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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-25

from noon until late in the afternoon
was a deserted Turkish house on the
southern limit of the Italian out
posts. The house had an enormous
courtyard of the customary type, and
all the afternoon prisoners We're be-
ing brought i'm in patches, There was
no attempt made at inquiring into in
diyidual cases; nothing approaching a
trial or courtmartial. After some 1t
tie time. an officer arrived, and from
that time on the soldiers who had
caught prisoners marched them out
to the trench and shot them in
patches as fast as they We're brought
in They were so splendidly inditf-r-
ent to their fate A majority of them
maintained a stolid silence, and made
no attempt to protest or to resist.
Among the prisoners We're several
patches who protested vigorously taat
they were innocent and that they
had taken no part in the hostlities
against the Italians
MANY Of the Italian soldiers, 10y
the way, had been in the United
States apd while there had picked up
strange American intouations and still
stranger American oaths which have
become a part of their vocabulary.
It sounded homogeneous, for example,
to hear a swarthy Italian ON an Afri-
can desert eXclaim: Gee, there's an.
other one Of them darn niggers. Get
a move on, CeCco.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-25
ITALIAN TROOPS SHOT
DOWN ARABS LIKE DOGS

LONDON, October 31.-Frank Ma
gee, a photographer for the Daily
Mirror, who left Tripoli last Wedncs-
day and arrived in London today, was
an eyewitness of the summary ven
geance taken by the Italians upon the
Arabs who shot at them from the
rear in last Mondays fight Magee
tells a graphic story of the attack
and the subsequent reprisals.
"To realize the fury which led The
Italians to execute their Arab prison
ers," said he, 1T is necessary to I'M
derstand the situation and the con
ditions. Before the battle the Italian
lines described an arc of a circle eX-
tending inland from the coast with a
radius of about four miles from Trim
oil. This arc incloses not only the
town, but also a little oasis Of
watered land in which many Arab
houses stand among the date palms
and walled gardens. Beyond this
oasis comes the line of the Italian
outposts. The Arabs on the out
skirts, between the town and the
Italian lines, had accepted the occu-
patton and were proceeding quietly
with their routine of life and were
unarmed, peaceable and content"
Magee describes how, on the morn
ing of Monday, the 23d when The
! fighting began, he went out to tie
Italian line on the edge of the des-
ert to stay with a small party of
members of the Eighty-third Regi-
ment who were firing from behind
their earthworks in a southwark iii.
rection among the sandhills, where
still invisible Turkish force had
been located.
Suddenly from behind u.s." Magee
continues, from over on the town
side of the Arab cemetery, "A heavy
yolley was poured into us Bullets
came crashing through the cactus
leaves, splitting up the sand all around
us, and one soldier dropped with a buI
let through his arm. 1t was Sc sud
den and mysterious that we could moi
understand at first what was happen
ing.
we knew the Turks were out Of
eyesight in the desert southwark, vet
here we were under a heavy fire a
100 yards range from the direction
of the town. Soon we found an cN
PLANTATION. Heavy firing broke out il
the town and the Arab quarters amons
the plantations in the outskirts. Thor
the Italians realized that the Arabs
whom they had regarded as friends
had treacherously turned agains
them, had produced concealed arms
and were attacking them from tn,
rear.
"A detachment of the Eighty-thir,
Regiment had to face round and seel
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-25
IN BED AND IN BAD.

Bert Somers, a lively four.year-old.
is great pet of the young lady next
door, and spends a good deal of his
time with her. One morning he had
not made his usual early call and
Miss Sallie went in by the back way
just before noon to learn the reason.
There was no one about, so she called:
Bert, Bert, where are your
Here" answer a shrill voice from
upstairs; and Miss Sallie, ascending,
found her young friend, nlghtie on, Ia
bed.
My, my" she exclaimed, what ale
you doing in bed this time O. day? In
for a nap?"
Nav! In for sassin'. Woman's
Home Companion.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-25

