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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-30
AusrRA11A,s PENSION SCHEME.


proposed pensioning public
legislative assembly
the committee specially consider
debate
plan providing pension all government employees
fail deterous influence the whole
civil without pension scheme would in the long
to
responsible positions itself
possible in the field enterprise The existence
of
smaller earnings possible officials compared with
the earnings of professional and business
outlined make provision of DEATH
shire municipal
subsidized institutions like the
University Sydney School others While other
in provision children
pension sixty after seventy years.
of fyfv
UNDER actuataly
pension elects retire after hrtve years
of child
before retirement
contributing his widow, thirteen
child On retirement after
vady
his death oneha the pension to his
andthi each child
contributor through inva
actuarial
of him.
contributor onehaf such
his widow,
pounds per child under sixteen
the
employees contributions.
On terminal Of a pension the
the empoye and in respect
him. payment equivalent to twice the amount of his contribution
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-30
TAFT AND THE TRUSTS.

yesterday
of He without
a Washington
of
morning President that Mr. Tft's
failed following the Trust decision.
will be will believe
of
through the action of Mr. Taft and the Republican only
he of
publicity
Roosevelt will
that he has favored corporation his administration
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-30
Rn1REs AND PRESENTS.

police
bribery police Block
dollar the guardian of the promptly When
dollar given a a bride as a
The involved
it would be bride the himself
dollars practise
to
If
that policemen
able then the dwnng another grating the
hand draw
of
Honolulu o at
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-30
MAY FILE PROTESTS
AGAINST TAX TODAY
SMALL PROPERTY HOLDER WON'T
FIGHT RAISES, BUT BIG
ONES WILL ACT.

The prospective appellants in the
matter of the raises of taxes are still
holding back, and it appears now that
very few of the small property holders
concerned are going to contest their
cases. The big contestants are waiting
till the last day. 1t is PROBABLE that
lot of appeals will be fled this after
noon. They will be mostly corporation
cases, according to the present indica-
tions.
Appeals were fled yesterday by rep
resentatives of F. M. Swanzy, for Mrs
e. Q: Judd and others. They gave a
fair sample of some of the boosts given
to property, against which appeals are
being made. The appeal in behalf of
Mrs. Judd stated that her Honolulu
property had been raised from $64, 300
to $114,020. Kualoa ranch was pro-
tested as raised from $34,193 to $l17,-
$40. Mr.. Swanzy's property at Koo-
laupopo and Koolaluloa was set forth
as raised from $455 to $1205. The APP
peal makes the claim that these raises
are unjust, unfair and unreasonable
and leaves it to the tax appeal court
to settle the valuation upon which
taxes shall be assessed.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-30
ENGINEERS FIND
Il KEY TO PUZZLE
BIG CONCRETE TEST BLOCK rs
SATISFACTORY TO PEARL
HARBoR BUILDERS.

The concrete brick weighing sixteen
tons which has been subjected to q
two-weeks test in the Pearl Harbor dry.
dock to prove its resisting qualities,
was brought to the surface yesterday
naval engineers and those interested in
the drydoek contract, and after being
subjected to chipping, hammering and
other tests, was pronounced salts.
factory.
The mixture contained in that brick
will probably be officially declared by
the naval engineers as containing the
proper proportions for the immense
amount of concrete that is to be poured
into the drydock basin to cap the
bottom. The discovery of the naval
engineers halted this decision, and
meanwhile the brick was subjected to
test in the water to determine
whether the chemical qualities of the
water would "mush'' it. The brick
stood the test.
Engineer f. B. Smith of the San
Francisco Bridge Company, in charge
of the contract, is expected back from
the Coast in the near future with the
results of tests made in California
laboratory of the Pearl Harbor water.
The naval station people yesterday
placed an anchor in Pearl Harbor OPP
posite the entrance to the dock for use
by the great gate for the drydock
which is being towed here from San
Francisco by the tug Hercules, and is
expected here in a day or two,
w. N. Concannon, the Pacific coast
contractor, will land the contract for
the erection of the administration
building at the Pearl Harbor naval
station. The bid of Lord-Young Con-
struction Company of Honolulu was
$34, 200, and Concannon IS, $34,952. The
local firm asked $4,000 for extra
"bays' and the Concannon Company
offered to do it for $4,000. The total
bid of the coast company was lower
than that of the Lord Dung company.
Three extra "bays'' are to be added,
which would make Concannon's bid
$45, ASP, and Lord-Young's, $46,7Oo.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-30
MONEY FOR DUKE.

