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For SALE-Poland China boar one
year old. Phone Rumsey II.
FULLER BROS,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-26
WOUNDED MISSIONARY ARRIVES
IN SAN FRANCISCO FROM CHINA

SAN FRANCISCO. December b.
Wearing on his watch charm an evil.
looking plated bullet, which had en-
tered his head under the right eye
and came out beneath the left shoul-
der blade, A. Raymond Kepler,
Presbyterian missionary, who was
shot during the now famous battle Of
Hankow, arrived here yesterday on
the Pacific Mail liner China. He is on
his way to Baltimore, where he will
undertake an operation at the hanis
Of specialists in an effort to have The
paralysis Of the face caused by The
bullet removed
Kepler told the most thrilling story
of any of the China's passengers, nut
Mrs. Anna Stuart and her three young
daughters-the Misses Anna, Vera
and Alley Stuart-had exciting tales
to relate Mrs Stuart, who is the
widow of the late president of the
Marking University, and her children
were compelled to fee the country
and they are now on their way to
relatives in Los Angeles.
The young missionary who almost
fell prey to a bullet from one of The
Uapid-fire guns of the royalists at
Hankow, has been in religious work
in the Chinese empire for eleven
years At the outbreak of the revo-
luton he went from Human to Han
kow to obtain money, and hardly had
he reached the city than the fighting
broke out between the rebels and the
imperialists' troops. On the morning
of October - the opposing forces
clashed in a bloody battle not Car
from the foreign concessions. The
dead and injured on the field We're
many when it seemed apparent that
the royalists had been routed and
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made their retreat.
During a lull in the firing the for.
eigners organized a Red Cross party,
and we started to render aid to he
wounded on the battlefield While
we were looking after the injured the
imperialists began to fire from an.
other position on the hill above the
concessions using rapid-fre guns. We
retreated to one of the roofs of the
concessions through a hail of mis-
siles. l was standing on the parapet
watching the battle, when the bullet
struck me and | became unconscious"
Keplet was cared for in the Cath
Ollie mission at Hankow, and later re-
moved to Shanghai The bullet, after
piercing his face, emerged through
the left side OF his neck and entered
his body again at the shoulder blade.
Had it not been a sharp clean, silver
plated missile Kepler says the conse-
quences would have been more Sc
rious.
Fleeing from Marking in a rick
shaw while fighting and turmoil
waged on every hand, was the expe-
rience of Miss Anna, the eldest OF
the pretty Stuart sisters. Miss Anna
was at Marking teaching while the
other members of the family had
gone to Shanghai Just before the
trouble broke out at Marking an edict
was issued that all foreign women
should leave the city. Miss Anna
was the last to leave, and then, aided
by the authorities, she succeeded in
getting safely away from the terror
stricken place in a rickshaw When
Miss Anna reached Shanghai her
mother decided that affairs in China
were too strenuous for the family,
and they concluded to return to this
country
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-26
NONE TO SPEAK
FOR ROOSEVELT

WASHINGTON, December -. A
poll of the members of the national
committee, which was made today as
thorough as circumstances would per.
init, failed to reveal a single member
of that body who would state publicly
that he favored the nomination Of
Theodore Roosevelt for President by
the Republicans next year A few
from the South, including Colonel
Cecil Lyon, the committeeman from
Texas, would, it was said favor M.
Roosevelt on a showdown, but it was
noteworthy that no Northern commit
teeman would so announce himself.
On the other hand, Committeeman
Rogers from Wisconsin and Thorsen
from South Dakota came out unequiyo-
cally for La Toilette.
The Roosevelt boom at this meet
ing of the Republican leaders has been
for the most part confined to outsiders.
Its promoters included Ormsby Nc
Harg of New York, who was the at
tOrney for the Taft interests in the
Southern contest cases before the last
national convention and who subse-
quently while a member of the TAFT
administration roundly denounced Mr..
Roosevelt; Louis Payn of New York
former Representative Watson of In
diana.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-26
REIGN OF TERROR At FORT
RILEY FOR NINE MONTHS

