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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07
INTBB-ISbAND HAPPENINGS

Maui News: Alexander Hume Ford s
experience with the Board of Super
visors on a trip around West Maui
makes interesting reading. The pic
ture he draws of a belt road around
that portion of the island, also the
road to the summit of Haleakala, will
thrill those who delight in good roads.
No doubt either of these projects
would be grand achievement, but
there are many roads on Maui at the
present time which require rebuilding
before anything such as a road to
Haleakala could even be thought Of
However, these matters are in the
hands of Pogue and his supervisors,
as Mr.. Ford puts it, and on their
achievement shall Maui rise or fall.
Drowned on Waimea Beach.
WAIMEA, Aug. ga sad event &C.
Cured here Sunday morning, a Jap
anese boy about a year old being
caught by breaker and carried out to
sea. The frantic cries of a sister
who had been in charge of the child
hurriedly brought a throng of people
to the beach. A searching party was
formed and after much seeking the
body was recovered.
Robbery at kipahulu.
Maui News: Last Monday night the
Kipahulu store was broken open and
the sum of S2425 stolen from the safe.
Sheriff Crowell went over to the scene
of the robbery early Tuesday morning
and has been on the job ever since,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07
TREASURER GONKuNG TELLS NEW
WORKERS ALL ABOUT HAWAII

New York Sun: d. L. Conkling,
Treasurer of the Territory of Hawaii,
is a boomer; he wouldn't be all the
way over here in New York selling a
per cent Hawaiian territorial bonds if
he wasn't But he is not one of that
kind of real Western boomers who tell
stories of watermelons used to
sprinkle the streets in Grey Wolf or Of
alfalfa in Oklahoma that grows so fast
it chokes the COWS in the pastures.
The Hawaiian lily needs no painting,
according to Mr.. Conkling's creed.
Yes, Hawaiian territory per cent
bonds, that's what brought him here,
and any day you may find him at the
Hotel Belmont ready to answer ques-
tions touching upon the value of these
4 per cents as investments. If you ask
questions about our little. sister of the
palms out in the Pacific, Mr. Conkling
will answer them without frills. He
used to be newspaper man in Homo
lulu before the cable got there and
the papers did not have to wreck them
selves paying telegraph tolls; there
fore he knows the island of Oahu and
all the rest of the group backward and
forward.
THE boy has outgrown his old suit
of clothes and he needs another-bad-
ly," is the explanation Mr. Conkling
syivoS for tba pooossit,y of tbo iesr;D ~
of these territorial bonds. Were
growing so fast down there in the ISL
ands that we haven't been able to
keep up with ourselves, so we're Dor
rowing money on our first-class credit
to spend in fixing ourselves up with
some necessities.
There are $1,5OO,O0O worth of these
bonds on the market. The entire pub
lie debt of the Territory of Hawaii, in
Guiding these bonds when they are
sold, will be only $5,5OO,OOO. That's
pretty good when you stop to consider
that the assessments of the Territory
run about 55,OOO,OOO.
"The money that we raise on these
bonds is going right into public i'm
provements. The water and sewer
systems of Honolulu need extension.
Within the last two years between
500 and 600 new homes have been
built on the outskirts of Honolulu and
the town is growing away beyond it's
original limits. Then there are the
roads in the islands always good but
needing extension and repair. The
Territorial Legislature has already
appropriated $15O,OOO for the purchase
of property within the city of Homo
lulu for the erection of necessary
buildings for the College of Hawaii;
we want to put $4,000 into those
buildings at the start.
Another necessity down in the ISL
ands is the improvement of the harbor
and dock facilities in Honolulu. We
anticipate a doubling and TRIPPING of
our trade and of the number of steam
ers that will put into our harbor after
the Panama Canal is opened. The
Federal Government takes care of our
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07