One thing should be plain
believes Duke a
the believing willing him
for his he enable him the
possible trim when he meets the worlds will be
without delay, andh
of the matter the willing
Olympic contests We had of before
absolutely nothing Duke gained nothing that
we'll without Honolulu
publicity
exhibition
Honolulu is bit
'sien ones cherisng hopes that they
good supplied by
hope and work the better,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-30
ARGUE RUSSIA SHOULD
ANNEX N. MANCHUR|A
NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY, SAY
THE SIBERIAN PAPERS, FOR
RUSSIA TO ACT.

The procurement press of East
Siberia here and there appears to be
in favor, not only of protectorate
over Mongolia, but also of formal
occupation of = North Manchuria by
Russia on the understanding that
South Manchuria shall be once and for
all placed at the entire disposal of the
japanese, reports the Japan Adver-
tiser. A regular contributor to the
Dalny Vostok strongly urges these
steps as calculated to reduce the area
of the socalled yellow peril. He OBJ
serves that heretofore every argument
in favor of preserving relations with
China has been supported by references
to the 5000 werst frontier which runs
between China and Siberia and invests
the latter power with the ability to
create serious political and economic
friction for Russia over this vast ex-
tent of territory whenever she may feel
so disposed.
"Now," continues this writer
" Mongolia has declared her autonomy,
Tibet is occupied by the English, and
in South Manchuria the Japanese are
permanently established; if, then
North Manchuria be occupied and
South Manchuria offered to the Jap
anese, the celebrated Chinese boundary
is destroyed and we obtain a series OF
substantial buffers through which the
yellow peril not everywhere and moi
always can menace US.
Gin the most vulnerable region OF
the maritime and Amur provinces, theil
southern portions which are directly
contiguous to Manchuria, we would bt
behind the enduring curtain of japanese
territory; beyond lies Mongolia with iti
enormous deserts and frontier noun
tain ranges; finally Tibet with thu
English.
ga conjunction of circumstances 81
favorable for us has never yet occurred
and it is impossible to let the presen
moment slip. The occupation of Man
churia is a question of our day. t,
let it pass viii be tantamount to part
ing for long with peace in the Pria
murye, casting the latter sacrifice l.
Chinese arbitrariness which. is beinI
fostered by the kind advice of Americ
and our tried friend-Germany Whe
the fruit ripens ii should be plueked
otherwise il viii fall and be lost. Tn
days of a Chinese Manchuria are nun
bered. The moment must not b
neglected"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-30
rAFT's ANAN1As CLUB.

President started branch of the well known An
Club with Theodore Roosevelt the sole member president
vicepesident, Those of
wthg
public
recalled which
political
recalled addresses made by Mr. Taft along pretty much
dispatches this
the
asked
of cabinet
anything Roosevelt the White
WILDE led
his chief adopted Roosevet charge that
he
Presidents what
would third President Of the
Unied States bumcom md nothing
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-30
MIR. THwINo.s ACTIVITIES.