a new cover from which to repel this
new attack The bullets coming at US
from two directions began to sing a
duet. For an hour we lay there under
the cross fire of the Turks in the des-
ert and the Arabs on the town side,
while from the eastward came the
rattle of heavy firing where the main
Turkish attack seemed to be deliv-
cred.
But even this double attack was
soon repealed. In an hour the troops
sent from the town into the planra-
tons had suppressed the Arabs, while
two warships in the bay and the bat.
teries ashore had pumped shells into
the positions of the Turkish soldiers
! was with the correspondents around
by the cactus clumps in the rear of
the plantations. Very keen they were
and very cheerful
seen across the cemetery and the
open ground, there came from the
plantations groups of Whitehead Arab
prisoners, prodded along by Italian
soldiers with fixed bayonets. The
danger from that quarter was at az
end. Some Of the Arab prisoners con.
cerned in this surprise attack were
brought to the house whore | was
They We're Of all ages. Some were
boys; some old men so infirm that
| they could scarcely walk. IL was diff
| icult to believe that men so feeble
and old had taken part in such a des
perate enterprise. Some Of tnen
were in the sackcloth tatters of the
town beggars.
Italians Furious with Rage.
The Italians, who had been quite
cheerful while the fighting was goinl
on, became furious with anger wher
they saw the prisoners. They de
clared that all Of them young anC
old alike, had been concerned in the
treacherous attacks, and for that pur
pose must have concealed rifles Will
which they had been supplied by tn,
/ Turks before their retirement.
The idea that these men. Will,
pretending TO be friendly, had al
along been preparing to stab then
in the back made across a graveyard
Some of them could not restrain thei
desire for vengeance. | saw on,
group of about forty Arabs marche,
across a graveyard. Some of thea
could barely limp along; others wer,
wounded, but the soldiers prodder
them along
Il saw an officer strike one man
who was brought up with his wrist
bound together a savage blow wit
the scabbard of his sword in tn
lower part of the mans abdomen.
81 saw a soldier strike another ma
a savage blow in the face with hi
. fist,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-25
HAVOC OF THE HIDE HUNTERS.

HAVOC OF THE HIDE HUNTERS.
In 1881 the buffalo hide hunters
shipped $1,000 buffalo hides to the
East. The next year the number WAS
100000 and in 1888 10000 Only 300
were reported in 1884 and after that
there were none at all In 1883 Sit
ting Bull and his band, with some
white hunters, killed the last 10000
of the northern herd.
The last survivors, twenty-eight in
number, were killed on the Big Por-
cupine in 1856, and were mounted for
the National Museum with that the
wild buffalo of North American prac.
tically ceased TO exist, except for q
few in the Yellowstone National Park
and a handful in the wilds of Atha
basca.-Outing.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-25

Il saw an officer spur up his horse
forward, with a heavy sjambok in his
appraised hand, and strike an Old
prisoner who could not drag himself
along fast enough
81 saw soldier snatch stick
from the hand of a wounded prisoner
who could only hobble painfully
along, and throw it away into the
sand. The other soldiers laughed
with glee at that
The group of forty prisoners, as
they came toward me, suddenly
broke through the guard Of soldiers
and made a dash for liberty. Some
of them came in my direction, think
ing, perhaps, the soldiers would not
dare fire for fear of killing me.
81 crawled through the cactus
hedge to avoid them All the men
We're chased and recaptured In the
afternoon, about three o'clock three
prisoners were brought into the
courtyard of the house, roped to-
gether by the wrists. The soldiers
held the loose end of the rope that
bound them and led them along with
a clucll of his palate as if they We're
animals. Other soldiers laughed
Two Of the men were very old aud
/ very poor. The third was a tall, fine
/ looking young Arab in a white linen
robe. They were bHndled into the
courtyard, and the two old men sanl;
down on the ground, weary but re-
! signed. The young one wildly pro-
! tested his innocence and then, when
) his protestations were ieered at,
raised his bound hands and prayed
| necessarily.
After an hour the end of this
/ drama came. The three were brought
out of the courtyard, the soldier
loosed the rope that bound them, and
an officer, pointing to the desc f.,
gave them a prod and spoke the word
'boura,' which means get along.
1T was CHASTITY comedy. The
men wonderingIy interpreted if as
meaning that they were heinz ordered
TO march out into a foodless. wa;er.
less desert The Young Arab again
protested that ne had done nothing
TO deserve such punishment. INT
they were prodded again and told TO
90 forward Very slowly they walked
away beyond the trench and then inro
the burninp sand
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-25

81 suppose you find living less eX
pensiye since you took to gathering
your own mushrooms?
A little replied Mr.. Growcher
We don't save anything on the mush
ICONS but all our friends have quit
accepting invitations to dinner, o.
Washington star.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-25

The Rector-Now Molly, would you
rather be beautiful or good?
Molly-Td rather be beautiful and
repent-Punch.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-25

81 should think you'd be afraid to
let your boys run your automobile?'
"Oh, no; | have It insured. Home
Herald
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-25
Castle & Cooke,
LIMITED
Honolulu, II. n.
Shipping and Com
mission Merchants
SUGAR FACTORS and GENERAL
INSURANCE AGENTS.