(By j. A. Breckons)
Especial Correspondence of The Starr
WASHINGTON, June 24.-Fore-
casting the important part the aero
plane is to play in future army maneu-
vers, and the accuracy with which
these air machines may be handled
the War Department has in prepare
ton a set of rules and regulations for
the conduct of aeroplanes in maneu-
vers, The advent of the airship has
necessitated a new set of rules and
a lot of new commands, and the pres
ence of these machines of the air, and
the reliability of their flights, Will
soon cause marked changes in the
handling of troops in the field.
Maj. George D. Squire, chief signal
officer of the maneuver division
lately engaged in Watching the Mex
lean revolutionists across the Rio
Grande river, has just issued his re-
port on the work of the aeroplane in
actual warfare. After highly praising
the work of these machines and at
testing to their value to the signal
service, Major Squire says:
y "In the recent maneuvers the aero
planes passed the reviewing officers
just as did cavalry, infantry or artil-
lery. They also saluted the COM
handing officers with due formality.
AS the aeroplane flew by the com
mander the aviator slackened speed,
turned his elevating rudders so as to
describe a graceful dip, and then re-
sumed his way with apparently as
much ease as the colors rose and fell
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07

outer harbor, but it is up to the Ter
ritorial Government to make Honolulu
harbor capable of accommodating all
of the increased business that will
surely come our way when the big
ditch is dug"
The Territorial Treasurer said that
the preponderance Of the population
of the islands was still with the
Orientals; there are about 10000 of
these, as against $4,000 whites. But
the Chinese, he said, were showing
themselves more and more amenable
to Americanization. They were
worthy citizens, good laborers and
peaceable residents. One native born
Chinese, whose name is Tony Ahlo,
was graduated from oxford in Eng
land and is now a member of the
highest court in China
"The effort of the Territory to bring
over a lot of Russians to do the labor
on the plantations little more than
year ago was a failure" Mr.. Conkling
said. "They came from Hardin, in
Manchuria, and the Territory paid
their passage out. When they got
there the Russians were not satisfied,
quit their jobs and drifted back to
Manchuria or over to San Francisco
and Portland. Labor is big problem
in Hawaii; we need all the white la
borers we can get.
"The Japanese in the islands are
on the decrease. Much that has been
written about the menace of the Jap
anese from within is twaddle. We do
not consider them a menace, and we
should be the best judges of this situa-
ton. The japanese vote increased 200
per cent between the years 1908 and
1910, but that doesn't signify much.
Two native born Japanese voted in
1908 and six voted two years there
after"
The Hawaiian boomer was asked
about the progress of the work on the
defences of the islands He said that
when the Pearl Harbor works, includ-
ing the largest dry dock in American
territory, were completed, and the va
rious batteries for Diamond Head,
Waikiki and other places manned by
the $4,000 infantrymen and artillery
men scheduled by the War Depart
ment the islands would be safe against
any conceived naval strength. The
Government would spend $10,O0O,000
on Pearl Harbor before it became the
completed naval base of the Pacific, he
added.
"And you may say that Hawaii is
no forgotten byway," Mr.. Conkling adj
ded. Receipts from the Territory
paid into the Federal Treasury since
annexation amount to about $1S,OOO,-
900 in customs, internal revenue and
corporation taxes. In the fiscal year
of 1910 Hawaii paid into the Treasury
more than three times the total
amount collected from Arizona, New
Mexico, Porto Rico, the Philippines
and Alaska. That is some indication
of the business we do down there"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07
VARDAMAN WANTS TO Be SENATOR

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 1O-The
spectacular progress of James K Var
daman through the streets of Meridian,
Miss, in white car drawn by 100 milk
white oxen and escorted by a body
guard of 100 men all clad in white has
started gossip anew in Washington
about the ex-governor of Mississippi
1t cannot be said that the apostle of
the white mans rule" is precisely
popular in congress, to which he hopes
to come as the next United States
senator from his state. Among his own
delegation only two or three speak of
him with tolerance and one only, Rep
sentative Sisson, with real enthusiasm.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07
ARMY AND NAVY

