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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-21
CLOSE AMERICANS STUDIO.

BERLIN, Oct. 3O.-Howard Wells,
the well-known American pianist, resi-
dent in Berlin, does not like the little
ways of the Berlin police. His studio
is situated in an atelier on the sixth
floor of the house he lives in. Not
having been initiated into the uses OF
2O-story buildings, the Berlin police
consider the sixth floor extremely
dangerous to human life. The studio
had been built expressly for Wells
use, the rest Of the floor being de
voted to trunk and laundry rooms
According to German law it is per
fectly safe to do family washing, using
a red hot coal stove, at that dizzy
height. There is no risk therein O
setting the building on fire and burn
ing the inhabitants, but a room heat
ed with a steam coil and used 70
piano lessons, presents grave dangers
The law has existed for years, but i
is said that cigars and bottles of bee
handed out at judicious moments KEEP
it from being enforced. Now, how
ever, all ateliers situated such a
/ Wells, are being visited and closed
During Wells vacation the police ex
amined his studio and decided he wa
not only risking his life, but also tina
of his pupils by teaching as high VI
in air as the sixth floor. Strict OF
ders were, therefore, issued for clos
ing the atelier within six weeks. TIT
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-21

1t has an extremely narrow, unrifed
bore, and is of very light construction,
easily capable of being carried by two
men, and is intended to be carried in
the front lines of the advancing in
fantry. Its most remarkable feature
is it's projectile, which consists of a
round bomb of great diameter loaded
with a very powerful explosive mix
ture. The bomb is of far greater dia-
meter than the bore of the gun which
throws it, and is provided with long
stick-like tail which is loaded into the
barrel of the gun, It's lower end, which
is enlarged to a wad or pistol-like
form, resting on the gun-charge at the
bottom of the barrel. The bomb it.
self merely lies in the gun muZzle
quite outside the bore itself
On being fired, the trailing stick
like tail serves to keep the bomb in
it's proper direction of flight, and only
detaches itself and falls to earth aft
er a certain distance has been cover
ed, leaving the bomb to pursue it's
course alone. The experiments have
shown that a reasonable precision can
be obtained with the new missile up
to a distance of 300 to 400 yards, and
the bomb, which, owing to its large
content capacity, is capable of great
destruction, serves not only to pre-
vent the defenders emerging from
their cover, but also to make great
breaches in their intrenchments OF
Notifications.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-21
LONDON 10 TOXIC IN a DAYS.

TOXIC, Oct. Toward the end of
this year, after the railroad from An
tung, on the Korean-NIanchurian from
tier, has been transformed into a
standard gauge line, through sleeping
cars will be run direct from Chan,
Chung to Fu-San in connection with
the weekly Trans-Siberian express OF
the International Sleeping Car Com
pany Of Europe, enabling passengers
from London to Japan to reach theil
destination with a 10-hour sea-cross
ing only, namely, one hour on the Eng
lish Channel and nine hours between
Fu-San and Shimonoseki.
From tae latter point through sleep
ing-car trains will be run to Kobe
Yokohama and Toxic. The trip from
London to Fu-San will require 1914
days only, and the complete journey
from London to Yokohama or Toxic
will take 141A days.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-21
of disobedience was imprison-
Not desiring to enjoy German Jail,
Wells changed his abode.
EDISON IN BERLIN.

BERLIN, Oct. 1.-The sensation of
the week as far as Berliners are con-
cerned was the arrival of Thomas A.
Edison. There's not a living person
of the United States better known 10
Germans that the Wizard of MenIo,
and his arrival at the Adlon partook
of the nature of a triumphal process
sion For days the hotel was be-
sieged by huge crowds of admiring
Teutons, all anxious to catch a
glimpse of the inventor and reams Of
paper We're covered with print her.
aiding his coming All kinds of arti-
fees have been resorted to in order
TO insure Edison the necessary
amount OF rest and recreation, de-
spite his assertion that the world
loses two-thirds of its life in sleep.
While here Edison spent most of
his time with his lifelong friend, Sig
mund Bergman, head of the euor-
nous factory in Berlin. The friend
ship between the two men is so great
that Edison scarcely ever places a
novelty or invention on the market
before submitting it to the criticism
of his German chum. All the year
round a constant flow of new mod
els arrive at the Bergman factory
from Menlo, and many new ideas ut
tributed to Edison emanated from the
Berlin factory.
While Mr. Edison was staying in
Berlin he sat for his portrait to the
painter, Emanuel Grosser, who has
painted some of the most important
men of the age. The portrait is in
tended as a gift to some of Mr.. Edi
| sons German admirers.
, 1t is believed that during his stay
here Edison effected the transfer OF
his European quarters from Londor
to Berlin.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-21
The Gossip of Europe
Court Bars Young Peer---Edison In Ber-
lin---Bomb With Tail---To Edit
Kings Letters---To Ignore
Louise's Book

