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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-06

SEATTLE, Wash. Oct. &c.
Chandler Rogers, who was attacked
by three ruffians at the corner Of
Eighth avenue and Sixteenth street.
New York City, on the night of May
l. 1897, and thrown into the Hudson
river after his skull had been frac-
tured, wandered about the world for
fourteen years under the name of
George Kelly, and was restored to
himself in this city yesterday as the
result of a surgical operation that re-
moved pressure upon his skull. Under
the name of George Kelly he served
eleven years in the United States
Navy, and was discharged at Bremen
ton July l, 1910.
Then he went to work in a sawmill
at Port Blakeley, and was married
there two months ago. On October
10th he disappeared from his home,
and he was found three days later in
the dense forest, crawling on his
hands and knees and swapping like a
dog. On October 18th he was taken
TO a hospital in Seattle. He was un-
able to speak or see, and apparently
was paralized Last Sunday an opera
ton was performed to remove a por-
ton of the skull that pressed upon
I the brain.
Yesterday Kelly asked for pen and
paper and wrote a concise and intelli-
gent letter to his half-sister, Miss
Florence Douels, 416 West Thirty.sec-
ond street. New York City, closing
his letter by stating that he was in a
hospital. He signed the name S.
Chandler Rogers. lie asked for a
newspaper and was dumbfounded
when a paper dated Seattle, October
20, 1911, was handed to him. He
asked where he was, and when told,
he broke down and wept, On recov'
ering his composure he told this
story:
Tells Story of Life.
Il don't know Whefe ! nave Deeh Oh
what | have been doing for fourteen
years. ] was born in New York CITY
in 1880. / lived with my grand-moth
err, Mrs. Elizabeth Douels, AIS Yves
Thirty,second street, New York.
Il was first a newsboy in New Yorl
and then a messenger with a big trus
. company. | used to box in a thete
? to earn a little side money
I MAY /, 1897, / took vacation
Q With a friend / went to a theater, a,
e companied by two girls, l took m
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-06
Army Officers Impressions
Of The Pacific Ocean
And The Philippines

Mr.. Prosser has received this inter-
esting letter from a colonel in the
army who stopped over in Honolulu
last spring, descriptive of his further
trip westward to the Far East:
Manila, p. l., August IS, 1911.
My Dear Mr.. Prosser: When we
left you that May Sunday afternoon
at that club, so much admired be-
cause of its provision for ladies',
necessity in tropical countries, we
counted our stay in Honolulu as one
of the red-letter dates in the calendar
of memory. We took up our journey
of 5000 miles over a tropical sea to
Guam. The trade winds blew from
about behind us and with a force a
trifle exceeding the rate of the ship
and this contributed to a constant
agreeableness of breeze, which is the
moderator of mellow warmth and dis
sipates the ooze of moisture.
War Talk Is PrattIe.
The silence and loneliness of the
sea reminds one of the desert The
sandy expanse of Sahara cannot he
more alone than the ripples of this
tropical sheet of ocean. 1t is, too, SO
large that one wonders why there
can be rivalry about such a solitude.
The Domination of the Pacific"
seems senseless when the area of
this ocean is traversed and appreci-
ated to be enough for every sail and
steamer that was ever built, and too,
perhaps, without getting in sight of
each other. When | considered the
richness of all the Pacific ocean
shores and her thousands of islands
as sufficient in products to fill the
ships of all the world when civiliza-
ton had finished what has been com
menced, the Japanese war talk
seemed prattle.
The distinct remembrance of the
views of Mr.. Walter G. Smith and
yourself and the reason why this jap
anese matter is not a menace, has
helped me to see things without fail.
ing into that tendency to accept what
is asserted by the many, especially
when relating to economic and ma,
tional questions. l read the Soul OF
Japan" which Mr.. Smith gave me
and it further prepared my mind &c
see this question differently from that
Of lot of people who make this wal
matter a propaganda.
View of Ladrones.
After nearly two weeks a very din
outline of Guam is made out, the mos
southern and largest of the Marian
island group. They were formerl
called the Ladrones, because the re
treat of pirates and thieves.
These islands form chain whicl
reaches far towards Japan. Guam il
the only one that has a plentiful sur
ply of water with a harbor, the othe
islands have one or the other but nc
both. 1t is the crossing place of tw
ocean cables, the American and tn
Japanese. The island has a length o
thirty-two miles and a breadth o
some six miles. Its surface is chara'
terized by rounded hills, some
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-06
NEW RICE MILL.