Rev f. w. Thwing we'll in city earneng for
If the materials for martyrs crown tho Orient his political act
during forming the basis
upon American the part 1.-THE Japanese press
of the apparent anmisonay attitude of
Advertiser however Il
class not be judged from what some few individuals
although Advertiser refrain from styling
tivities "rdcuous' Says that paper;
great majority missionary workers in
China have eupulonty from mixing politics.
tOns there evidently and is unfortunate that these
usually Americans and English Something like sensation
Gently the Chinese attributed
less parsonage than Bishop W. Bashford of the American
Methodist Episcopal Church. who is reported to have delivered
speech audience revoutionaies the
that Almighty is this revolution This
report however has been declared Incredible by officials of the Meth
America describe Bishop BahfOrd the
church, but yet
direct the alleged offender who left Shanghai
9TH this have reached home
Bishop Bahod the soft impeachment of political
activity against weknown
person. w. Thwing China
international Reform Bureau The gentleman
opium tobacco
nouncing signzed by launching philippe
philippe against deadly cigarette
heard that the fouishing business of the Tobacco
Company crippled any by
Following
the revolution raised new issue far more interesting to the Chinese
apparently Thwing himself
in into the middle the political fray Here the evidence
repete fid tributes from the lips of Mr. Thwing
to the goes of the rainbow haghe flag of the Republic The Pk
ing correspondent
Department
Mr. Thwng the of the Unes States
according recognition Republic Marking
yuan Kali adds this correspondent permitted
telegram Imperial Princes advising abdCation'
will disposed cav the that all
this would be udicrous it did not have decidedly serious side The
improperly foreigners any kind interfering the
politics country which happen reside manifest.
If this true of the merchant and kindred classes is
mission it preach the gospel peace
Already ventilation these good
special
in nsuctng neutrality,
this
cited to the diseredit of the movement as whole
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-30
POLICE Stay
TAXI BANDITS
USE DYNAMITE IN PARIS
STREETS TO END FIGHT
WITH LEADERS.

PARIS, April 29.-After a running
fight, which was brought to an end
when the police made use of dynamite.
Bonnet, chief of the famous taxicab
bandits, who have been terrorIzing tho
French capital for weeks, and his lieu
tenant, a fellow, calling himself Du-
bois, were killed by the gendarmes here
yesterday afternoon. 1t was one of
the most sensational events of recent
Partisan history, and resembled moth
ing so much as scene OF one of the
famous barricades during one of the
many revolutions.
Ever since the strike of the chauf-
feurs Paris has been torn by repeated
outrages committed by the strikers or
their sympathizers against taxicab
drivers, and their customers. Tho
police have been gradually closing in
upon the perpetrators of the crimes and
early yesterday morning surrounded
Bonnet and Dubois at a low dive, which
they have been making their head
quarters. The arrest was intended as
a surprise, but one of the many friends
of the leaders of the bandits warned
them just before the trap was sprung,
and they made their escape through a
rear door.
The police, however, were right on
their heels and running fight that
lasted three hours followed. Several
of the policemen were seriously in
jured by the accurate shooting
of the fleeing criminals, who had
sworn never to be taken alive
Bonnet took refuge in an empty
gasolene tank of one of the military
garages, and there Dubois joined him
When the police, whom the pair believ-
ed to have been thrown off their track,
appeared they resumed their firing with
their automatic revolvers.
The fight lasted for more than two
hours, before the officials finally deter
mined to dynamite the place. This was
done and both men were Killed. Ten
thousand spectators, who had gathered
about the scene of the battle, attempted
to mob the dying Bonnet, but were
kept from him until after he expired
In spite of the efforts of the officers his
body was badly trampled by the crush
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-30
LANE EVERY MORNING
A Bad Back Is Always Worse in the
Morning Honolulu People Are
Finding Relief.

A back that aches all day and causes
discomfort at night is usually worse in
the morning. Makes you feel as if you
hadn't slept at all.
CAM cure a bad back until you cure
the kidneys. Doan's Backache Kidney
Pills relieve sick kidneys-make yoa
feel better, work better, rest better
and sleep better,
The following statement proves the
merit of Doan's.
Z. A. Stevens, 1911 Twenty-Third
Ave-, Oakland, CAL, says: "For thirty
years was afflicted with kidney COM
plant. II came ON suddenly, a sharp
twinge in my back threw me from my
chair to the floor. constantly grow
worse and was surs to suffer IL i at
tempted to lift anything heavy. The
kidney secretions passed too frequently
both day and night. felt weak and
tired, could not rest well and had
poor appetite. My flesh became iabby
and doctors did not help me. Seeing
Doan Is BaekAehe Kidney Pills adver-
tised, decided 20 try them. In three
days after / began their use, i passed
gravel stone and as ! continued tax
| ing this remedy, I steadily improved.
am today free from kidnsy com
plant,
Doan y Raekaehe Kidney Pills arc
sold by all druggists aud stoFekeepeIs
al 90 cests per boa, (siN boxes ts,b0),
OF will be mailed GA speelpl o. price
By the HollisioT Drug Con Honolnla,
wholesale agents for ihe Hawaiian is'
lands,
Remember lhe name poaa's, and
take ma snbiutpie
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-30
QUESTIONS FOR THINKERS.