LONDON, Oct. L. When King
George succeeded his father on the
English throne it was announced that
anything like marital irregularity
would be frowned on much more
sternly than during the late reign
Divorces were to be banished not
only from the official court, as, IN
deed they were in King Edwards
time, but they were also to be eT-
cluded from the lis of the Kings
private friends.
Under King Edward and Queen AL
exandra the punishable crime was to
permit matters to reach the proper
tions of a public scandal No matter
now guiltless a separated wife or
husband might be he or she was
rigidly excluded from the court
circle, and no matter how notorious
the marital laxities of peer or peer
ess were they were winked at so long
as there was no appearance in the
divorce court or no judicial separa-
ton. This rule was put in force at
the old court to exclude the Duchess
of Marlborough
The different attitude of the new
regime is shown strikingly by the
restoration to favor of the Duchess of
Marlborough, whom Queen Mary con-
siders to be a much-iniured woman,
and the social boycott against the
Duke of Westminster engineered from
the palace The Duchess of Marlbor
ough made her temperance in court
circles at recent garden party al
buckingham Palace, and the Queen
was especially gracious to her. The
Duke of Westminster has not beer
seen at court functions this season
The reason of the Dukes ostracisn
is his devotion to one of the mos
famous of English musical comedy
actresses. This popular beauty is
much older than the Duke, He is
only thirty two and she has been or
the stage since 1892, and has been {
leading fgpre there since 1891. She
is married to a we'll known man, but
in spite of that the Duke has installed
her in a house on his estate at Eator
Park, and spends most of his time
there. It is said that the house il
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-21
TO IGNORE LoUIsE,s BOOK.

BERLIN, Oct. The publication Of
the gossipy autobiography of Madame
Toselli, former Crown Princess of
SaXony, has been much discussed in
Germany, where the book has made
painful impression and has been gen
orally condemned by the newspapers
as a grave breach of common loyalty
to old friends and relatives. Much
curiosity was felt as to what action
the Saxon court would take in view
of the publication, since the contract
between it and the former Princess.
under which she receives an annuity
of nearly $4,000 from the court, con-
tains a clause restraining her from
publishing anything against her for
mer husband.
1t is understood, however, from
Dresden advices that the King decid-
ed at once to take no notice of the
book, believing that the best course
toward his former wife would be to
let her choose her own way to destroy
the remnants of popularity that she
enjoys with the Saxon people.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-21
BOMB With A rAIL-

BERLIN, Oct, 1.-Some interesting
experiments have recently been car
ried out by the German military au-
thorities at Doberitz with a new type
of siege gun constructed by the
Krupps. According to present "siege
technique" the artillery of an attack
ing army has to cease bombarding the
enemy's Entertainments as soon as
the storming infantry gets to close
quarters, otherwise the stormers are
likely to be shot down by their own
guns from the rear, The new gun has
been devised to overcome this diff
Guilty,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-21

selection from the correspondence and
other documents of the late King Ed
ward, which, when finally arranged,
will form his biography under au-
thority.' Queen Alexandra was de-
sirous of taking a personal hand in
the work, and, with King George, will
have the responsibility of going
through a vast mass of material,
much of it necessarily of a character
too private for the purpose of a pub
lie ISSUE.
A quantity of correspondence has
just been sent up to Balmoral and it
is expected that King George will de-
vote part of his time in the Highlands
to compiling selections toward his
fathers biography. 1t is said by the
Duke of Argylls friends that he does
not expect the book to be ready for
three years.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-21