That three commanding officers at
Fort Riley have been receiving threat
ening letters since last March, fol-
lowing the first incendiary fires at
the fort became known today
Receive Threatening Letters.
The recipients of the letters were
Brigadier-General w. S. Schuyler,
Colonel Charles A. P. Hatfield and
Colonel w. B. Hoyle, The letters
were written in scrawl and appear
ed to have been penned by different
persons.
Details of the nature of the threats
have not been made public, but it is
known that they were serious. At
first little attention was paid to the
missives, but they came with such
frequency and regularity that the
guard around the entire Government
reservation was increased, and special
attention given to guarding the quar-
tiers Of the threatened men, Orders
were issued to shoot any stranger
seen proving around the grounds A
sergeant was shot in the hand by mis-
take one night. Mysterious persons
were fired upon, but none was injured
fatally
Rumor today has it that practically
all the members of one battery are
believed to be involved in the plot,
which is said to have had for it's pur-
pose the destruction of the entire fort.
The six members of Battery e now
under arrest are kept in close con-
fnement, and no one is permitted to
talk with them.
, An eX-soldier, whose name is close.
ly guarded, has written to Lieutenant
! Colonel HOyle, commander of the
Sixth Field Artillery, from New York,
where he is now living, that he is in
possession of the facts regarding the
destruction of the engineers bridge.
Reference to army records show that
he was at Fort Riley at the time. and
has since been discharged from the
service. Colonel Hoyle has asked the
former soldier to supply him with the
! details.
Friends of Rev. Mr.. Brewer and
Mrs. Jordan are declaring that the
minister and Mrs. Jordan are the in,
nocent victims of the unbalanced
mind of Private Quirk.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-26
NEW ICE MACHINERY.

On the Lurlne this week is most
of the machinery for the installation
of a new, complete and up-to-date ice
making plant for the Maui Soda and
Ice Works Company, This new plant
is capable of turning out ten tons OF
crystal ice, made of distilled water,
every twenty-four hours. 1t will be
operated by steam power using crude
oil as fuel With this plant in opera,
ton there seems to be no reason why
everybody on central Maui should not
be kept comfortable-M News.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-26
SEES 3Oo,ooo,ooo PEOPLE IN
UNITED STATES IN 1et

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Decem.
Der 14.-Professor Alvin S. Johnson,
head of the department OF economics
of Stanford University, makes a state.
ment that within the next fifty years
the United States will have a popula-
ton of about 3OO,OOO,OOO, or an in,
crease of threefold over the figures OF
the last census, In that time, accord
ing to Professor Johnson, the popula.
ton Of Great Britain will remain
about stationary, making England q
secondary power and causing it grad
uaIly to accept an international stand
ing on a par with that of Spain to-
day,
Germany will be the great Euro
pean nation and will be econd only tc
the United States as a world power,
says the Stanford professor.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-26
TO EXPERIENCE FOR DAY
SENSATION OF BEING RICH

WILKESBARRE, December 14.-De.
string for once to experience the sen
sation of being rich, John j. McDevitt,
humorist, who recently made $4,000
by Withdrawing as Democratic candi-
date for county treasurer, after being
Unexpectedly nominated at the pri-
maries, today arranged to engage a
special train to New York for one
days experience. McDccitt said:
you see, | have no particular rea-
son for going to New York. But feel
that as it is we'll to take trips to the
metropolis, it is up to me to get in the
swim, | will take a special train from
here some day during the holiday sea.
son. The train will have three coaches
and a full equipment. 1t will go right
on to New York. There I viii have a
taxicab waiting. | will 80 to the Wal
dorf-Astoria for lunch and then take
in one of the popular shows. Then
will return home and feel that ! have
done my duty to the town, the people
and myself
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LEAVENWORTH, Kas, December
15.-W. H. Mackey, deputy warden
of the Federal penitentiary here, for
merly United States marshal for Kan
sas, who investigated the explosions
and fires at Fort Riley, in an inter
view tonight said neither Rev Mr..
Brewer nor Mrs. Anne Jordan were
implicated in the crimes. Brewer, he
said, was in Texas at the time and
never returned to Junction City, Kas.
JUNCTION CITY, Kas., December
15.-Trumpeter John c. Grille of Bat
terry E, Sixth Field Artillery was ar
rested late today in connection with
the dynamite explosions and fires at
Fort Riley, which cost the Govern
ment $1,OOOO0O.
Grille is the sixth soldier placed un-
der arrest since the investigation OF
the explosions became public, after
Private Michael Quirk's confession
that he caused the explosions at the
instigation of Rev. Charles M. Brew
er, ex-chaplain at the fort
The arrest of Grille and the release
of Mrs Anna Jordan at Kansas City
before Deputy United States Marshal
Need arrived here for her, were the
developments in the case today. Com
missioner Chase said he would have
a warrant issued at once for Mrs Jor-
dams arrest and would have it served
through the United States marshal's
office at Kansas City.
The few army officers who could
be induced to talk privately of the ex.
plosions today declared that Fort
Riley for nine months has been as
near a state of terror as a well-dis-
ciplined army post can be. Not only
were there numerous incendiary fires,
but the commanding officers of the
post had received frequent letters
threatening them with death and the
fort with destruction.
Night and day since early last
spring Fort Riley has been under
more than double guard, sentries have
been posted constantly at the homes
of the commissioned officers and
guards have spent each night in the
cellars of those homes in order to
Illustrate threats of the destruction
of the house by dynamite
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-26
CONGRESSMAN HAMLIN WATCHDOG
OF UNCLE SANS STRONG BOX

