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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16
RE MOSQUITO CAMPAIGN.

Editor Star: ! may be pardoned for
not agreeing % all that is being done
in the above matter. note from the
public press that the whole of the
present fund available is to be used
as payment of wages Tor cleaning up
the city, and. that the present cam
paign of destruction of plants is
aimed against the banana. Nothing,
it now appears, has occurred to war
rant the action thus far taken. Why
our city was cleaned up especially
well, so we are told, very recently.
Will DR.. Blue believe it when he sees
the accumulation of yards still lying
on our sidewalks in the center of our
city? l think not. However, l note
further that the Wharf Tax Commit
tee has been very liberal in donating
$4,000 toward the wages. Has it not
occurred to the committee that every
working man here has subscribed his
mite to that fund. Would it not there
fore be just to use it as nucleus to
repay the working man, whether citi-
zen or alien, for the destruction of 4
part of his family food?
l would suggest that each inspector
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16

should keep a tab on the number Of
trees cut, Then pay, say, 40 to so
cents for bearing trees and is cents to
3 cents for smaller trees. l am told
by gentleman who lives in Kalihi
that the destruction of the bananas
amongst the small landholders out
there is going>to be a hardship. 1
think if more money is required that
the various lodges, clubs and well-to-do
residents will chip in to make up the
amount required. Let those who sui
fer feel that they have not fallen into
the hands of the Philistines, but
THE HANDS-AROUND THE PA CIFIC
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16

CUSHMAN. CARTER II The stock
market is looking up and l anticipate
better business from now4on.
P. H., BURNETTE-Mr St. Goer's
interview in the Star has had a good
effect on business here. Every body
seems more optimistic. r.
c. J, MCCARTHY don't seem to
be the only member of the Harbor
Commission that says the Hilo Rail
roads, proposed contract is rotten.
w. Il. ,MARTIN-The water question
is vital one for the Territory, and
the data the photographers are gath
ering will be very valuable in the flu
ture.,.
IRWIN H. BEADLE-This cam
paign against the banana is all fool
ishness. l don't think there ever was
any reason for the fuss that is being
made.
FRED l.. WALDRON-If the ento-
mologists can't be supposed to know
more about their business than the
doctors do, we'd better get along with
out them.
/. AMBROSE J. WRITING are get
ting odf' distributing agencies for the
new universal code established all
over the world. The code is already
being Widely used. '~"
HARRY T. MILLS see that To-
cal restaurant is serving "Kaimukl
banana fritters la Mills" today. I
am modest man and such fame
makes me .nervous'
REV w. D. .WESTERVELT-Every
man, especially every poor man, who
has had his bananas destroyed ought
to make list of his losses. Payday
will Come bye and bye.
'HARBOR COMMISSIONER JAMES
WAKEFtELD-The proposed contract
Of the fiilo Railroad for the Hilo
wharf IS rotten. It is nerve, never
saw anything like it in my life.
COMMISSIONER JUDD - am
pleased to learn from the newspapers
that n, A. Weinland is being sent
here by California to assist in the
campaign against the Mediterranean
fruit fly.
CAPTAIN TRIPP-Mosquitoe de-
scended on Waikiki in great force last
night. 1t would seem that since the
banana trees have been cut down the
yarmints of necessity have to look for
other roosting places.
j. ALFRED MAGooN-I have had
many bananas on my place, but never
found mosquitoes troublesome with,
out discovering that there was stand
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16

be a representation of a country fair,
with races, side shows, hucksters,
peddlers, police and the other inter
esting and picturesque characters
which mention of country fair re.
calls. We hope, however, that the
pea and shell game will not be in.
cluded in the list of attractions, even
at the sacrifice of realism.
600
A good story about giraffe ap-
peared in yesterdays Star. The
giraffe, by the way, is the highest
form of animal life. &
600
The next most exciting thing to
aeroplaning is to go automobiling
with a friend who Is speed fiend
and who has thought fit to take two
ladies from the chorus along.
The town is in damnably con-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16