Representing ill.,
Eva Plantation Co. N
Waialua Agricultural Co., Ltd.
Kohaia Sugar Co. y
Apokaa Sugar Mill Co.
Fulton Iron Works, of ST. Louie.
Weston's Cent? ifusaIs.
8abcock & Wilcox Boilers. ..lt
Green's Fuel Economizer.
Matson Navigation Co.
New England Mutual Life Insurance
Company, of Boston.
Aetna Insurance Co.
National Fire Insurance Co.
Citizens Insurance Co. Hartford
Fire Insurance Co.
The Tendon Assurance COrEaraSlSn.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-25
FRATERNAL MEETINGS.
HONOLULU LODGE NO. GIG,
B, P, o, ELKS-

Meets in their hall Oh King street
near Fort, every Friday evening, Visit
ing Brothers are cordially invited to
70 attenO
PAUL R. ISENBERG, E. R.
GEO. T. KLUEGEL. Sec'y.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-08-25
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EIoN COUNTRIES.
I'M LATE DISPATCHES
poINos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
Western Newspaper Union News servic
WESTERN.

A daughter has been born to Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., at
San Francisco.
Patrick C. Casey was executed ut
Carson City, New, for the murder OF
Mrs. Lucy Heslip of Goldfield just two
years ago.
City and county officials of Durant,
Okla, will make an effort TO appre-
hend and prosecute parties who TOOK
part in the recent negro lynching.
f. E. Hesse, the man who is charged
with numbering his wife and step
daughter and throwing their bodies N
an old well at Tecumseh, Neb., escaped
from the Ogden, Utah, police.
Two persons were killed and four
fatally injured in a tornado in Divide
county, n. D., with indications that
when complete returns are received
from the rural districts, the number
of injured will be increased.
DIR. A. w. McDavit. the dentist who
is alleged to have held Miss Jessie Me-
Donald prisoner in a cell-like room ad-
Joining his office for fifteen months
in San Bernardino, Cal, was arraigned
on statutory charge and released
on $1,000 bond.
The Texas Legislature will pass a
resolution calling constitutional con
vention to meet on the first Monday
in March. 1913. to draft new consti-
tuition for the state of Texas, 80 that
a statewide prohibition clause may be
included.
In New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming,
Withdrawals We're made Of land sup
posed to be underlain by coal com-
prising 1.443,953 acres, while in Colo
rado, Montana, New Mexico. Washing
ton and Wyoming six restorations
were made of coal land comprising
3,0s9,S45 acres.
Officials of the Hartman lines. in
conference with committee repre-
senting the Federated Shop Employees
at san Francisco. +. L. Calvin. vice
president and general manager OF the
Southern Pacific. informed the COM
mittee that the railroads could make
no concessions in wages.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-08-25
Mountain Moves; County Line shifted.

Meeker.-To go to bed in one county
and, on awakening next morning, find
that you have shifted into another,
together with ranch, house, etc, viii.
it seems, shortly be the experience of
homesteaders at the base of moving
mountain on the government road be-
tween here and Rifle. This mountain,
which seems bent on continually shift
ing itself, is near the boundary line
of Garfield and Rio Blanco counties,
and as one settler recently remarked:
TT waltzes around so doggone much
| amt never sure which county | owe
my taxes to-"
The mountain first took notion to
change its location last fall. At that
time it slid about seveny-five feet, and
completely blocked the government
road from Meeker to Rifle, so tat a
new road had to be built around 1t be-
fore the stages and other traffic could
get through.
Since then it has drifted so often
and its movements have been so er-
ratio that it has kept people guessing,
and the indignant manger of the
MeelSr-Rifle telephone line ordered
the wires which passed over this
mountain taken down and strung
around it in wide semi-circle.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-08-25
Colorado Apple Crop.

Denver.-Albert Mauff of Denver,
secretary of the State Board of Horti-
culture, has estimated that the total
apple crop of Colorado this year will
me 100000 boxes with value of s6.-
600, 900. This estimate agrees with the
figures of the National Apple Grow
ers' Association. The figures are
based on data which was gathered
from experts in every county of the
state and is considered to be a reli.
able forecast of the crop.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-08-25
Santa Fe Tax Suit.