The X. Yamamoto Rice Mill is the
largest as well as the finest in the is
lands. All machinery is of the very
latest pattern. The famous TengI
Rice is cleaned at this mill With the
large cleaning capacity they are able
The Washington times., 1911-06-02
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU,
ANACOSTIA, D. c., JUNE 2.

The setting apart Of next Sunday
for observance as Parents Day" in
the Anacostia Methodist Episcopal
Church marks an innovation in the
list of special day ceremonies in the
District churches. The celebration of
Mothers Day has become general,
Children's Day is observed in nearly
all the churches, and it has been sug-
gested that Fathers Day be added to
the list, but 1t has remained for the
Rev. Samuel. w. Graffiin, pastor of
Anacostia Church, to arrange cere-
mony that will afford joint recog-
milton to mothers and fathers of the
community.
Among the features of next Sum
days meeting will be parents choir
Of approximately sixty voices, which
will render the musical program, un-
der the direction of Frank A. Dony.
The address of welcome will be de-
livered by Mrs. Eliza P. Watson. A
paper on The Parent and the Church
will be read by Arthur B. Suit.
Musical selections will be given by
George o. Watson and Mrs. Charles F..
Linger. A sextet Of fathers numbering
Frank A. Dony, George w. King, jr.,
George o. Watson, Harry Wedding,
John e. Fort, and Alvin @. King, Will
likewise be heard. Another sextet, COM
posed OF mothers, including Mrs. Will
Ham Williamson, Mrs. Frank A. Dony,
Mrs. William J. Latimer, Mrs. Charles
y. Lnger. Mrs. Samuel & Campbell,
The Washington times., 1911-06-02

write bill he must make new in
vestigation. Some of the information
he must have is to be found in his
library. Much of it must be sought
outside the District building.
The District ought to have research
bureau similar to the Wisconsin bu-
reau. Such an institution could be
maintained at less expense in Washing
ton than in any other city in the coun-
try, because of the great amount of in
formation and statistics available IN
the Government departments and the
Congressional Library. The expense
would not be great, and the advan-
tages would be enormous. If such a
bureau had been in operation in the
past, many of the conflicting, contra
dictory, loosely drawn laws that have
caused trouble in the District would not
have gotten onto the statute books.
The Washington times., 1911-06-02
Sraus Gfues Unqualified Approval to La Toilette Bill
Creating Public Utility Commission for the District
Maryland Experts Opinion of the La Fol-
lete Bin

unhestatingy pronounce thorough excellent measure
1t plainly conceived with grasp understanding of the
subject
will greatly bring relations both
to the people and to the corporations of the
The the Commissioners do are
comprehensiveIy stated.
The provision looking the valuation Of public
vital feature Of the which administration
effective.
1t does
which experience complete reguIa
ton of public service corporations.
The Washington times., 1911-06-02
RESEARCH BUREAU NEEDED
IN THE DISTRICT.

In the State capitol at Madison, Wis,
is a suite of rooms occupied by half a
dozen busy clerks and as many equally
busy stenographers. They constitute
the Wisconsin research bureau" whose
business is to collect, classify, and file
information on all subjects pertaining
to State and municipal government. If
member of the Wisconsin Legislature
wants to introduce a bill affecting the
structure of government, he sends a
memorandum of his subject to the re-
search bureau. The bureau does the
rest. 1t investigates the existing State
law, the laws of other States on the
same question, the experience of other
communities under similar laws, and
the statistical arguments for and
against the proposed statute. If the
member desires, the bureau Will even
write his bill for him.
In the District of Columbia there is
no simple, systematic, reliable method
by which laws can be framed. The in
dividual member of Congress must make
his Investigations on his own response
bility and write his bill himself or call
upon the District Commissioners to do
it for him. When the Commissioners
are called upon they turn the duty over
to the Corporation Counsel. Bills
originating with the Commissioners
are also written BY the Corporation
Counsel. Each time this official has to
The Washington times., 1911-06-02
PREFERRED JAIL TO WEAR.
ING SKIRTS.