win rejoice. What I criticise is the
heartless way in which the work is
being carried on. 1t seems as though
some of those in charge are thoroughly
enjoying the destruction and havoc
they are making What does it mat
ter cutting down "a pet banana or
two?" "1niunctions, they're old
friends" '1et them kick, that's human
nature" etc, etc It is this spirit that
stirs up hatred and defiance and
makes law-abiding citizens,su as L
take myself to be, incensed. Had
those in charge had the tact to show
a little sympathy, to urge that the ne
cessity of the case made such action
imperative. to put my feeling into
plain English, had they acted as gen
tlemen instead of arrogant autocrats,
little army officers in uniform be-
lieVe they would have met with but a
small amount of opposition, BY their
conduct they have alienated many of
whose support they might have been
glad
Did not DR.. Currie at his address,
at the Y NJ c. A. say that there was
to be no wholesale destruction Of
trees and plants? Was this an after
thought? MRS. KAMAAlNA. .,
Honolulu, Nov is, 1911.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16
THE RUDENEss OF 1T.

Editor Star: have been following
with much interest the communica-
tons to the Star and Advertiser about
the present banana campaign" use
the words advisedly, for it seems to
me that the main issue appears to be
largely lost sight of. There is one
aspect of the case, which. so far as I
know, no one has touched upon. 1t is
>one ! feel very acuteIy and think that
others do also. In order to show our
sympathy with the campaign against
yellow fever, we cut down. with great
sorrow at least three hundred beauti.
full banana plants, many of which
We're about to fruit. The digging Of
trenches for these was the principal
work of our yard man for many
months, therefore the loss was a
financial one, besides causing us so
much disappointment at the loss of
beauty and shade from our garden. |
am therefore able to sympathize in
tensely with those whose loss is SINH
lar or even greater than my own. It
may be, however, that the loss is un-
avoidable and, if the mosquito can be
eXterminated, the community at large
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16
""LJnder The Coconut Ire"

BY H. M. Ayres.

The Advertiser will IFint it "steg-
omyia skidoodelaria" n1at 1t had it
"scudelaria" yesterday.
90 q
The boot and shoe seller is natur-
all sole agent for his goods.
600
The following is printed from the
Morning Microbe without comment:
Professor Sixsmith, authorized
physical trainer of the U. S. Army,
will deliver a talk to the ladies Of
Honolulu on the subject of health,
long life and posterity The lecture
will take place in the parlors of the
Royal Hawaiian Hotel Monday, No
yember 20, at two-thirty p. m. Those
interested are cor tally invited"
O o O
The Board of Health should next
tabu fishing poles The joints of the
bamboo may breed wrigglers.
r,l o o o
With the fleet in the offing an anti
banana-cutting-protest from the bum,
boatmen is in order.
o o o
Kappelmeister Berger is said to be
composing the "Wriggler Waltz"
600
There is Portuguese family in
town which owns a cat born last
Christmas Day. The feline is called
Santa Claws.
600
The Mosquito: "Stung!"
600
All that a person has to do to in
sure an insult, or rather a series of
them, is TO protest about the ruthless,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16

outrageous destruction of his own
property.
The trouble with the banana cru
saders is that while they know that
they are wrong, they are too alfred
high and mighty to acknowledge the
fact.
10 and look We! A seedless lemon
has been discovered. The Board of
Health should secure some as soon as
possible to hand to the local public
1t would be change from the com
mon or garden citron which they have
been distributing so freely of late.
600
The Advertiser asks if sunfowers
attract rats or mice. It is a we'll
known fact, first pointed out by no
less an authority than Colonel Qulb-
BILE, U. S. A" that rats delight to make
their nests in the spreading branches
OF the sunfiower plant, while mice
find coy abiding places mid the inter
stices and crannies of the sunfower's
gnarled roots. If only looking at the
matter from a health standpoint, the
substitution of sunhowers for ba-
nanas would be simply jumping from
the frying pan into the fire A bas
the sunfower!
O o %
When the remnants of Honolulus
banana forests get ioated nicely out
to sea, the sea-serpent will be report
ed off this coast. That's a one best
bet
600
The next Y M. C. A. roundup win
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16
FREAR UNDER DEMOCRACY.

all hope the anti Fear party has is that Democratic
President vho will him OUT be elected year This
hope than IT, Beginning with President
Cleveand the ancient of making clean sweep after
national party triumph done with and Republican office
holders had expedsave those who had definite
Republican politics the of needed
the of the adnnsraion-were disturbed
Neither we're Ceveands appotees disturbed by his
Republican unless they offensive parsans One could
hardly imagine President such Wilson, Harmon Dix would
turning like had begun second
Territorial after successful first simply because he
hodover President like Champ Clark might do it. but
committed ideals might be added that Southern
Democratic influence would white Republican
Democrat, before it could be got for the Kuho element
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16
LOSES, LOOT THROUGH. coli
FoNDNEss FOR BURNS