Denver.-ln the Federal Court suits
nave been started by the Attchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe railway to prevent
the collecting by the County Commits
sioners and other officials of Otero and
Ell Paso counties of alleged exhorbitant
taxes for the year 1910. An injunction is
asked to restrain the officials of these
counties from in any way interfering
with the railroad in their respective
counties. and an order is prayed that
the 1910 taxes to be paid by the rail-
road shall not exceed s17,675 in Otero
county or S13.9I6.S2 in Ell Paso county.
In both suits it is charged that. by
agreement between the State Board OF
Equalization and the assessors of all
the counties in the state, the railroad
assessments were fixed at one-third
their actual value. and that the total
valuation was pro-rated among the
counties through which the railroad
ran. 1t is further charged that in the
case of the Santa Fe, the two coun-
ties named deliberately Disseminated
against the Santa Fe by making the
assessment higher than that of any
other railroad. I
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-08-25
Great Britain Strike Ends.

I.ondon.-When the announcement
was made from the board of trade Of
fices that the railway strike had been
settled and that the men would return
to work Immediately. great wave of
relief swept over the entire country.
kilograms were quickly dispatched
to all important railroad towns bear
ing the information and crossed in
transit messages to London describ-
ing strike riots in Llanelly and small
er towns in the kingdom.
The cabinet had been working night
and day since the strike was threat
ened, to arrange a compromise ne
tween the railway managers and their
employees.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-08-25
FOREIGN.

There is no doubt that Pope Plus
of Rome is convalescent His holiness
rose early and went to the chapel to
hear mass.
The condition of Pope Plus of Rome.
is almost stationary. but with ten
dency toward slow but gradual i'm
provement.
From typhoon and tidal wave
which swept over Japan, more than
500 lives were lost and great devasta-
tion ashore resulted.
There now appears little hope OF
averting great railroad strike in
Great Britain, which probably will be
accompanied by general labor revolt
lat will have a tremendous effect on
the trade of the United Kingdom. All
railroads will fight labor.
Two hundred thousand railway
employees throughout the United King
dom are on strike and traffic every
where is badly disorganized. The
leaders of the Amalgamated Society
of Railway Servants declare that
100000 men, or nearly half the total
employees of the railways of England,
Ireland, Scotland and Wales, have an
swered their call to stop work. Man
ayers of the railways say these fig.
ures are greatly exaggerated.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-08-25
SPORT.
WESTERN LEAGUE STANDING.
The Cleveland Americans have Civ.

The Cleveland merlcanS nave CIV
en- Denton r. CCy") Young, the vet
eran pitcher and grand old u.an OF
baseball" his unconditional release.
The international motor boat race,
originally set for the 2ith, 10Th and
26th of this month, have been formal
ly postponed to September 4, and 6.
George Hackenschmidt. the Rus
sian Lion,'' who is matched to wrestle
Frank Gotch, the champion, on Labor
Day, went at once to his training quar-
ters on the north shore of Lake Michi-
gan upon his arrival in Chicago from
New York.
La .Junta, Colo, was successful in
the first of the tri-city matches of
trapshooters for a loving cup. The
match was between La Junta, Dodge
City, Kan, and Pueblo shooters. The
Dodge City men state that they in
tend to win the cup If it takes all sum-
mer.
Present indications are that an
other three weeks OF baseball will
close Oklahoma City's connection
with the Texas league. and that. in
stead. that city will have Western
league berth next season. The Texas
league race closes on September, 4.
Labor day.
Howard Baker of Boulder retained
the welterweight championship Of Col
orado by knocking out Johnny o'Keefe
of Denver in the fourteenth round of
a scheduled twenty-round fight, be-
fore the Business Mems Athletic Club
in Leadville. The fight was one Of the
best seen in the state for many years
and was witnessed by a large crowd
of fans from Denver and other points.
Two pichers and two fielders have
been added to the staff of the Denver
Western League ball club. Among
them is Clifford Healey, one of the
best amateur twirlers. Healey's most
recent conspicuous performance was az
the Broadway park in Denver wnen he
occupied the mound for the Gunnison
baseball team in their game against
Salida.
Sam Langford, of Boston. with an
advantage of about ten pounds in
weight. fought philadelphia Jack
O'Brien" to a standstill in four and
one-half rounds at the Twentieth Cen
tury Club in New York Referee
White prevented a knockout when he
stopped the bout in the middle of the
fifth round. O'Brien was practically
out from the effects of hard left
hook to the jaw and had to be helped
to his corner.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-08-25
Anthrax Kills Stock.