Did anyone ever see tourist take snapshot of
scenery that contained billboard iti Why
with their
spoliatnn the
Search the shops of Honolulu and
that has showing
the beauty of the place on the caE
Almost everything n mol has a place ON them
Find If possible the oEkepe
board advertising his placed immediate
vicinity his
sight of billboard win help foist upon els
why when must all hiboaTds
dea from the general beauty
that Houas chief tourist beauty why tolerate
bhiboards much less encourage hemt
There several hundred city
Why and they have proceeded question Fhoy ng
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-30
PROHIBITION AND HAWAII.

If prohibition pending
should
that the greater of those who vigorously prohibition Hawaii
OF
tion making illegal the shipment
leading
that ground declaring would
workable is considering is bill
prohibiting the expectation
bringing the shipping ntOxcnts
the will become law and allow those
in and work fol for Hawaii
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-30
LAME BACK.

One of the most common ailments
that hard working people are afflicted
with is lame back. Apply Chamber
lain s Pain Balm twice a day and mas.
sage the parts thoroughly at each ap-
plication, and you will get quick relief
For sale by Benson, Smith & Co., Ltd,
agents for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-30

The captain stood where captain should,
For the law of the sea is grim;
The owner romped ere his ship was swamped
And no law bothered him.
The captain stood whore the captain should
When captains boat goes downs
But the owner led when the women fed,
For an owner must not drown.
The captain sank as a man Of rank
While his owner turned away
The captain grave was his bridge and, brave
le earned his seaman = pay
TO hold your place IN the ghastiy face
OF death on the sea % night,
Il a seaman's job bot to lee with the mob
II an owners noble rlsht
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-30
DAMASCUS BURNS
MILLIONS DAMAGE

DAMASCUS, Syria, April co.
The bRgaars here caught hFe yesterday
morning and despite all the efforts
of tho people burned foTeely for sew
oral honrs, destroying nearly ten mil
lion doilaTs worth Of property, Ap'
peals for aid Tor tho destitute have
been sent broadcast, The forelgn guar
teI suffered severely
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-30
CAPTAIN AND OWNER.

distinctly unvah position the varions expana
hundred
senge wreck failing sat
general of Amerand the same
probability be taken by the people of Great Britain
the following Heh of Chicago which have been te
a Overt he Unon
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-30

publication Why
Of billboard win
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-22
BANANA FRUIT OF EDEN.
Eastern Belief That Serpent Hid II
self in Bunch.

From the National Geographic Magazine.
There exists a legend relative to the
Christian Inhabitants of the east. that
they believed the banana to be the tree
of the source of good or evil, in a
bunch Of whose fruit the serpent that
tempted Eve hid itself. and they add
that when Adam and Eve became
ashamed of their nakedness they cover
ed themselves with the leaves of this
plant. Beyond all doubt this legend had
some influence upon the minds OF those
early botanical classifiers who designated
two species Of the plant by the names of
Musa paridisiaca and Musa hapientium-
Fruit of Paradise. Fruit of knowledge.
The origin OF the banana is given as
India, at the foot of the Himalayas.
where it has been cultivated since re-
hottest antiquity. It's origin in the new
world Is as doubtful as the origin Of the
American Indian. Natural to Asia and
Africa, where more than twenty dis
tiuct species of the genus are known, it
is said to have been brought first to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-22

was the case with the names OF many
other plants, animals and various articles
introduced into America after it's dis.
covery.
Grown over the entire extent of the
meridian Of the earth. the fruit Of the
banana today forms. in large part. tho
principal food of q majority Of the peoples
living under the tropical zone. Several
species and numerous varieties Of the
plant appear throughout tropical America.
but II Is cultivated for commercial pur-
poses In appreciable quantities only along
the Atlantic border, from southern Mexico
to Colombia, in Jamaica, Cuba. Santo Do
mingo and the Bahamas. the far western
markets of the United States being sup
piled from the Hawaiian Islands and
MeMco's south Pacific coast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-22
Farming Methods in Clear Land.
From the New QrIeans PicaHnne