HAMMOND, Ind, November T.
Mrs. A. B. Garfield of Hammond has
Bobby Burns to thank that her house
was not robbed. In her absence her.
home was entered today by a ragged
stranger who gathered up the family
plate and jewelry. UnluckiIy for him.,
he sank into library chair, and was,
chucklfng over Burns poems when
Mrs. Garfield. returned and surprised
him. The burglar leaped through the
library window and escaped without
his booty. Ia
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16
Uncle Walt
The Poet Philosopher

The weather prophet his lair the skies and feels the
air. and samples highs and lows and then predicts freezing
thaws thuhderbolts perhaps novelties in
THE WEATHER And nmety-ne times of ten the proph
MAN eces that leave his den and fair; and
people take them they and hand the
Plum posey rich and We do call him and
that he's Clnker in his when his forecasts true hut when
he fails ring the bell greet him with frantic yell and raise
howddo And the prophet makes his
throws his fits and walls drgeke his trmph
count of anger he's wrong
adopt plan and the camp
Let's praise him for the hits he his
smal mistakes and boost his rain and hail
Copyright 1910 Oy GEO. matthew WALT MASON. i
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16
SUPERVISORS PUBLIC SPIRIT.

The supervisors commend themselves public good will by putting
all their
There a of rubbish be taken Banana stalks
into the hundreds of and of the which
to have been overlooked cleanup day with large
of tin and broken household stuff The work of 700 de
stroyers with the supplemental work of households giving
bage department the
traner of road and that bureau public
Road work wait awhile but piles of rOtng vegetation
mountaineering tin need attention Good
supervisors. ~4~t 4s
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16

This is the popular choice of the ci public letter
writers themes and prints than
contemporaries put together This tells story which emphasized
the steady of the Stars circulation apart the
the prize The people and the Star
touchthan think mutually helpful
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16

It would be hard find better grand and trial jury list than the
chosen yesterday by the commissioners of the First Circuit
The between and some of the lists of the early Territorial
days encouraging striking stands in the MAN, for the
responsible citizenship this island itself guarantee
equal that given by the Bench itself of justice between
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16

AS the Grand Nzier said after reading of his August Mas
ters spring poetry May soul be the sacrifice but this is bosh If
destroyed all the other breeding places all the coseswahed
banana plants could wouldn't yield enough mosquitoes feed
the lizards and dragon flies that them They would be neg
ge bananas the hospitals schools and hotels the Panama
Zone about which Colonel Gogas has planted them We this be
of the very few wrigg that have been found banana stalks
here taking the hired inspectors reports for granted and from
the fact that the lanach when Honolulu freed
mosquitoes, a banana touched.
Having heard from arsy sawbones let have something
this chronological subject the regmena veterinary.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16

The convcts have done excellent work along the Waikiki
fats where they crossed by the Rapid Transit line Their clearing
away of mderbsh weeds their burning of rubbish
what wedirected energy Such achievement followed
by the reclamation of the oughs, will rid Honolulu of
menaces
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16

~ wouldn't banana plants have the Stegomyia
caopus breeding destroy all other breed
the bananas and what in the
you this ideal place for breed
ing after destroying all its other breeding paces?Co
mel u S A Medic
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16
HOW LONG, OLORD!


Colonel Ebert hasn't been in long enough points
the sanitary compass here he would put
following statement which paraded this morning hetorca
crtcher ..-,...
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16

The Star will have decline the Advertisers fearful plea
join the side which will be much ashamed of its plant
hysera year from the side which urged ncendasu
eleven years ago the only for the bubonic plague
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16

The next Y. M. c, A. roundup will
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16

BY the way, you find anybody who has sent leue
Governor Frears reapponmen? Secretary Fisher doesn'
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-16