La Junta.-Stock of J. E. Reynolds
of Denver, on his ranch east of here,
has been dying so rapidly during the
last few weeks that veterinarians
have been dying so rapidly during the
last few week that veterinarians
have been summoned to investigate.
DR.. Yard of Denver and DIR. Stout,
federal veterinarian, have pronounced
the disease anthrax. 1t is similar to
blackleg, except that it seems to at
tack the heart, and few minutes aft
er the animal is known to be afflicted
it dies. The remaining cattle and
hogs on the ranch have been vaccin-
ated and the veterinarians think the
disease has been checked. Four fine
Hereford bulls. 80 COWS and about
$50 hogs have died.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-08-25
GENERAL.

A lunacy commission for Harry X
Thaw, now confined in the Matteawan
hospital, New York, has been asked by
his wife.
Thirty persons were injured, some
seriously, when one of the Big F'ours
fastest trains was ditched west of
Columbus, Ohio.
John Jacob Astor and Miss Made
line Force signed the ante-nuptial
agreement by which he settles $4,000
on his girl-bride.
Schools for Little Mothers are to
be established by the Health Depart
ment of New York to teach girls from
eight to fourteen years old, how to
care for babies.
As a result of defects in mechanism,
two aviators, William r. Badger OF
Pittsburg and st. CroiX tombstone of
Chicago. both young men. lost their
lives at the International aviation meet
in Chicago.
Cleveland was chosen as the site for
the next annual convention of the In
ternational Typographical Union at a
session of the convention in San Fran
cisco by vote of ia to LOG for Hous-
ton. Texas.
Recall petitions aginst Mayor Geo.
w. Dilling and Councilmen Max War
dali, E. l.. Blaine and ]. Y. C. Kellogg,
of Seattle, were filed with the city
comptroller by the Citizens Recall As
sociation.
Rising prices of meats reached a
new high record for the season in New
York with an advance, according to
dealers that boosted prices cents
above those prevailing a fortnight ago.
Retail dealers report heavy falling off
in trade, due, they say, to the high
prices.
The National Mine Safety Demon
stration to be held in Pittsburg, Pa,
October &c and 81. is expected to be
attended by thirty thousand miners
from the different mining states of the
country. The demonstration is to be
given under the auspices of the Fed
eral Bureau of Mines and will be at
tended by President Taft and Secre-
tary of Interior Fisher.
A new altitude mark for aviators
was set by Oscar A. Brindley at Chi
cago by arising 11.726 feet in Wright
biplane. The worlds record was 10.761
| feet made by NJ. Jordan at Mour'
melon, France, July s, 1911.
Sklmming over the southwest cor
ner of. Lake Michigan and then ove-
the sand hills of northern Indiana, Har'
ry N Atwood of Boston, in his aero
plane flew the 101 miles from Chicago
to Elkhart, Ind. in hours and 4 min
Ites without stop. thus completing 3s7
miles of his l,460-mile flight from st
! Louis to New York and Boston
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-08-25
Colorado Gets More Land.

Washington.-Repr Tay.
lor called up the Guggenhcim bin
granting an additional million acres OF
land to the state of Colorado and Sc
cured the passage of the measure by
unanimous consent. The bill now
goes to the president for his sigma
ture.
The Guggenheim measure. which
becomes effective as soon as it Is
signed by the president, gives the
state an additional million acres Of
land to be taken up under the Carey
act.
The throwing open OF l.000.00G
more acres of Colorado land under the
provisions of the Carey act means
much for the state. When this act
which provides for the giving Of pub
lie land free to settlers if they pay
the price OF putting water on it, went
into effect, 100000 acres to be Sc
lected from public domain, open for
entry, in any part of the state. were
placed at the disposal of the State
Land Board to be distributed under
its provisions. Although only a com
paratively small per cent. of this first
million acres, is now under water. ap-
plications are on file with the State
Land Board which cover all this land
and about 25O.0O0 acres in excess.
For this reason state officers were
anxious that Congress should throw
open another 100000 acres.