Byron's Prisoner of Chillon" made
some remarks about the friendly at
tachment which existed between him
self and his chains, but it has remained
for a st. Louis woman, in the very
midst of the emancipation era, to de-
eide to 60 to Jail rather than give up
the convenient little habit she had &C.
quired of wearing trousers. For four
teen years she has been making her
way about in the world clad in all the
regulation accoutrements of a man.
When her masquerade was finally dis
covered, the tender hearted judge before
whom she appeared offered to provide
her with skirts and suspend the SEN
tence which he would otherwise feel
called upon to pass upon her. The al
tentative was that she would have to
60 to Jail, in conformity with the laws
made and provided to keep at least a
part of the population from pretending
to be men when they were nothing of
the kind.
Mrs. Augusta Seib-known all this
while as Gus" Seib-guessed she would
go to Jail. 1t was not in any spirit of
obstinacy or bravado that she refused
to accept the lenient alternative of the
court. 1t was not even a conscious
tribute to the superiority of the lords
of creation. She simply said that she
had become so accustomed to trousers
that if she were to exchange them for
che attire appropriate to her sex she
would feel so awkward that she
would undoubtedly be arrested as a
man attempting to masquerade as a
woman. 1t would require all the art
of an Elizabethan actor playing Rosa
lind in hose and doublet, and she
didn't feel equal to it.
Of course, the law is specific in such
cases, and the er-hearted Judge
could do nothing but send her up. For
6fty-six days, therefore, she is to do
what she can, in prison garb, toward
becoming accustomed to the skirts she
discarded several lustrums ago. The
advocates of emancipation should not
judge her too harshly, however, for,
after all, the situation, in one par
ticular, makes for their argument. Mrs.
Seib maintained that as a woman she
could not secure such profitable en-
ployment as she could as a man. And
here her ground is undoubtedly well
taken. She should have special dis
pensation when her enforced detention is
over to wear whatever will win Scr her
the best returns,
The Washington times., 1911-06-02
Recognized Authority Calls
the Bill Thorough and
Excellent.
WRITER SUGGESTS
BUT FEW CHANGES
Essential Features Are Endorsed
In Unqualified Terms BY
Marylander.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

ure are well and broadly drawn. The
powers of the Commissioners and the
| things they are to do are comprehen-
sively stated. The general purposes of
| the act requiring public service corpor-
ations to furnish reasonably adequate
service and facilities at reasonable, just,
and non-discriminatory rates, and the
prohibition, as unlawful and unjust, of
unreasonable or discriminatory charges
and of inadequate, inefficient or unsafe
service, are among the main and char
acteristic features OF the effective legis-
lation existing in this country for the
control of public utilities.
Another Vital Feature.
THE provisions in sections and OF
the Wisconsin Senator's measure look
ing to the valuation Of the property,
construction, and equipment of every
public utility. and the amount of its in
vestments, with a view, of course. OF
! ultimately ascertaining in each case
what Is a reasonable charge for the
service or facility rendered, form an
other viCal feature of the measure which
will make it's administration effective
in behalf of the people.
THE provisions for the rendition OF
accounts, with the method of auditing
and keeping accounts of records, ana
for the examinations OF the same at the
instance of the commission; for period
ical reports from the Public Service
Corporations to the commission with re-
spect to the essential features of their
business operations; for the filing Of
schedules of rules, regulations and
rates; for the classification of service
upon reasonable considerations; for the
summoning of witnesses and the pro-
ductioH of books and papers; for the
hearing and disposition OF the com
plants, are all efficient features of this
thorough and indeed drastic measure
which does not seem to have overlooked
any of the substantial means. which ex-
perience and reflection up to the present
time have evolved for the complete con-
troll and regulation OF public service
corporations.
Some of the powers which Senator
La Follette's measure vests in the COM
mission may appear TO be too inquisi-
torial and extreme, continued Mr.
Strauss. but, In my judgment, and
II is better to give than to withhold
these powers. They are very far from
being always exerted, and in fact, ex-
perience shows that they have very sell
dom been exerted so as TO harass the
corporations But the moral effect of
the possession by the commission OF
large ard penetrating powers has been
to bring about an uncontested acquies-
cence upon the part of the corporations
in the reasonable requests of the public
preferred or made known through the
commission.
Correction of Complaints.
The reports of both the New York
and the Maryland Public Service Com
missions show that time and again,
upon their mere suggestion to a gas
company. an electric light company, or
street railway corporation of the exist
ence of some injustice or shortcoming in
their service, the matter OF the compleint
has been promptly corrected without
The Washington times., 1911-06-02
LA TOILETTE BILL is PRAISED
BY STRAUS.

