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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-24
SPEAKER CANNON'S
Constituents MAY
&c DISTINGUISHED

DANvILLE, January 2S.-charges
of alleged wholesale vote buying in
Speaker Joe Cannon s home county are
under investigation by the grand jury
here.
1t is asserted that many startling in
dictments will be. returned, also that
so far the grand jury has discovered
a condition of affairs similar in many
respects 20 that prevailing at West
Union, Ohio, during the last campaign,
when nearly 1000 citizens were dis
franchised by the federal court for
fraudulent voting.
No charge that Speaker Cannon is
mixed up with alleged bribery Of
voters has been made, although it is
claimed that evidence exists that hum
dreds of citizens in his congressional
district are liable to be DISTINGUISHED,
if the expected indictments are pushed
through court.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-24
RIGHT ON THE JOB.

AT the time Dewey captured the Is.
lands, there was only one lighthouse in
operation in the Philippine waters: that
on Cape Melville, Balabac Island, south
Of the Island of Palawan, and marking
the entrance between the China Sea and
the SUN Sea, says the Philippines
Monthly. AS is the custom in time Of
war, the Spanish authorities had or
dered all lighthouses to have their
light extinguished when it was discov-
cred that an attack on Manila was
threatened by the American Navy. 1t
appears that this order was carried out
at all other places, except at the light.
house mentioned above, where the or.
der was never received The keeper Of
this light kept his light burning up 70
June 30, 1899, without assistance. aud
was paid for his services from May ]
1893, TO that date by the Philippine
government.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-24
LmRM q q d Q d D Q D o
FIRST News Received.

This is the first news from the ma
tional capital that has been received
relating to the McCrosson bill since Its
companion bill, the irrigation amend
ments to the Organic Act, was with
drawn from before congress.
The McCrosson bill provides lease
by which all the waters having their
source in Waianae Uka, a portion OF
the military reservation, shall be turned
over to McCrossoD and his associates,
These waters are from the Kaukonahua
Stream, and are the only sources of ir-
rigation for miles along that side of
the Koolau Range.
After leaving the reservation they
flow northward and are utilized by the
Wahiawa Water Company in behalf OF
the Waialua Agricultural Company, en-
abling the latter to cultivate a large
tract of land with cane which would
otherwise be barren.
Has First Right.
Secretary Dickinson's report, while
denoting MeCrosson's enterprise as the
best offer, apparently holds that the
Wahiawa Water Company has the best
rights to the water at this time, al
though it has no rights on the reserva.
ton, where the water is developed. Its
rights consist of the right falling to
those who have expended money and
labor in developing streams whose
source they do not control
The Wahiawa Water Company op
crates under charter signed on April
6, 1901, by Governor Sanford B. Dole
and j. B. Brown, commissioner of pub
lie lands. 1t continues until 1913.
Territory Benefits.
Under its terms the Territory is tC
receive ten per cent of all dividends
of the company annually for twenty
years, and at no time is the annual
payment of the company to the Terri
tory to be less than $4,000, dividends
or not.
The company was formed out of the
Hawaiian Fruit and Plant Company
plantation interests and the Wahiaws
homsteaders.
McCrosson's plan was TO develop the
waters at their source and divert then
to the Oahu Sugar Company's planta
tion, thus taking away a greater part
of the stream from the Wahiawa Water
Company and rendering its charter
practically valueless.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-24
SUPERVISORS LIABLE
FOR ROAD ACCIDENTS

Los ANGELES, January 10. A
precedent entirely new in California
was written into the county court rec
ords today, and if it is followed by
courts and juries in personal injury
suits against counties hereafter IL will
make the position of county supervisor
unattractive. Under it a county super
visor is personally responsible for all
damages arising out of injuries due to
bad condition of roads. Supervisor r.
w. Pridbam is the victim Of the new
precedent. Mrs. Bessie Wurzburger,
who was thrown from her buggy on the
Casa Verdugo road last May and sus-
tanned broken hip, sued the county
for $4,000 damages. When the case
came before Judge Hosmer he instruct.
ed the jury, if it returned verdict, to
return it against Pridham, in whose
district the accident occurred, and the
jury, following the instructions, as
sessel damages against the supervisor
in the sum Of $11,500
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-24
MONSTER BATTLEsHIP
PLANNED FOR JAPAN

