the night, swept us to the
southwark or northward? impossible!
Without waking my chief, l verified
the position on the chart. No; the
vessel had held a true course since
the previous reckoning.
Coming on deck again, ! swept the
sea-scape with the glass, Laysan
should be there. There, half a point
on our lee-bow, distant fifteen miles.
! But it was gone. Not blot, not a
peck; no sail of Iassing vessel or
smoke of distant steamer broke the
lead level or the shining plain of wat.
ers.
Alongside, the water was white; we
seemed to be sailing through a sea OF
milk. All this time we had been slip
ping along before a fve-knot breeze.
Suddenly the vessel lost her way, slow
ing almost to a standstill. The sea
that, under the wind, should have
crisped into white-topped ripples lay
dead and fattened by an oily scum.
There was a kind of grating sensa-
ton, slight but ominous, beneath our
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. Olsen started from here for Lay 6
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-19

The board of agriculture and for
estry will meet I'm the senate chamber
at three o'clock on Monday afternoon.
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(The Lost Island. By Oliver Mat
son. Illustrated by Frank Mason, R.
3. A. Many wide World" readers,
no doubt, remember the disappearance
OF Krokatoa, in the Stats of Sunda,
during a terrific volcanic upheaval.
Here is the strange story of similar
catastrophe, told by the mate of the
vessel that first brought the news to
civilization. Mr.. Matsons narrative
concerns the vanishing of Laysan
&lang/ in the Pacific, with all its in
hah.Ants, in some tremendous and
unknown cataclysm.)
We were four days out from Homo
lulu, with stores for Laysan Island
consigned to the order of the Laysan
Sugar Planting Company, Ltd. 1t was
my watch on deck. The skipper was
asleep in the little poop-cabin abaft
the mainmast. Our Gilbert Island
cook and the two Kanakas who
formed the crew We're comfortably
slowed away in the coolest and snug
gest spots.
My rating on board was that OF
mate. Six months previously, trade
being dull south of the Line, We had
brought the Olsen north from Samoa
II was a fortunate move, for Captain
Warner had been lucky enough to Sc
cure a charter from the Laysan Com
Lany to make monthly trips with
stores to the island plantation, re
turning with a cargo of cane for the
refining works at Hawaii
For four years the skipper and
had sailed the old hooker up and
down the milky Way" of the Pacific
touching at this one or tIat of the
thousand islands / had almost come
OF late, to reckon myself one among
the army of old shellbacks that ply
8out the Line waters.
1t was five bells in the middle
watch Above, the great dome of sky
glowed purple, shot with dazzling
points of fire, such stars as are never
seen outside the tropics. The vino
that yesterday had blown light from
the southwest had now dropped
scarce sutlicing to keep the sails from
Stating against the masts The wide
level of sea, purple like the sky, and
motionless but for the long, Oily
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1t is reported that an isolated island
called Laysan Island, situated 700
miles west of Hawaii, has disappeared.
On a voyage to the island the
schooner Olsen failed to find it in a
six days search. 1t was inhabited by
a few Japanese.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11
First Baptist
 Church To Hold
 Welcome Service

| A service of welcome in honor of the | Rev. John Richard Brown, who has been pastor of the First Baptist church ! since the first of July, will be held at | the church tomorrow evening at 7:45, with number of notable speakers
 present, including Dr. W. H. P. | Faunce president of Brown Univer- l sity. Dr. Faunce will deliver an address on an appropriate topic. Another | speaker whose presence is of excep- | tional interest, will be the Rev. Rob- ert Bruce Hull, pastor of the Summer Avenue Baptist church, Brooklyn, who oficiated at the baptism of the Rev. | Mr Brown William J. Grippin twill preside at the service, to which the public is cor dial1y invited. The complete program is as follows: Prelude--Organ. Anthem-"Lovely Appear" ounod's Redemption Invocation-H. A. Davenport, Peo- ple's Church. Reading of Scripture-John Mac Laren Richardson, First Presbyterian Church. Prayer-A. B. Coats, Secretary Con-
 necticut Baptist Convention. Address-W. H. F. Faunce, President Brown University. Hymn 364 Address-Robert Bruce Hull Summer Avenue Baptist Church, Brooklyn,
 N Y.
 Anthem-'I Will Feed My Flock Simper.s
 Welcome by Denomination-Georg
 w. Nicholson.
 Welcome by City-Gerald H. Beard, President Pastors Association.
 Hymn 1056.
 Benediction-John Richard Brown.
 PoStlude-Organ.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11
POLI'S.