next door to the Wears, and that this
reverend gentleman complains that
he cannot sleep because the actress
piano and gramophone are kept going
until four o'clock in the morning,
night after night.
So fer the Duchess of Westminster
has taken no action, but it is under.
stood that she seldom sees her hus.
band. 1t is said that her family in,
sists that there shall be no divorce,
The boycott of the Duke Of West.
minister is the more notable on ac.
count of his close connection with the
royal family. The Duchess Of Teck
Queen Mary's sister-in-law, is his
aunt
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-21
A GOOD RuLE.

Make it rule Of your home to keep
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy as safeguard against
bowel complaints. For sale by all
dealers, Benson, Smith e Co., agents
for Hawaii
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-21
TO EDIT KINGS LETTERS.

LONDON, Oct. lit is understood
in the Duke of Argyll's circle of liter
airy friends that he has been asked to
undertake the editing of the letters
and papers that are under process of
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-21
LEFT A FORTUNE IN BUTTONS


BRUSSELS, Oct. IA great sur
prise has come to the heirs of man
who died at Client. 1t was found that
he had left a fortune in buttons, which
he had collected all his life At first
the news caused much laughter in the
town, but when the collection of but
tons came to be examined those who
were engaged in the task became
greatly interested.
The collector had divided his but.
tons into series. They dated from the
ninth century. The collection was
started with a button from the rooe
of Charlemagne and ended wiyh one
taken from the uniform OF Napoleon
There were buttons from all The vegi
ments which had existed III France
from the archers of Charles VII. to the
Alpine chasseurs, The collection in
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-21

cluded buttons in wood, glass, bone,
ivory, lead, brass, zinc, silver, gold,
emeralds, rubies and diamonds. The
money value of the collection was put
at $4,000 ($4O,OOO).
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-12-28
An Old Time Lumberman Gone

Caleb S. Philbrick, an old-time
Rum river lumberman, died at his
home in East Minneapolis on the 23rd
inst. Mr.. Philbrick was IA years old
and was a native of Maine. He came
to this state in 1854, and for many
years operated as a lumberman in the
Rum river pineries. He was we'll
known to all the old timers in Prince.
ton, by whom he was held ia high
esteem. de is survived by his wife,
who was Lois A. Day, the youngest
daughter of Leonard Day, another
pioneer Minneapolis lumberman One
by one the genial old time Rum river
lumbermen are passing away, q few
years hence there will be none of them
left.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-12-28
Knows How to Raise stock.

F. G. Tipp, who operates stock
farm OF 240 acres in Hayland town
ship, was in Princeton on Saturday
and called for chat. He bought the
land from the state in 1908, settled
upon it in 1905, and says be has never
regretted his Investment. Last year
he sold $500 worth of cattle alone and
has fine herd of Is dairy COWS, be-
sides several horses and a number of
hogs. He raised some exceptionally
fine corn, potatoes and other
products, but his principal business is
stock raising. Prior to engaging in
farming Mr.. Tipp was railroad con-
ductor on the Milwaukee road and
had been in the employ of that conf
pany 30 years. He formerly lived at
Austin, MINI.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-12-28
RATE OF TAXATION.
Reductions Are rIade In the Rate of
Taxation for the Villages of
Princeton and rliIaca.
Rate in Towns, Villages and School
Districts, Also the Valuation
by Towns and Villages.