Yuan Shh kais habit of seeking the stronger side may
psed after all He may have learned what the powers intend
The Washington times., 1911-09-10

further said that the minority holdings
are In large part In the hands Of Ia
vored groups of insiders. Such favored
ones thus find themselves In receipt OF
large income In addition TO the 40 per
cent realized from holdings In the par
ent organization. It would be interest
ing to know what proportion of owner
ship In minority holdings Of Standard
OIL subsidiaries is vested IN members of
the ruling families. 1t is doubtful, how
ever, IL curiosity on that subject will
be gratified.
Outflow Of Money.
The tide of money has set In strong
ly toward the West and South. The
Street had been hearing more than
usuar this year about the ability of the
West and South to finance crops with
out help from the East and without
drawing on reserves in New York ana
other Atlantic cities, The crop sec
tions were a little late this year IN
making their demands, but ultimately
found Il to advantage to come to the
usual sources OF supply for funds; Tne
for the last two weeks, not only from
the interior but to meet calls from the
subtreasury. The weekly bank state
ments show this in the heavy loss IN
the cash item. In today's statement IL
was placed at $10.670,0 900 average"
The export movement of our manu-
factured products is proceeding in
enormous volume. Every manufaetur-
ing concern of sufficient size to have
a selling organization in the world 8
markets Is exerting every effort to In
crease its foreign trade. The old world
markets are being crowded with Ameri-
can offerings and from the present out
look the distribution Of the products
of American mills and factories viii.
break all records In this respect, Unit
ed States Steel, Harvester. and STAN
dard Oil lead all the others.
Crop Estimates.
The Government crop report was ar
element of late weakness. Not that II
contained surprising or fresh informa-
ton, but the market was in no mood
to joyously receive confirmation of dis
appointment. Slight Improvement IN
corn only marks up the crop to
Z, 736, 900. 600 bushels, or 5Oo.0oo000 bushels
below early expectations. Other crops
are also less than summer estimates.
total wheat being e56,000. 900 bushels and
oats $4,000 900 bushels. both short OF
last year and below the ten-year aver
age. The aggregate farm yield Is never
theless fairly good and later on will te
considered a basis for general improve
ment.
The Washington times., 1911-09-10
FURTHER SCALING DOWN OF PRICES
WITH MANY NEW LOW 1911 RECORDS
Psmsm Rampant Enforced Liquidation of Actual Stock Has Very
Heavy-Poitcs Agitation Admittedly Ruling InAu-
ences-Money and the Crops Side Issues.
NY JOHN GRANT DATER,


They have been forced to acknowledge
thai they are getting fair share OF net
results, and that 1t Is bad time to
stten,pt TO prclong a dangerous biun.
in this regard would be considered a
buIlish feature ordinarily, but at this
juncture IL is looked upon as con-
fession Of the desperate straits 90 which
the corporations are put, and Tor that
difficult in a depressed situation to give
gloomy construction to any and every
development
Specially New Haven.
The near approach of the meeting of
directors Of the New York. New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Company. at
which the dividend rate win be decided
upon, concentrates attention unpleasant
ly upon that property. New Haven
stock has gone down In price from
around 200 to under 1874 in the last few
years, and Wall Street refuses to be-
lieve that II can continue to distribute
s per cent to shareholders. Indeed. II
has been insisted upon for some time
that the rate would be cut at the meet
ing this month. From the inside, how
ever. direct and specific denial is made
Of any such intention. The tape, how
ever, stubbornly contradicts the semi
official statement. The great New
Haven system Is largely owned In New
England, and any reduction Of dividend
would cut sharply into the income Of
thousands of families.
The official inquiry into the condition
Of New York banks as Of September Is
said to be rather more thorough and
exacting than usual, the purpose being
to ascertain the extent to which banking
institutions are lending money on the
speculative favorites. such steel. Union
Pacific, Reading, st. Paul, and Copper.
Loans on Wall Street collateral are very
heavy, and the inspection referred to Is
doubtless inspired by a desire to keep
within strictly safe limits in the cases
Of stocks In which there Is an unduly
large floating supply.
Little Side Pockets.
The action Of the National Transit
Company. subsidiary Of the Standard
Oil Company. in reducing its capital
stock from s25,445.000 to one-half that
amount called attention to the fact
that the parent company only owns a
shaving more than a ma ajority Of the
capitalization of the dependent corpora
ton, the remainder being owned out
side. There are understood to be a
number Of the Standard Oil subsidiaries
which are similarly situated. and It is
The Washington times., 1911-09-10
Motorcycle Romance
eliminates at Altar