WASHINGTON, December 1.-THE
pertinacity with which Chairman Ham
lin of the House committee on eX-
penditures in the State Department in
pursuing officials of that department
for their persistent expenditure of
money on "secret vouchers" ought to
attract the attention of the country to
what must be described as an evil,
AS a rule, it requires something spec
tacular to awaken public interest in a
mere matter of the disappearance of a
few thousand dollars from the public
funds.
For a brief space during the last SEES,
sion this interest was aroused by the
discovery that vouchers had been is,
sued for $3.50 in payment for a por-
trait of Secretary Day, of which the
painter received only $3.50. The dis,
appearance of one voucher and its re.
appearance lying on the floor in an Of
fee of the State Department after a
fruitless search of the proper arch
ives added to the interest in the
affair
Nothing further was done. Some of
the parties to the affair are dead, 9th
ers were so high in Office that it was
held near treason to point the finger OF
suspicion at them; one was in China
and showed no clamorous eagerness to
return for examination SO the matter
was dropped.
Hamlin Must "Be Shown"
But it was not forgotten by the
chairman, who represents a Missouri
district and faithfully observes the his
toric maxim of his state. During the
vacation he has been "snoopin2
around" so to speak, and the records
of the State Department have shown
him various things. Notable amons
these discoveries is one that in sis
years ending July 80, 1911 the De
partment of State has expended S132,
9S1.52 without accounting or othel
memorandum than secret vouchers no
stating the nature of the expenditure
Think of that says Mr., Hamlln
who has introduced a bill to compe
the State Department to take Congress
into its confidence when it wants Il
spend money. "That is an average o
$lO,1SO3O month, or $339,i5 a day
is expended without anyone being the
wiser than some State Department OF
fetal, The President may hd Re know
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INTERNATIONAL GOOD WILL.