The abstract of the tax books for
the county of Mile Lacs-as equal
lied by the state board of equalization
for the year 1911 shows the total
valuation Of the real and personal
property to be So, 583, 900, and money
and credits SITS, 66l, making a grand
total of So, 762, 283. The valuation in
1910 was $780, 1915, or S199,908 less
than in 1911. The total valuation of
Princeton village in 1910 was 1916, O94
and in 1911 1892, 1873, an increase of
Sl6,039. The total valuation of
Miaca village for 1910 was S166, 2l9,
and in 1911 sl79,872, an increase of
Sl3,653. The increases shown in vii
lagos Of Princeton and Milaca do not
include money and credits, which
appear elsewhere in this statement.
In Milaca village the total rate for
1910 was IS mills and for 1911 81. 60
mills, decrease Of $40 mills. The
rate in Prince ton village for 1910 was
IS. 70 mills, wilhelm 1911 it is 48 mills,
a decrease Of 10 mills; in 1910 Sc, 900
was levied for corporation purposes
and in 1911 So, OOO-the sum of $500
having been borrowed from the state
this year. The rate for school pur-
posesrin Milaca is 81. SO mills, and for
state, county and village purposes
47.10 mills. In Princeton village the
rate for schools is % 60 mills and for
all other purposes 24.40 mills.
Foreston and Onamia have no village
tax.
In 1910 the state rate was 2.7O mills
and in 1911 1888 mills, an increase of
l.lS mills. The county rate in 1910
was $40 mills and in 1911 1892 mills,
an increase of 2.82 mills. This in
crease is largely due to the purchase
and equipment of the poor farm.
=. To ascertain the total rate of taxa
tion in any school district add the
state, county and township Or village
rates to the school district rate, and
the total will be the rate of taxation
in the district. For instance: In
district No. princeton village) the
state rate is 1888, county 1892, village
1920, school 23.6O-total 48.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-12-28
G1st of Presidents Message

The gist of the presidents message
sent to congress on Thursday of las
week, is as follows:
Approves proposed national reserve
association, and urges some form O.
government supervision and ultimate
control.
Says currency reform should not be
made political issue.
Urges immediate ablishment of q
rural parcel post. 49,.
Asserts United States can remit
Panama canal tolls to American
shipping. Il,
Asks an immediate increase of 2. 0OC
men in the enlisted strength of the
navy. v~.:ss>
Urges abolition of the smaller navv
yards.
Suggests the elimination of all local
Offices from politics. .,..s.
Urges increased appropriations for
the completion of river and harbor
improvements along the Mississippi
and the Ohio and the Missouri rivers.
Recommends an extension of the
term of service of the special board OF
engineers on the waterway, from the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-12-28
surprised Charley Nelson

Mr.. G. A. Nelson, the jolly Fridley
dairy man, was SO years old on the
18th inst, and 200 of his friends and
neighbors, headed by the redoubtable
Tom Coleman, swooped down on his
home in body and gave him the sur
prise OF his life. Mr.. Coleman acted
as spokesman and, in behalf of the in
vaders, in gracious words that yelled
up from his big Irish heart, presented
Mr.. Nelson with a handsome easy
chair, gOld-headed cane and a silk
embroidered bath robe, the ladies
also presented MIR. Nelson with a
bouquet of so carnations. Then fol-
lowed music and feasting and it was
long after midnight before the festivi-
ties terminated.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-12-28

lakes to the gulf.
FaVors power in the president to re-
move clerks of federal courts for
cause.
Urges payment of the French spoil
alton judgments.
Calls employers liability and
workmen's compensation legislation
to the attention of congress-.
Aren't the proposed parcel post the
president, among other things, says:
cit Els hoped that congress will
authorize the immediate establishment
of a Limited parcel post on such rural
routes as may be selected, providing
for the delivery along the routes of
parcels not exceeding eleven pounds,
which is the weight limit for the inter-
national parcel post, or at the post
Office from which such route emanates,
or on another route emanating from
the same Office. The suggestion that
we have a general parcel post has
awakened great opposition on the
partsof some, who think that it will
havesthe effect to destroy the business
OF the country storekeepers. Instead
of deing this I think the change will
greatly increase business for the bene-
fit of all. The reduction in the cost of
living it will bring about ought to
make its coming certain.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-12-28
Archbishop Ireland's Sacerdotal Jubilee.