No performers who ever appeared on the boards here probably are so widely talked about as the Curzon Sisters, headlining the excellent bill at Polls theatre this week. To the spec tatOrS it seems that the last word in ''thrillers'' has been spoken in this performance, and at the same time the feats of dexterity and daring are made the means of showing one of the prettiest performances ever stag ed. Seats for this week undoubtedly will be at a premium and should be secured early.
 Julie Herne and company are also creating, much comment. They have the rare combination of an excellent comedy sketch, which, underneath all the fun, has serious vein of thought upon modern question. With such artistic and capable acting as that af- forded by Miss Herne and her assis- tants, the sketch could not fail to score.
 Ralond Carter certainly has a "char- acter'' all his own in the role Of the 'hard guy prison songbird. His comical sayings and still more comi- cal way of expressing them is draw ing forth roars of laughter from the big audiences every day..
 Mccormick and Irving have a very pretty singing and dancing act, which they call "F'lirtology." It is the kind of a performance, which makes nit for neatness and attractiveness and is receiving much favorable comment.
 Wilson Brothers, German comedians, are undoubtedly the ..big scream of the bill and loosen up the fountains of laughter in wonderful style. While these brothers have been seen in Bridgeport in former years, it is ap- parent that they come each time more welcome than ever, and that their fun is ever new and always highly effective for laugh winning purposes
 Other features on the bill include Bert Melrose, comedy acrobat with new line of clever work; the Electro graph, with a splendid selection of moving pictures and Polls orchestra. with excellent musical selections of the day.
 Coming, next week Through the Center of the Earth a musical ex- traYaganza, the biggest production ever shown in vaudeville, with a com pany of 50. Splendid supporting bill
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11

this fight to leave it, but to stay until it is won. The progressive Republi- cans will continue their agitation, un- der their. war cry, The People vs. the Lobby In any such contest the peo- pie must be in the end victorious. Right must and will triumph
 Continued Harbor Master Morris: An argument that was used against me by the lobby elementswas that my proposed direct primary rules would be written by MT. Lynn w. Wilson. This was untrue. They would have been adapted by a committee of the Progressive Republican Association, from the primary law as proposed by Judge John H. Perry and adopted by the Senate at the last session of the General Assembly, under the leader ship of Senator Judson.''
 Do you think the accusation injur- ed you?"
 'I think it helped me- The object of the yarn was too plain and my advocacy of direct primaries had been waged too many years.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11

ford W. Marsh, Alvin H. Hancock. After the meeting of the stockhoId- CTS, the directors met and elected the following officers: President, D. Fair
 child Wheeler; Svice-president, Egbert
 Marsh; secretary, Clifford w. Marsh:
 treasurer, Alvin H. Hancock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11
MORRIS WILL 60 ON WITH FIGHT
 AGAINST LOBBY
Sees in Direct Primaries Best Means of Re- storing Republican Parry to People, Says Last Nght's Contest
 Was Only Skirmish

Harbor Master Charles H. Morris said today, speaking of the primaries of last night: T am in no sense dis couraged. This was not even a bat tie. It was a skirmish. The con test for direct primaries will continue. One of the strongest arguments in favor of direct primaries is furnished by this contest.
 The small. number of votes cast proves the dissatisfaction of Republi- can voters with the convention sys- tenn, which lends itself so readily to the domination of special interests. They simply would not vote. The average Republican believes that un- der the present system the cards are stacked in advance, and that it is use- less to vote. This lack of interest makes against the success of the ticket on election day, even among strict party men. The independent vote is driven away. We have not gone into
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11
PROGRESS BY LEAPS AND
 BOUNDS PREDICTED FOR NORWALK BY JUDGE WALSH
fSpecial from United Press.

c Norwalk, Oct. H." Norwak is emerging from a period of conserva- . tA7e rule and from now on progress by leaps and bounds may be expected of the town" Thus spoke Corporation Counsel and Judge John J. walsh, at the closing banquet of the city council of Norwalk, last evening. The move ment toward a new bridge, the Nor walk-New Canaan trolley, the expen- diture of s2OO.000 for permanent road construction by the cities of Norwalk and South Norwalk, the consolidation of the schools and the consolidation of the town were referred to. Mayor Finnegan was the guest of honor and delivered an address.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11
MISS CROSMAN RAISES
 BANNER FOR HUBBIES

Henrietta Crosnlan, in ssThe Real Thing, gave a pleasing performance to large audience at the Park Thea tre, last night. She is the same clever actress. Her methods are as convincing as of yore. She has the same golden voice and charm of man ner.
 The story of the play was interest ing, and it carried a lesson to women, which is that it does not pay for wives to over cultivate their children, when 1t means neglecting their husbands. This doctrine being especially pleasing to the men caught the house coming and going.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11
Reward of Five Hundred Dollars

of of in theft of guilty stealing the 9th
 
 automobile and 12 o'clock in the standing Street, foot of Stratfed Cylinder model painted carried license number s2f4
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11
TAKE YOUR COMMON
 COLDS SERIOUSLY.

|s Common colds. severe and fre--
 quent, lay the foundation of chronic diseased conditions of the nose and throat, and may develop into bron- chitis, pneumonia, and consumption For all coughs and colds in children and in grown persons, take Foley's + Honey and Tar Compound promptly. F. B. Brill, Curtis Pharmacy. 5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11
COMPANION OF BELLBOY CONVICTED OF MURDER
 IN COURT TODAY
fspecia1 from United Press.)