again in the hands of the flag-bearer."
The field wireless telegraph comes
in for high praise in Major Squires'
report. A single instance of the mar
velous utility of the wireless is thus
related:
During the activities of the revolu-
tionists across the river it was one
day determined to concentrate the en-
tire regiment of the Sixth Cavalry at
Fort Huachuca. Four troops of the
regiment had started from Nogales, so
miles away from the fort, when firing
began on the opposite side of the river
from Nogales. The four troops were
picked up by wireless twenty miles
away and summoned back.
Before they had covered the twenty
miles the trouble had ended. Again
the wireless picked up the squadron,
and ordered it to proceed on to Fort
Huachuca, which it did. Thus twice
in single morning the Indispensable
ity of the wireless was proved"
Major Squires' report will prove one
of the most interesting contributions
to modern warfare, and already the
War Department is flooded with re-
quests for advance copies.
Big War Game.
BLOCK ISLAND, r, l., July 90
Several days must elapse before the
tacticians of the Navy Department
will be able to ascertain whether New
York City has been destroyed or is
secure from harm, Admiral Oster.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07

but up to this writing he has not dis
covered anything to warrant an arrest.
The safe was an old one that opened
with a key and whoever the robber
was, he unlocked the safe, and secured
the money without disturbing any.
thing else. This of course would point
to some one familiar with the store
and the conditions, but so far no ar.
rests have been made
Manager Alexander Painfully Injured,
LIHUE, August 3.-When debarking
from the steamer the other day in
Mr.. Frank Alexander rather
seriously injured his foot, so that he
will have to go on crutches for some
time. Mrs. Alexander was on the
point of leaving for tn east, but CIV.
ing to this accident returned with him
to Eleele.
Mc5ryde Head Luna in Accident.
LlHUE, August 3.-R. d. Moller.
head luna on McBryde, met with quite
a serious accident on Monday morn
ing. His horse slipped and fell on
the smooth hard roadway, dislocating
Mr.. Moller's shoulder and otherwise
injuring him so that he will be laid up
for some weeks
knudsen's Hosts at Auto Party.
Hanalei, August "a delightful
auto party was that given by Mr.. and
Mrs Eric Knudsen on last Thursday,
when a large party of friends were
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07

Louis convention, in which Mr.. Will
liams had been a trife too bitter and
even vituperative in his attacks on Mr..
Bryan. Even now, friends of Senator
Williams say, he reflects with chagrin
upon the complete reversal of front
Vardaman forced upon him.
White Supremacy His Platform.
The present Vardaman campaign is
in it's character more like some of the
populist campaigns in the more spec
tacular days of that party. His platform
consists practically of a single plank
white supremacy. People of the north
who are accustomed to think that that
ideal has been pretty thoroughly at
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07
THE EVER PRESENT BALKAN
WAR CLOUD IN EUROPE

The dispute with Greece is still un.
settled. The old Macedonian question
is as bad as it was before the young
Turks took power, and circumstances
which just preceded the great war of
1877 seem to be reproducing them
selves with horrible exactitude on the
frontier of Montenegro.
Montenegro, or Black Mountain, the
heroic little state which for centuries
maintained alone its savage independ-
ence among it's mountains, is at the
present moment crowded with refu-
gees from the Albanian heights, which
the Turkish general, Torghut Pasha,
is endeavoring to pacify in the usual
Turkish fashion, by carrying fire and
sword through valleys inhabited by
Albanian mountaineers.
How Other War Began.
The war in 1877 began by an insur-
rection in Herzegovina and Bosnia,
which the Turks endeavored to sup
press in the same way. The insur-
gents, whose homes were burned by
Turkish troops, took refuge in Monte
negro whence their piteous entreaties
rang out through the civilized world.
At that time the influx of refugees
was at the north of Montenegro, but
this time it is at the south. The refu-
gees then were orthodox Now the
Albanian refugees are Catholics. But
with these exceptions the situations are
exactly the same. Thousands of men,
women and children refugees, fleeing
for their lives, have found refuge in
the barren and bleak mountains of
resources of which are
taxed to the utmost to keep them from
absolute starvation.
Public appeals to this country and
elsewhere for subscriptions have been
made in order to feed these refugees,
whose sufferings have so far attract
ed no attention save in the courts of
Vienna and st. Petersburg.
Ties which bind Montenegro to Rus
STA are very close, but Russia, unfor-
tunately, at the present has not yet re-
covered from the catastrophe of the
Japanese war, and her recent ulti-
matum seems to have been treated in
the usual Turkish fashion by polite
protestatiOns and professions of sub
mission at Constantinople, while the
work of deviltry is carried on without
check in Albania.
Sultan Makes Promises.
The new sultan for the first time
has made his progress through his
European dominions and has been
profuse in his promises of amnesty
and amelioration of their lot. He has
even promised few thousand pounds
in order to alleviate the distress oc-
casioned by his troops. According to
stories which reached this country,
these promises, like all other Turkish
promises, were merely so much dust
thrown in the eyes of the infidel.
Continued on page twelve.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07
BY William T. Stead.