Editor Star: The two following
items will be of interest to our naval
visitors, and to American and British
citizens in general:
Describing the great fire in Messrs.
Litvinoff's tea goodwin, Hankow, on the
night of the 22d inst, the Central
China Post relates the following pretty
and significant story:
"One of the most notable features
of Friday nights fire was the way in
which people of different nationalities,
both civil and naval, joined together in
the work The action of one Of the
American bluejackets illustrates this
well. Many sailors had collected at
the southern end of the fire and there,
for time, confusion reigned, for
everyone was doing what he thought
right and giving orders to his neigh
bors whom he considred wrong. The
flames, famed by the light breeze,
were now coming on apace, and little
was being done in this quarter to stop
them
THE prompt action Of one Of the
American sailors, however, saved the
situation. Catching sight of the uni
form of a British officer in the crowd,
he Immediately stepped up to him and
with a naval salute, said: Sir, if you
will take command, we Americans will
stick by YOU
The Americans were ms good as
their word, for, on order being re
stored, they followed the officers lead
with heartiest will and from that time
to the end did not lose their hold on
the fire"
ANY of your readers who We're inter
csted in my article on British Naval
Discipline" published in last Satur,
days Starr will note Mr., YeXley's
straight ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS reply to a
critic.
Some of Mr.. YeXley's statements
are a little wild. For instance, he
says that most ships keep two sets oi
punishment books. Now there is al
ways a rough book and a fair book
but these do not constitute two par
allel sets Of books What MIR, YeXley
probably means is that in some ships
these books are careIessIy kept and in
few ships there are wide discrepan
, cies between the two"
That is a subtlety of argument which
goes perlously close to what is col
loQuially known as splitting hairs
Stll. we accept it as the point Of view
of the naval officer and will attempj
TO analyze it, Accurate figures from
two ships show that during one month
the punishments were:
Rough book. 2i1; fair book, 81.
Rough book, 1862; fair book, 40.
The point is that those who compile
the official punishment returns woul;
find only 1872 puuishments recorded Iol
the period mentioned, whereas there
were 4O3 awarded That at least is
very pronounced 'carelessnesS ana u
it not a fact that it is inspired by th'
knowledge that the admiralty do no
look with favor on any ship who send
in heavy punishment returns? Let Il
put it in another form; Suppose in
business G4O3 had been entered il
the rough cash book and only Gl@
posted in the ledger, the balance dis
appearing no one knew where woul'
that be careless" bookkeeping o
would the world give it a harshe
name? The difference between tn
two things is one of degree and not c
kind, inasmuch as they are both il
tended to deceive and therefore in
moral.
Zine TCh Driuffnp Star Ompa
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AMERICA IN JAPAN.
PHILIP H. DODGE.

In japanese hearts America is by
far the most favored nation on earth.
They regard it as their mother coun-
try, even as we are at last coming
to regard England. 1t is in truth the
mother of their modern life. Com
modore Perry today is enrolled among
their national saints, the Fourth Of
July is observed as one of the chief
festival" CT the year, and the name Of
George Washington appeals to the
youth of the land as does no other
name in all history. Wholly inex-
plicable to all American residents ~
the country S the ever recurring war
talk in the United States, as evidenc-
ed by the fact that invariably they
have had to await the arrival of the
western papers in order to get any
war news. When it is further added
that the Japanese government, instead
of being the pack of fools which it
would be if it cherished any design Of
attacking America, is not only one Of
the most lcvelheaded governing bod
les in the world, but is intensely
aware of the power of our nation and
the value of its friendship, it would
seem to be high time that this sense
less DOGGY of possible war between
the two countries should be given
final burial.-The Atlantic.
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BY ERNEST N. SMITH.

Especial Correspondence of the starr
SAN FRANCISCO, December IA
A story just come back from Italy is
greatly interesting society because it
concerns two San Francisco people,
Mrs. Carlo Baron, formerly Nirgilia
Bogue, the gracious queen of the Por-
tola festival of two years ago, and
Bayard Hyde-Smith, brother OF Mrs.
Harold Dillingham;, of Honolulu,
Both attended a brilliant reception
in Rome at which royalty was pres
ent, and during the evening Hyde.
Smith discovered Mrs. Baron talking
with the Count of Turin, brother OF
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-26
ROYALTY GAVE HYDE SMITH A CROUCH

the Duke d'Abruz2i, and one Of the
most royal personages of that royal
land, Not knowing that the strict
etiquette of the occasion demanded
that member of the royal family
must not be spoken to when conyers-
ing with a lady, or perhaps not car
ing, Hyde Smith strolled casually to-
ward the couple, and nodding a cheer
full greeting TO the fair Mrs. Baron, he
addressed himself to the Count as
follows: Good evening, Count, won't
you have a drink
Some astonished friends removed
| Hyde-Smth to a safe distance and ex-
Iplained matters, but Hyde-Smith still
maintains a crouch.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-26
HONOLULU ARTIST SHEDS
POETRY UPON HIS Way