Attorney General Straus, of Mary,
land, has looked upon the La Toilette
public service commission bill for the
District of Columbia and found it good
After studying the measure carefully,
Mr.. Straus, who is an expert on control
and regulation of public utility corpo-
rations, pronounees it excellent, and
declares it will, if enacted into law,
make possible the effective control and
regulation of the public service COM
panies of Washington.
The Times sent q copy of the La
Toilette bill to Mr.. Straus and asked
him to write an opinion on it. He has
done so, and his statement is presented
elsewhere in this issue today. Every
member of Congress and every citizen
of the District interested in the control
and regulation of local public service
corporations can well afford to take the
time to read Mr.. Straus' opinion.
Supervision of public utility COM
panies by commissions is not a radical
departure. Mr.. Straus shows that COM
missions are in operation in a number
of States, and that efforts to establish
them are being made in a number of
others. Mr.. Straus wrote the Maryland
law, recently enacted, and before doing
so made a careful study of all existing
laws of similar character. He went
even further, and made a study of the
administration of all existing laws, and
embodied in the Maryland statute the
features which experience had shown
were the best and most practicable.
Since the Maryland commission was
created Mr.. Straus has watched its
work carefully; he has, in fact, worked
with it, aiding it's members in perfect
ing their organization and getting their
machinery in operation. He has recent
ly written a book on public service
commissions, embodying therein his OBJ
servations of and experience in the
control and regulation of public service
corporations.
When these facts are considered, it
can readily be seen that Mr.. Straus'
opinion of the La Toilette bill is worth
something. He writes not only from
the standpoint of one who has investi-
gated the legal side of framing a pub
lie service commission bill, but also from
the standpoint of one who has had
personal experience in the operation of
a commission under such a measure.
The Washington times., 1911-06-02
ANACOSTIAC
TOHONOR PARENTS
Special Services Planned for Sunday BY Methodist Epis
copal Congregation With Fathers and Mothers
Giving Musical Program.

and Mrs. 8. W. GraffIin, will also take
part D'
In the evening at o'clock, the Rev.
Mr.. Grafflin will preach on Mothers
Day." discourse which he was pre-
vented from delivering sooner by other
engagements.
The dedication of that section of the
reconstructed Anacostia Baptist Church
which has been built underground took
place last evening in the presence of a
large gathering. The ceremonies in
cluded meeting of the officiary of the
church, and the congregation in the
upper portion of the building from
where they marched in a body to the
large new basement hall. The Rev.
Frank l.. Bardens, the pastor, headed
the procession, followed by the deacons,
the trustees, and the church members,
all singing Onward. Christian Sol
diers"
When the place of assembly was
reached Pastor Bardens offered the
prayer, which was followed by remarks
by Deacons John T. Dent, N. W. Greer,
Edgar r. Balderston, Charles Cookman,
George Mathieson Reed. and T. ].
Green.
A number of the trustees then spoke,
after which the Rev. Mr.. Bardens de-
livered the sermon, referring to the CO.
operation that has made possible the
rebuilding of the church, announcing
that the basement hall is now ready for
permanent occupancy. and congratulate
Ing the membership of the church on
the support given to the movement.
James Frank. desk clerk at night in
the Eelevtnth precinct, has been grant
ed a portion of his annual leave, and
Policeman John F. Regan Is taking his
place IN the station.
The Washington times., 1911-06-02
BRYAN-BAiLEY CONTEST FOR
DEMOCRATIC CONTROL.