New York, Oct. 11-Patrick Mo- Crane. the companion of Paul Geidel, the bellboy who was convicted for the murder of Samuel Jackson, an aged broker, in the Hotel Iroquois, was arraigned today. on charge of receiving stolen goods in connection with the murder.
 McGrane pleaded guilty and was re- leased on suspended sentence.
 The district attorney recommended leniency because of the assistance Me Crane had given the state in the Geidel trial. McGrane left immediate Iy for his home in Hartford, Conn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11
LAND 6 TITLE co.
 ELECTS OFFICERS

The annual meeting of the Bridge port Land & Title Company was held yesterday morning at the company's s offices, Nos. 167-171 State street, ana the following were elected as direc- tors for the ensuing year: Francis w. Marsh, D. FaiI ..hild Wheeler, Egg bert Marsh, Edmund H. Judson, Cliff
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11

Coming, next week Through the Center of the Earth" a musical ex- trayaganza the biggest production ever shown in vaudeville, with com pany of 50. Splendid supporting bill.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11
Arnold Counts
 Up l5; Machine
 Men Count Five
Organization Men Say He Hasn't a Look in for
 the Nomination

''RAyASs~ sn the Seventh: Kampf in the Twelfth and the three delegates in the Ninth lets the Arnold boom out, said an organization man today, speaking of the former Senator s chances in the Mayoraity convention next week.
 There is some difference of opin- ion as to that, however, for an Arnold supporter claimed this noon that Arm
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11
GIRL HOPEaiESSLY INSANE
 BROODING OVER ALLEGED
 CRIMINAL ASSAULT
fsneia1 from IInited Press

(Spcial from United Press.)
 Hartford, oct. 11-Hopelessly insane from breeding over an alleged crirn- inal assault on her four weeks ago, Stephanada Uzevitch, a IT year old Russian girl lies. at the city hospi- tai. today, in a serious condition.
 She attempted to dash out her brains.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11
POLICE GET NO CLUE TO THREE MEN WHO
 TRIED TO ASSAULT WOMAN

Special from United Press.)
 Waterbury. Oct. 1.-The police, to- day, found no trace of the three men who attempted to assault Mrs. Henry Gaylord, 40, near her home on sparse ly settled West Hill, yesterday. Her son answered her screams and fright ened away the men. Mrs. Gaylord suffered nothing more serious than -arvous Hnocks. She says the men were Americans not foreigners.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11

old was banking upon at least 15 of the 36 delegates.
 Organization men laughed at this claim and said it was preposterous.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11
COME HERE TO WED.

Mrs John w. Pennel1 of South Norwalk and Fred Fey, Jr., of the same city visited the town clerk 8 office here today to secure mar riage license for Fey and Mrs. Pen- nells daughter, Grace O., aged 13. Fey is a brassworker.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11

Notice of intention to sell his sa l. loon business at 55 Cannon street was filed by John Mason with the town clerk today The prospective buyer is Katie A. F'lato.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-27
NOTICE OF PROPOSAL TO MAKE
STREET IMPROVEMENT.

Notice is hereby given that at a
regular meeting of the common coun-
Gil OF The City of Pendleton. held
April ~, 1911, the following resolu-
ton was adopted by the council viz:
BE 1t Resolved, By the common
council of The City of Pendleton that
it is expedient to improve and it is
here proposed to improve West Court
street in The City of Pendleton from
the west line of Calvin street to the
east line of Ash street by construct
ing sidewalks and cross walks along
the north side thereof where there are
at present 10 sidewalks or cross
walks or where the sidewalks or
crosswalks are not constructed &C.
cording to the city ordinances and
upon the established grade for such
sidewalks and crosswalks, such Ia
provements to be made in accordance
with the ordinances of The City of
Pendleton, the cost of making the
same to be a charge and lien upon the
lots, parts of lots and parcels of land
in front of which said improvement
shall be made, as provided by the
charter of The City of Pendleton. and
the owners of lots and parts OF lots
fronting upon said street where said
improvements shall be made shall be
liable for the payment of the portion
of such Improvements in front of
their respective lots parts of lots and
parcels Of land.
And Be 1t Further Resolved. That
the recorder of The City of Pendle-
ton shall cause a copy of this reso-
luton to be published in the East
Oregonian for a period of ten days"
and all persons interested will govern
themselves accordingly.
Dated tbs 18th day Of April, 1911.
THOS. FITZ GERALD,
City Recorder.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-27

in no case shall any such percentage
exceed such benefit. The amount of
such assessment against each lot,
part of lot and parcel of land shall
be declared by ordinance, and the Re-
corder shall thereupon enter the sam
In the lien docket of The City of PEN
dleton, and the same shall thereafter
be known as the Recorders Estimate
and Assessment. The contract price,
based upon the estimate Of the City
surveyor, or If there be no contract,
the estimates of the City Surveyor.
the cost Of right of way and expenses
OF condemning the land and a sum
not exceeding five per cent { the
contract price, or the surveyors esti-
mate as the cost of advertising. engi-
neering and superintendent shall be
deemed to be the cost of every i'm
provement.
This notice is published pursuant
to order of the Common Council, the
first publication hereof being made
April 8, 1911.
Dated Pendleton, Oregon, April 3,
1911.
THOMAS F-TZ GERALD,
CITY Recorder.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-27
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