A motorcycle romance has just cul-
minated in the marriage of DR.. ]. Bart
lett Hills, well-known dentist, of 1877
New York avenue, and Miss Edith
Asheton, also of Washington. The cere-
mony was performed yesterday by the
Rev. H. Schroeder, and DR.. and Mrs.
Hills now are in New York spending
their honeymoon.
DR.. Hills often took Hiss Asheton out
for a long ride on his motorcycle. The
friendship of the two soon ripened into
love.
They will return to Washington
Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1911-09-10
Champion Long Distance
Wooer WedS Tuesday

BEVERLY, Mass, Sept. 10.--Follow-
ing a. complimentary dinner given by
Harold Gillette, Of Chicago, champion
long distance wooer of the United
States. the guests left early this morn
ing on a revenue cutter for Biddleford
Pool. Me-, where Mr.. Gillette will marry
Miss Cornelia Bookmier next Tuesday.
Mr.. Gillette obtained his wooing title
because he travelled 400 miles every
week this summer between Chicago and
Biddleford Pool to see Miss BcOkmier.
He would leave Chicago Friday and be
back In Chicago Monday.
The Washington times., 1911-09-10

the Savings Bank When Ycu Come
Back From Your Vacadon?"
The Citizens Savings. prosperous
youngster. seeks to have share of the
the Government by reiteration Of
The Departmental Bank
The Washington Mechanics Savings
Is becoming krown as The Navy Yard
Bank
The Union Savings proudly raises its
ensign IS:
The Oldest Savings Bank in the Dis
trict of Columbia
The Potomac Bank is the
only Savings Bank in Georgetown" !"
Once again the National Savings and
Trust Company:
''Over $1,000 Accounts on Our Books. -
As a matter of fact, that bank has
So.2F accounts. as compared with s.5s2
seven years ago.
Among the national banks, the Ma
tional Metropolitan is not only
Across the Street From the United
States Treasury" but is especially
THE Oldest National Bank in the
District of Columbia
1t has the picture Of its first presi-
dent, John p. Van Ness QSlD, hanging
on the office wall.
When the District National started in
business the invitation was generally
extended to
Grow Up With the District National
Bank"
THE Bank of Personal Service" at
and Liberal Conservatism is a second
slogan.
Commercial Banking in All It's
Phases" Is the American National
Banks slogan.
declares that 1t is
Under Direct Supervision Of the
Comptroller of the Currency"
Officials of the Union Trust COM
pony say that theirs is
urer''
The Riggs National Bank is proud to
be the
Successor Of Riggs & Co.."
This carries assurance and experience
or age, the succession to one of the
greatest financial houses Of early WASH
ington.
Under the Eye of the Treasury" /"
with the eye Illustrated. is another slo-
gan OF the bank now presided over by
Open for Deposits At Night" means
the Fourteenth Street Savings Bank.
Standing out boldly, unquestioned and
striking;
The Strongest Institution South Of
Philadelphia and East of St Louis"
This Is the def that the American Sc
curity and Trust Company casts to the
financial world.
Total Assets ss2oOO,OOO." is the size
able size Of the International Banking
Corporation.
THE Bank Of Prompt and Courteous
Attention." Is another catch line of the
American National,
while Money IslAccumulating in the
Banking Department of the Union Trust
Company 1t Always Earns Interest for
the Deposition
There are few better advertisers than
the Washington Loan and Trust Com
nanv. and the words, John Joy Edson,
president" are synonymous Of the
banks title.
The National Bank of Washington.
Lincoln National, Second National.
Bank of Commerce and Savings, the
Farmers and Mechanics, of George
town, and the United States Savings
are good advertisers. They may have
special catch lines or slogans, but they
are not just at hand.
While the banks of the District lost
heavily in deposits between June and
September !, the comparative figures
for September /, 1910. and the Same date
1911, indicate gain much greater than
~. H.. AZ Ia ok fhroa rnnnfha Iara
The Washington times., 1911-09-10

COMPARATIVE DEPOSITS


of September
the withdrawal
mentm moneya and
The Washington times., 1911-09-10
BIRDS AND ANIMALS

JUST RECEIVED young singing canariss.
parrots, goldfish, rabbits. guinea pigs, and
nne lot Of dogs. all kinds. SCHMID'S
BIRD STORE. III Eth st N. w.
The Washington times., 1911-09-10
THE STOCK MARKET OF THE WEEK


prices
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