Archbishop Ireland's sacerdotal Jubilee.
The sacredotal jubilee of Arch
bishop John Ireland was celebrated
last Thursday at st. Paul, in a way
most pleasing to him, by the CON-
pietion of purse of 800, 900 pledged
by 262 diocesan priests. They de.
sired to mark the 6ftieth anniversary
of his ordination by something of a
personal tribute to the archbishop,
but this he would not accept. Know
ing the zeal and earnestness he has in
seeing the rapid completion of the two
great cathedrals he is building and
his desire for advancing St. Thomas
college, his priests pledged the purse.
The fund has been given and largely
expended in carrying out the work on
the cathedral in st. Paul and the pro-
cathedral ia Minneapolis. ,'-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-12-28
THOSE GONE BEYOND
Mrs. Mary White, for So Years a Res
ldent of Baldwin township,
: is Called From Earth.
Mrs. Jennie Jeffrey Passes Away at
Home of Her Son.in.Law In
Village of Princeton.

Mrs. Mary White, one OF the Oldest
settlers Of BALDWIN township, Sher-
burne county, passed peacefully away
at her home at o'clock in the AFTER
noon of December 81, aged "A years.
Death was due to a general breaking
down of the constitution incumbent
upon old age.
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. Father Levings at St. Edward s
Catholic church, Princeton, yesterday
morning-the service was the high re-
QUEEN mass. The obsequies we're
largely attended, and many beautiful
floral tributes were placed by loving
friends upon the casket. The inter-
ment was in the Catholic cemetery,
where the remains we're laid to rest
beside those of deceased's husband.
Following are the names of the pail
bearers: Michael Mahoney, Michael
Kaiher, Maurice Eisenhut, Jerry
Healy, William Kaliher and David
ILooney.
Mrs. Mary White, whose maiden
name was Mary Burke, was born in
County Cork, Ireland, in June, 1882,
and was married in England to James
White. With her husband she came
to the United States in 1856, locating
in New York. Later the family
moved to Hastings, Mimi, where she
lived II years. From there the family
came to Baldwin, Sherburne county,
where Mrs. White remained until her
death. Her husband preceded her to
the grave eight years. ago. She is
survived by three sons and three
daughters, viz, William and Matthew
G. White, Baldwin; Thomas j., East
Helena, Mont; Mrs. Julia Calcut,
Butte, Mont; Mrs. Catherine Man.
love. East Helena, Mont; and Mrs.
Mary Wilcox, Huntley, Mont. Six Of
the children are dead. * j., :@.s
In the death of Mrs. White the / chill
dren lose an affectiona,e mother and
the people OF Baldwin a good
neighbor. Mrs. White was a true
christian, and woman possessing a
more kindly heart it would be difficult
to 6nd-to know this good old lady
was to love her.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-12-28
Mrs, Jennie ,Jeffery


Mrs. Jennie Jeffrey died on Tues
day p. m. at the home of her son.
in-law, E. J. Buss, in this village.
She was 81 years of age and the cause
of her death was pneumonia. Her
four children we're at her bedside
when she passed away.
The remains we're taken to Eliza
beth, ILL.,, this morning for interment,
where they will be laid to rest beside
those of her father and mother.
Mrs. Jeffrey was born in Mel
bourne, Australia, in 1851, and was
married at Elizabeth, ILL.,, in 1869, to
Richard Jeffrey, who died 10 years
ago. She came to Princeton about l6
months ago to live with her daughters
Mrs. E. j. Buss and Mrs. W. W.
Fuller, who survive her. She also
leaves two sons, Rev. J. r. Jeffrey,
pastor of the Methodist church OF
Plain.view, MIMI; and W. S. Jeffrey,
in the employ of the SELF Shoe com.
pany at Genoa, ILL.,; besides one
brother and three sisters.
Throughout life Mrs. Jeffrey was a
true christian-she was a woman who
at all times strived to live up to the
teachings of the Savior. She always
had the welfare of her children at
heart and was beloved by all who
knew her.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-12-28
An AnOka Home Coming Suegested.

An old homecoming week for 1912
is suggested by the Anoka Herald.
Last weeks issue of the Herald con-
tains a partial list of those who have
migrated from Anoka to the Pacific
slope during the past three or four dec
AIDES. The list is surprisingly long
one; several hundred have gone to
Los Angeles and Pasadena, and
hundreds more are scattered all over
the Pacific states, Alaska and Van
couver. If they should all return at
once Anoka would be a lively town
during their stay. That reminds US
that Princeton has also contributed to
the population of the far western
states in the past IS years.