~ "lllidUl - SAGdus
LONDON, July S.-Unsettled ques
tions, it has well been said, have small
regard for the peace of nations. The
unsettled question of the Balkan pc
ninsula is no exception to this rule
Once again Europe, after a temporary
lull, is shuddering on the edge of the
crater of a volcano.
Four years ago, when the young
Turks made their famous revolution
deposing the old sultan and Selling
the reins Of government, every one
agreed to hope for the best. Meas
ures which had been agreed upon by
the powers for the prevention of mas
sacres in Macedonia were suspended
and there seemed to be a general frat.
ernizing among all races. The Chris
tan Mussulmans that inhabited the
dominions of the sultan's world were
assured day by day that the young
Turks were highly civilized men, full
of the most liberal ideas.
One of their chiefs was positive that
henceforth the empire of the ottoman
was to be regenerated according to
the latest principles of modern democ-
racy. The measures agreed upon by
the great powers for the prevention of
massacre and outrage were suspend
ed. Every one hoped for the best.
All Vices of Old Turks.
Now, alas, very different spectacle
meets the eye. The young Turks have
had long inning, with the result that
they have developed all the vices of
the old Turks and are applying the old
ottoman principles with even more I'M
sparing severity
In the old days, Christians were fire.
quently massacred, but they were at
least exempt from CONSUMPTION. They
are now being compelled to serve in
the army, which they detest, the
whole control of the army remaining
in the hands of the Moslem COM
mander-in-chief. Able soldiers sue
ceeded in bringing together an army
which is disciplined and well armed,
but is too much distracted by internal
divisions to be an effective force for
the settlement of affairs
Albania Danger Point.
The old Turkish officials who have
been turned out are all more or less
penniless. The young Turks have ex-
hausted the resources of the treasury
in equipping the army and endeavor-
ing to provide themselves with a navy.
Formidable instructions have broken
out in Arabia, where the Turkish
troops have just sustained severe re-
verse, and in Albania, which at the
present moment is the danger point
of the situation
The new sultan is but flgurehead
None of the Turkish ministers has
shown himself to be a man of energy
and initiative, and according to the
latest intelligence just at hand from
Constantinople new revolution may
break out at any moment.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07

But the impression is growing and is
freely expressed that he is pretty likely
to attain the goal of his ambition. To
begin with, he has failed only narrowly
Of success twice. When John Sharp
Williams, with the prestige of a ma
tional reputation and the added CLAM
our of being leader of the democratic
minority in the house, was a candidate
for the senate Vardaman gave him
such a tussle that it was days after
the primaries had closed before it
could be told which of the two was
victorious
Williams Is Just Recovering.
Williams has hardly recovered from
that fight yet, though he spent two
years in quiet retirement on his plan
tation before taking his senatorial seat.
Everybody had expected, and Williams
himself had a right to expect, that the
mere announcement of his candidacy
would be equivalent to an election.
He was at the moment easily the
most eminent national figure in Mis-
sissippi, with the possible exception of
Senator fernando De S. Money, whose
seat was about to be vacated. That his
right to a seat in the senate should
be challenged by one whom he looked
upon as an upstart, demagogue and
possibly even as a freak was a shock
to John Sharp. The shock did not
lessen as the campaign progressed.
In some way Vardaman got close to
the people. He appealed to the Bryan
element, always strong in that state
and Williams, doubtless to his own
disgust, was forced to proclaim day
by day his fealty to and admiration
for the Nebraskan. This task was the
less pleasing, because the campaign
followed fast on the heels of the st.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07

the verandas. This week there is TO
be full moon. 1t is one of the at
fractions that lures the public Halei-
waward. The trains go direct to the
door and there is excellent bathing
and boating within a stones throw.
The excellent beach brings people
from Honolulu to enjoy the delights
of the bath.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07
WHEN THE MOON is FULL.