Philip chrysanhemlm
Nippon while living the land following collection:
Marching Georgia
From city country, gathered here today
education that through all life will
city o country, time haste
Filled with the knowledge Keio.
The pen, the pen How mighty is the pen
The pen, pen OF
To city and shall time haste
Filled with the knowledge of Keio.
From all the different provinces o Japan
We learning II the way
And all those different provinces plan
Filled with the knowledge
The the pen How mighty is the pen
The the pen The sign of Keo men
And all those different provinces again plan
Filled with the knowledge 0
The credit nation and it's power sea.
Demand of the kind Of here taught
We plan to keep honor
Filled with the knowledge of Keio.
The the pen! mighty s pen
The the pen The sign of
We plan to and keep free,
Filled with the knowledge
In serving home and shall
And of force needed o life so vide;
To give the world services shall be
Filled the knowledge o Keio.
The the pen! How mighty S pen!
The the Of
To give the world services shall be
Filled with the knowledge
PHILIP H. DODGE
,Ta-,
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or the secretary Of state, but we have
no way of finding out that either did
know"
Ayers Celebration Funds Used.
MI. Fitzgerald suggests that part of
the money drawn on secret voucher
from the Lake Champlain celebration
appropriation may have been used to
supplement the allowance of $4,000 a
year made by Congress to the Presi-
dent for travelling expenses. This al
lowance Mr.. Taft has greatly exceed
| ed. That may be, or it may have been
used for champagne and cigars.
'All We know in this specific in
stance is that $4,000 was appropriate
ed for a celebration of the discovery
Of Lake Champlain; $4,000 was duly
accounted for, the remainder was
drawn by the State Department What
| it was used for we don't know and
they won't tell,
For the benefit of those who do not
understand all the facts, I may point
out that Congress appropriates 100000
ANNUALLY, which is to be at the service
of the State Department without ac.
counting or itemized voucher. That is
a sort of relic of the early days when
| diplomacy was a sort Of refined con
/ fidence game and the hiring of spies
land bribing of traitors thought to be
part of it's legitimate practice. The
Department of State had the right to
lspend that 100000 annually, and did
spend it with almost $4,000 a year be,
sides.
Doubts Its Lawfulness.
"Lawfulness Of this additional eX
Ipenditure ! question. This money was
taken from such diverse funds as
those appropriated by Congress for
the international exposition at Liege
the International chronological Asso
citation, the investigation Of the opium
evil and the maritime exposition at
Bordeaux. What work in connection
with these International affairs was SC
dark and delicate that it may not be
mentioned in a public document OF
that the expenditures on its account
must be hidden under secret vouchers
an the period covered by these eX
Ipenditures the nation has been at per
feet peace. In various messages anC
proclamations the president has felici
tated us upon the perfect amity sub
CONTINUED on page twelve)
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SAN FRANCISCO, December ID
David Powers and Emil Freidler, ar
rived on Wednesday night with $lO,-
600 worth of opium smuggled Oft the
Siberia in their possession, We're Civ
en- a preliminary hearing before Com
missioner Knoll yesterday Their ar
rest is to be the cause of a search
ing investigation, for it is believed
that they worked in conjunction with
federal employees.
II was know that there was opium
on the Siberia, Colonel Blinn having
been notified to that effect by cable
from Honolulu. There were seven Gus
toms inspectors on board at the time
the drug was removed from the YES
sci and placed on barge alongside.
1t is claimed that such would be an
impossibility with so many inspectors
on board had not some of them been
confederatcs Of the two captured
smugglers.
Cache Was Expected.
The seven inspectors who were de-
tailed to the Siberia were given eX-
plicit instructions to be on the look
out for a big cache of opium. That
the contraband could have been slip
ped over the side in such large
quantities through mere carelessness
on the part Of the inspectors is, ac-
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THE UNITED STATES
AND MEXICO.

Mr.. Taft makes it clear in his mes
sage on foreign affairs that our first
duty toward Mexico is to recognize
constituted authority. He maintains
that the record is clear, and it is The
Presidents attitude toward Mexico
during the time when President Diaz
was on a volcano of popular uprising
was unimpeachable. Ambassador Viii
son intimated that the Diaz admins
tration would fail Nevertheless MI
Taft assured the constitutional presi
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dent of Mexico that the mobilization
of a division of troops in Texas had
no significance which should cause
concern to his government, Gen. Ma
dero having succeeded President Diaz,
the duty of recognition and the obliga-
tion to prevent violations of neutra-
lily by conspirators against the new
constituted authority in Mexico are
precisely the same.-New York Sun.