wool schedule was really q debate be
tween two distinguished Democrats
neither of whom attended. Mr.. Bryan
demanded recognition of his doctrine OF
free raw materials as a Democratic
fundamental. Mr.. Bailey has taken the
lead in opposing that tenet.
In adopting the Underwood schedule
the caucus voted the loaves and fishes
to Mr.. Bailey, the award on principle
to Mr.. Bryan.
1t was Pyrrhic victory that the
Bailey Underwood view won. On two
propositions the Underwood forces were
defeated. They were unable to carry
a motion to limit discussion, and were
voted down on motion to adjourn.
Only after sustaining these two
checks did the Ways and Means leader
ship consent to make the compromise
represented by the resolution finally
adopted. That resolution declares in
substance that the Democrats would
like to give free wool, but that the
Governments need of revenue, the re-
suit of Republican extravaganza, makes
it impossible at this time to sacrifice all
the wool revenue.
Mr.. Bryan thus gets the recognition
of free wool as Democratic doctrine,
and has the satisfaction of seeing his op-
ponents dodge, by placing upon Repub-
lican shoulders the responsibility for
failure to grant it Immediately.
Even with so large a concession as
this to the Bryan view, it required good
forensic management to get the Under
wood schedule indorsed. Mr.. Kitchin
and his magnetic oratory were called
into service; a whoop-la partisan speech
putting the blame on the Republicans
and giving assurance of continued
Democratic fealty to Democratic princi-
Piles was necessary to get the votes in
line.
We are unable to take the view, COM
monty exploited today, that Mr.. Bryan
has been repudiated. Mr.. Bryan is
given to fighting for principle, and on
his principle he won. Mr.. Bailey just
as commonly aims to get the immediate
result. Both won. But it was a
Pyrrhic victory for the Bailey Under
wood view; a few more such, and that
leadership is undone. 1t will not re-
quire many such manifestations to
make Bryan the nominee of his party
in 1912.
On the merits of the schedule in
dorsed, the arguments of expediency
and politics are with the Bailey-Un
derwood element. The schedule has
chance of carrying in the Senate; free
wool would not. Free wool would have
been regarded by many as buncombe,
enunciated with great solemnity as
strict adhesion to principle, but with
the certainty that it would prevent any
change whatever in the wool schedule
because the Senate would never ac-
cept it.
1t was honest to put forward a
proposition which has a chance; a
proposition which may bring to con-
sumers some relief from the excesses of
price that have obtained under the old
schedule. If the Republican Senate
rejects this schedule, it will place upon
the Republicans burden of RESPONSE
bility that will not easily be discharged
before the country.
The contest illustrates how sharp
and deep-seated is the difference be-
tween the two Democratic views. 1t
is a contest that will surely GO on, for
the Democrats are no more a unit on
tariff matters than are the torn and
dis4 ro Of ad panuhlioons
The Washington times., 1911-06-02

Whether the Joaquin Miller cabin
goes to Randle Highlands or elsewhere,
public interest has at least been aWak-
ened to the point where the historic
relic will be we'll cared for.
The Washington times., 1911-06-02

Among those present was Ollie James
o: Kaintucky. If you are looking for
trouble chum around with him.
The Washington times., 1911-06-02

If the Supreme Court does break the
Egg trust, let US hope it does so while
the wind is blowing in the other direc-
ton.
The Washington times., 1911-06-02

Joel Grayson might at least take com
fort from the thought that General Lee
doesn't really need any wreaths. after
all.
The Washington times., 1911-06-02

Without a blush, the clerk of the cor
poration court of Alexandria admits
that during the month of May he re-
corded sixty-two deeds, as against only
forty-one marriage licenses. What a
Grass, unromantic record, my masters!
The Washington times., 1911-06-02
Concerts Today
sy the q. S. Soldiers Home Band,
Bandstand, at q p. m.
JOHN s. NJ. ZIMMERMANN,
Director

PROGRAM.
March, Olympia Metz
Overture, "Aroldo" .............Verd
Romance, "Claire de Lune" Thoms
Selection, THE Merry Widow
(requestedl .Lehar
American Sketch, by the Su-
vance River" .Myddleton
Excerpts from katy Did" .Hoschna
Finale, 1.-THE Magnet" .Losey
"The starSpangled Banner"
By the U. S. Engineer Band, Wash
ington Circle, 1890 P. NJ.
JULIUS HAMPER. Chief Musician.
PROGRAM.
March, "The Suffragettes, .Schreiner
Overture, "Nabuco," ..........Verdi
Czardas, Last Love. .GungI
Fantasie. Faust" ........... .Gounod
Waltz. "Giribiribin" ....... PestoIozza
Selection. The Chocolate Sol
der" -....................St Strauss
Characteristic, "Siamese Guard
Mount .......:.....-.........L .Ltnke
Medley Overture. No. s. Bits of
0f Rsmick Hits. Lampe
The star -spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1911-06-02

1t begins to look like an INVESTIGA'
TION of Lorimer
The Washington times., 1911-06-02

The net total circulation Of The Washington
Times (Sunday) during the month of May
was 166, 357, ali copies left over and returned
when divided by l. the number of Sundays
during May shows the net Sunday average
for May to have been 81 H,5s9
The Washington times., 1911-06-02

The net total circulation of The Wash
ington Times daily during the month Of
May was 1.2S9, $50, all copies left over and
returned being eliminated This number,
when divided by "a, the number OF days OF
publication. shows the net daily average for
May to have been. 1917.