VICTORIA, January 22.-Advices re.
ceived in Australia from Japan are ex-
citing a great deal of comment, es-
pecially among naval and military men
here. 1t is asserted upon excellent au-
thority that Japan is now preparing
TO build the greatest dreadnought in
the world, which approximates forty
thousand tons and be so heavily armed
that it win practically be invincible on
the sea.
At the same time 1t is reported that
Japan is fortifying the Bay Of chenhai
In such a manner as TO make II inn.
lpTegnAble and that II will be used,
practically, exclusively as a naval port.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-24
PEARY CAME WITHIN
MILE OF THE POLE

WASHINGTON, January 21.-The
house committee on naval affairs has
decided to accept the report of experts
whom it examined ON the question of
Commander Peary's discovery of the
North Pole, to the effect that Peary
went to within mile and six-tenths
of the actual location of the pole. The
committee has been holding hearings in
connection with a resolution to give
suitable reward and promotion to the
American commander who is generally
hailed throughout the world as the first
to reach the pole.
After extensive examination of Peary
and consultation of experts, the naval
affairs committee today finally decided
to accept the report of its experts,
and will accordingly report to the house
its view that Peary only missed reach
ing the pole by little over a mile.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-24
MUNS0N DISCIPLINED
FOR INT0XlcATI0N

WASHINGTON, January %. The
finding of the naval court at Mare
Island Navy Yard last week, at which
Passed Assistant Surgeon Francis NJ.
Munson pleaded guilty to conduct nm
becoming an officer, was reviewed here
yesterday, and Munson is sentenced to
the loss of ten numbers in rank.
The special act for which Passed As
sistant Surgeon Munson was disciplined
occurred at Honolulu, during the visit
of the Buffalo, the charge being that
Munson became intoxicated and went
10 sleep at wardroom dinner at which
his commanding officer was present.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-24
FINDS WAY TO TAKE
ALCOHOL OUT OF BEER

NEW YORK., January 12.-De-alco.
hOlized beer u the latest product of
inventive genius. An English chemist
is responsible for this latest discovery.
His method IL said to be completely
successful. II prevents beer aud stout
from being intoxicating, while leaving
the favor, sparkle and palatabillty nm.
Impaired According to advlees receiv-
cd here, lftytwO English and American
experts tasted the de.alcoholiEed beVer-
ages, and more than half OF them were
unable TO distinguish between them aud
those containing alcohol
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-24
BARNES REiNSTATED
HEAD OF COMMITTEE

NEW YORK, January William
Barnes, Jr., the deposed leader of the
Republican cold guard. was today
made chairman of the Republican State
Committee again. Barnes was the chair,
man. of the executive committee when
it turned down Roosevelt for chairman
Of the State convention last October
and was overthrOwn by the Roosevelt
victory in the convention at Saratoga.
by today's appointment he returns to
the leadership In the party which he
had before.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-24
Lieutenant Beck Sends Note Two
and Half Miles from
AeropIane.
ESTABLISHES A NEW RECORD
Practical Demonstration Of Use
Of Flying Machine in Time
of War.

SAN FRANCISCO, January %. - A
new record has been established for
aeroplanes by the use Of wireless
message from one in the air to re-
ceiving station miles away, feat which
was accomplished near here, at South
San Francisco, yesterday.
Lieutenant Beck is the hero Of the
new naval fighting aeroplane. He made
a flight in his machine yesterday from
the aviation field. His biplane was
equipped with a miniature wireless
sending apparatus. and when two miles
and half from his starting point wire
lessed message to the temporary sta
ton erected on the field
Important Test.
The success of this, the first effort
to use the wireless to communicate from
flying machine heavier than air,
marks a new and practical use of such
machines, fact which might prove OF
immense Importance in time of war.
Lieutenant Beck was detailed by the
navy department to watch the bird
men during the recent San Francisco
meet, and upon the flight of Curtiss
and others over the warships in the
! harbor, Lieutenant Beck and another
officer were detailed to the sky squad
ron.
For Experiments.
Congress was so impressed by the re-
port on aviation, recently made, that
last week $4,000 was appropriated for
further experiments by navy officers
with aeroplanes.
The feat by Lieutenant Beck is the
first practical result of his detail.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-24
CONSTITUTION RATIFIED.