The hotel, Haleiwa, has been
crowded all summer with some very
pleasant people, and the outlook for
the balance of August and all Of
September is favorable to a full
house. The weather there is delight
full all of the time, and especially at
tractive is the moonlit sea view from
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07

tanned in the south already, find it hard
to understand the almost hysterical
madness to which Vardaman's hearers
are reused by his continual harping
On this chord. His enemies insist that
he has but one speech, which he re-
peats everywhere, and that if lured
away from this text he is unable to
acquit himself even creditably on the
platform. This his friends naturally
deny. But it is a fact that he has
kept himself before the public for
years by promising that if sent to the
senate he would secure the repeal of
the fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments-a promise about as capable of
fulfllment as the earlier one of the
carpet baggers," to every negro four
acres and a mule.
1t is most common to hear Vardaman
likened to Senator jeff Davis of Ar
kansas, but the comparison is bitter
ly resented by the friends Of the Mis-
sssippian. They admit his extravag-
ance on the platform, but insist upon
his quiet and courtesy in personal in
tercourse. If the taste in dress which
leads him to wear white on all &C.
casions is adverted to they point out
that Mark Twain INDUCED in the same
fancy. while the scoffer at his some
what flowing locks may be confuted
by almost any picture Of Calhoun, Clay
or Jackson.
But after all the important thing is
that almost everybody about Washing
ton expects his election. Some who
grieve over Champ Clark's failure to
fulfill his promise to ride down Penn
sylvania avenue to the capitol behind
two Missouri mules hope that Varda-
man may bring his $50 milk white
cXen to make his progress triumphant,
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Continued on page twelve.)
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-07-20

Every obstruction to the free and
open navigation OF our waterways IN
brake On the wheels Of industry.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-07-20

And here you are reading
our story. You have some
thing to Sell. You want to
attract Buyers and Orders.
Let us display your adver-
tlsements and their Success
IS assured. Our work at
tracted You-and will attract
Everybody just as it has you
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-07
The New Corset is Dangerous;
How to Reduce the Hips
By MARGARET HUBBARD AVER

heavy look TO the figure. If you want
TO reduce your waist and hip measure
cut out most Of the starchy foods from
your bill Of fare and all liquors. includ-
ing those harmless beverages like cho-
cOlate soda water No matter how hard
YOU try and how much you exercise you
Will keep on adding to your weight if
you don't eliminate the fat-tOrming ed1-
bles from your diet.
One Of the best exercises I know for
reducing the hips is q very simple one
and consists Of standing on step or
fOOtstOol beside the chair or banisters,
to which YOU can cling with your hands.
stand on one foot, the other foot hang
ing beside the fOotstoOl or step, press
the free foot down as FAR as possible
heel first; Of course it should not touch
the floor. Now swing the leg backward
and forward from the hip, using as
much pressure and tension in all Of the
muscles as you can put into them; re-
verse the exercise, swinging the other
Make Muscles Of Use.
Repeat this for five or ten minutes
Don't forget that in all physical culture
exercising the main thing that counts
IS the tension OF the muscles II you
do not keep this tension up, no matter
how often you do the exercise. II win
have no especial effect To get re-
suits from exercising you have got to
keep your mind on the work
One of the fads which women have
taken up lately to reduce the hips con-
slsts IN rolling on a hardwood floor.
and while It sounds ludicrous 1t is often
very effectual. The patient lies on the
floor clad in a thin wrapper. and. OF
course. without corsets OF tight clothes
Of any kind. With the hands flung
above the head, she rolls over and over
The hard floor and the constant move
ment gives her very good massage.
OF course you have to roll at least Ia
minutes twice a day, preferably at
night and morning. Another good hip
reducing exercise consists in lying on
the floor on ones side, supporting ones
self by one hand. the hand nearest the
floor while the other hand is placed
upon the hip. While holding this pO-
sftion the whole body should be gradu-
ally raised from the floor. the weight
being supported by the feet and the
hand 1t is fairly easy TO get the body
off the floor as far as the knees, but
it requires a good deal Of effort to
bring il up from the knees to the an
kles. Try this exercise on the other
side and repeat until tired.