SANTA FE, January 2S,--Tbe new
State constitution for New Mexico, car.
ried last week by majority OF 10000
votes, has been ratified by the legiHla.
ture and viii be submitted TO President
Taft and congress.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-24

ANY one whose hearing is trifle
above the ordinary can, at the present
time, hear a monotonous fusillade stead
lily echoing from Punahou and Makiki,
somewhat after the fashion of that
which the war jingoes say we will hear
when the Mikado IS fleet tries to cap
ture Hawaii. But the malihini, who
might be attracted by real fleet,
shells, bombardments and all, is not
particularly attracted by this constant
thanksgiving, cuss,popping, fiip-fop.
ping skirmish with the mosquito
brigade; pernicious, eapricious, skittish
skeeter brigade
If all the mosquitoes were gathered
up into one big mosquito, to pursue q
method commonly adopted by the fairy
books of our tender years, and all the
knocks on the mosquito campaign were
gathered up into one big knock, and
that one big knock came in contact
with that one big mosquito, the Para.
disc of the Pacific could wear its halo
without further necessity of waving it
at the pest.
Knocks vs.. stings.
The trouble with Honolulu is that il
is too busily engaged in knocking mos
quito hunters employed by the board
of health to dig down in their own little
old tomato cans and put the kibosh OF
the several hundred joyous "wigglers'
who will surely be cavorting there.
There is real live mosquito cam
paign being carried ON, notwithstand
| ing slurs to the contrary. But so fal
| the obstacles met have been almost too
big to be overcome. That Punahou
Makiki fusillade above referred to
which has been deepening in volume
for the past two weeks, is due to the
! flower gardens and rice fields that lay
makai of King street between Thomas
Square and Piikoi street. About twenty
acres are here being devoted to rice
and the rice patch is so far the cham
pon in all bouts with the mosquito
hunters.
Several weeks ago the inspectors hat
! the two residence districts fairly wei
cleaned out with possibility of entire
| ly Kidding them of the skeeter AT thai
time the rice fields were lying idl,
waiting preparation for the new crop
Then the owner flooded his fields and il
a few days the choicest crop Of wiggler
conceivable were frolicking around
therein. Inspector Frank B. Cook, whC
is in charge of the mosquito work, hat
men on the place at once, but nothing
could be done. Finally he made thu
owner flood the fields and this helped
some, for the fresh water cure has thu
opposite effect on the wiggler. Give hin
stagnant water and he thrives; put (
drop of clear water around him anC
he is dead wiggler.
Safe from Attack.
| After the fields were flooded the top
minnows were put in the deeper places
but there were acres where the mos
quitoes could rise in clouds. Just abou
the time they were scheduled to emerge
a big mauka wind came up and blew
them all out to sea. This good lucl
was not followed up in kind.
The water sagged again, a new croI
of wigglers got busy and few days age
swa-ms of mosquitoes arose and were
blown broadcast through the residence
districts. The inspectors were power
less to stop them, but once more start
ed work to clean them out.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-24
RAMous RVRRYWHRRE

Chamberlain Cough Remedy has
become famous for it, cures Of coughs,
eoida, Group and influenza. Try II when
m need. Il contains no harmful sub
stance and always gives prompt relief.
for sale ~ Az dealers. banson, Smith
a Co., LA, Agents Tor Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-24
Secretary Of War Dickinson, in
Report, Holds It Has
First Call.
MocRossoWs OFFER IS BEST
Recommendation That No Ac-
ton Be Taken at Present
Time.
anaamaaaRRaaaRRng

Especial Cable to The Adver-
tiser.)
WASHINGTON, January 21.
! Secretary of War Dickinson
today made his report on the
waters developed on the Leile-
hua reservation, which have
been the subject of contest by
Hawaiian interests for some
time past, and upon which fire.
quent hearings have been grant
ed by him.
He holds that the Wahiawa
j Water Company has the best
j right to continue to use these
j waters, but that John I. Nc.
j Crosson, representing himself
j and other interests of Honolulu,
] makes the best offer for them.
Secretary Dickinson recon-
D mends in his report that no
3 action in the matter be taken
q at the present time.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-24
NEW WORLDS RECORD.

KIMBERLY, Cape Colony, January
a2.-Jaek DonaldsDn yesterday ran $50
yards Ia fourteen seconds, thus setting
o new worlds record.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-24
OFFERED MoRTON's PLAcE.

WASHINGTON, January 2l.- As.
slstant Secretary of the Treasury
Charles d. Hilles has been offered the
position Of president Of the Equitable
Life hold by the late Paul Morton
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-24
DEADLOCKs CONTINUE.

WASHINGTON, January 81. - sena.
torial deadloeks continue In tho States
~ New York, Iowa ana Montana.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-24

over the country, all of them such as
men of their class would naturally at
tempt to get.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-24
j. B. Brice.

Still different is the third of the trio.
Lacking Schmidt's nasty criminality,
and Coplan s viciousness, he is weak,
and the easiest led and Influenced by
bad company. With the iDstigation of
criminal minds he will do anything and
becomes the most fanatieal just to win
the admiration Of men like Schmidt
and Coplan.
He is an American. He is five feet
ten in height, weighs between $50 and
100 pounds and is of slender build He
is from thirty.fve to thirty-eight
years old.
His forehead is broad and chin mar
row. His eyes are small, deep.sunken
and greenish gray. His ears set out
from his head, his nose Is thin looking,
his lips thin and chin long. His teeth
are small. He has a presumably deli
cate way Of calling women "fairies .
IL viii DO noticed that the initials OF
two Of Sehmidt's aliases are those OF
Price aud that one Of the aliases cor
responds closely to Brlee'a full name.
Tho two are Supposed to have known
each other In Chicago.
All have held jobs more nr less an
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-15
Bethel.

This part of the country feels the
need Of a good rain very much.
! Quite good many from these
parts attended the picnic at Davis
City Sunday.
Lew Dobson and brother Charlie
were Leon visitors last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Millsap visited
at the home of Uncle Wade Fulton,
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dow Parker were
Davis City callers last Friday.
w. H. Fulton and family visited
at the home of Uncle Wade Fulton,
south Of Leon, last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Warner Wis.,
tied at Van Vert last Sunday with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Ell
stOn.
Those spending Sunday at Joe
Dobson's were Aaron Goodman and
family, Frank Dobson and family,
Fay Ellis, Pearl Billiard, Jene fuller
and Ray Ellis.
Arthur Cox, wife and baby visited
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T.
Cox, last Sunday.
Mr. Watson and daughter were
business visitors at Leon Saturday.
Mrs. Gertie Graham visited few
days last week with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. John McNelly
Miss Mabel Briggaman visited a
couple of days in Leon last week at
the home of her father
Mrs. Thomas Baker spent one day
last week with Mrs. Joe Dobson
Mr.. and Mrs. Harve Morgan were
, business visitors at Davis City last
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Dobson visited
Monday in Leon with their son, Bert
Dobson and family.
Several of our farmers are getting
ready for harvest, and will cut their
wheat this or next week. Some of
the wheat is fairly good, while oats
are going to be very short but of a
good quality, and a good rain would
help them out great deal. Hay will
be very light.
Thomas Baker is helping Harve
Morgan with his work this week.
Miss Ollie Baker is helping Mrs.
Fletcher Honn with her house work.
Mrs Honn has been very poorly all
spring, and at present has a sick
child
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-15
FairvieW.

Gertrude, Pearl and Olive Mach
Ian and Lester Thompson were call
ers at the Lew Hastings home last
Thursday evening.
Roy Mullinnix and Leonard Has
tings visited at Albert Whites Sun
day morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Freeman
and children, of near Leon, were Wis
itors at the Henry Delk home Satur-
day night and Sunday.
Miss Pearl MAGELLAN went to Leon
Sunday evening to spend the week
with her grandfather, Mr.. Machlan
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Worden were
calling at Henry Delk's Sunday.
Isabella Hastings, Gertrude, Pearl
and Olive MAGELLAN attended chill
dren's day exercises Sunday morn
ing at the NJ. E. church in Van Vert.
There will be no Epworth League
at Fairview next Sunday evening as
children's day exercises will be OBJ
served at 1880 o'clock in the even
ing. A very nice program has been
arranged and your presence will be
highly appreciated.
Olin Markham and Lester Thomp-
son were elected delegates to go
from the Fairview Epworth League
to the Epworth League convention
to be held at Allerton. June 1915.
Mrs. Fannie Easter and daughter,
Flossie, left Friday for Des Moines
where they will spend a few days.
Pearl MAGELLAN was calling on Miss
Nellie Easter Friday afternoon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-15
Orphan Ridge.

C. A. Hatfield and wife and son
Roscoe were Leon visitors Friday.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harve Piper is very sick at this writ
ing with kidney trouble. DR.. Reed
of Davis City, is in attendance
James Blake and C. E. Leahy had
business at Davis City Friday.
The ice cream supper at A. J.
Piper's Saturday night was success
and good time is reported.
Joe Barlean drove over to Cory
don Saturday, returning home Mon
day.
James Parker, of near Davis City,
was here Monday buying butcher
stuff.
C. E. Leahy and George Barlean
spent Sunday with w. NJ. Barlean.
Several from here attended lodge
at Davis City Friday night.
Alva Cox and Miss Reba Parsons,
of Leon, attended party near Pleas
anton Saturday night.
Fred Jones and family spent Sun
day at A. J. Piper's.
Nv. H. Jones spent Sunday near
Davis City with the Jenkins broth
ers.
Rain is needed here pretty badly
as everything is getting pretty dry
Meadows are short this year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-15
GAINESVILLE Wants Interstate Trail
Cut-Off.

For several months the minds of
the people of north Missouri and
southern Iowa have been concerned
about the establishment of an estab-
lished automobile route connecting
Des Moines with Kansas City and St.
Joseph, and such a route has been
established.
Briefly this route runs from Des
Moines to Leon, Iowa, thence to
Bethany in this county, where one
branch goes southwest to St. Joseph
and the other south to Pattonsburg
and on to Kansas City.
1t occurs to us that better and
much shorter line from Leon to Kan
sas City could be found than the one
through Bethany by coming by way
of GAINESVILLE, Mt. Moriah, Gilman
City, or Coffey, and connecting with
the other line at Pattonsburg. It is
said that this cutoff would shorten
the line from Kansas City to Des
Moines about so miles, which certain
ly would be an object to tourists out
of these two terminal cities. In addi-
ton to being the shorter line, it
would also be much the better route
on account of the lay of the country
as very few hills would be encounter
ed from Leon to Pattonsburg.
We are told that from Leon to
Pleasanton the road is in good shape
From Pleasanton to GAINESVILLE the
route would be on a long ridge; from
GAINESVILLE to Mt. Moriah down the
river bottom, and from Mt. Moriah
to Pattonsburg through the Blue
Ridge country, one of the finest Sec
tions of Harrison county.
In order to secure the location of
the route it would be necessary for
the people living along it to agree to
put the roads in first-class shape, and
to keep them up, so that autom obile
travel will be safe and pleasant. If
the towns and farmers along the
route become sufficiently interested
it will not be difficult to have such a
route established.
Mr.. A. Bddison, president of the
Commercial Club, has taken the mat
ter up and addressed letters to par
ties in the towns along the proposed
route and if sufficient interest can
be aroused company will be form
ed in the near future and steps taken
to establish the route. This is mat
ter of the greatest Importance to the
people both of the towns and coun-
try and steps should be taken at
once to get the enterprise in tangible
shape.-Cainsville News.