Fifty years ago farmer with his team
of oxen toiled from dawn to sunset to
break an acre Of ground, one man driving
the team. another holding the clumsy
plough and walking a great number of
miles to each acre. Today. through the
development of modern machinery, it is
possible in the same length Of time to
plough fifty acres and more. A few
months ago the International ploughing
record was broken on the farm of the
state experiment station of Perdue Uni
versity, where a monster machine of fifty
l4-inch ploughs. pulled by three powerful
oil-burning engines. and operated by four
men. ploughed strip Of land fifty-eight
feet and four inches wide, at a speed OF
four miles an hour, or one acre every
four minutes and fifteen seconds This
demonstration established the value OF
the traction engine and gang plough in
modern agriculture and by reducing the
cost Of preparing the soil, the costliest
operation in farm work, makes cheaper
bread a probability.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-22

America from Spain. early In the six.
teenth century and planted In the island
of Santo Domingo. whence its spread was
rapid throughout the surrounding ISLANDS
and the mainland. This has never been
automatically established. however, ana
some authorities include the banana
among the articles that formed the base
OF the food supply Of the 1ncas ana the
Aztecs before the arrivai OF tne SpanIaIus.
Certain n Is that throughout the whole
of meridional America there is strong
tradition that at least two species of the
n,anfain were cultivated long before the
coming of the Europeans. Furthermore,
IL is singular that in all the languages
indigenous to the region where the banana
appears that plant has special name.
NOT proceeding from the conquerors, as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-22
HALF OF BRAIN CUT AWAY.
Former British Soldier Had to Be
Taught 8 RS Again.

LONDON, September IA case of a
man who gets along very comfortably
with only half his brain has just been
brought to the notice of the surgeons
here, several of whom have a European
reputation.
AT last years maneuvers soldier &C
cidentally- shot one of his comrades in the
head. The surgeons Immediately decided
to remove the injured part-about half
of the brain. In five weeks the man was
about again. as usual. 1t was soon evil
dent that he had forgotten how to read,
write and cipher. A teacher was procur-
ed for him. and in five months he could
read, write and calculate as we'll as ever
The military authorities, however. seem
to consider that a man with only half a
brain is exempt from service in the army.
Consequently they have allowed him a
pension, on which he now lives with his
parents.
Besides the pension scientific society
allows him $3.50 q year on condition that
from time to time he let's its member
make experiments with him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-22
Word Curiosities.
From Tit-Bits.

| from Tlt-BltS
1t is impossible to kick" a man in
French. You must give him blow with
the foot The Portuguese do not wink
at one. They "close and open the eyes -
In the languages of many semi-civilized
tribes there is no word with which to con-
vey the idea of stealing" perhaps be-
cause the idea of property is SO vague. 1t
Is related of one Of the early missionaries
that. in attempting to translate the Bible
into Algonquin. he could find no word to
express love" and was compelled to in
went it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-22
Accuses First Husband.

Nine. Tarnowski states that her first
husband was unfaithful and that Il series
of extraordinary happenings led to her
meeting Kamarowski. Her memoirs, I
am informed upon good authority, tell of
an atmosphere as artificial and unhealthy
as any described by de Quincy or Baude-
laire. La TarnOwski's influence over men
was tremendous She was of the breed
OF grandes amoureuses" and Kamarow-
ski. her victim. pardoned the boy who
shot him for this very reason. The CHA st-
ly tragedy of the whole business was that
the wounded man might easily have re-
covered had he not been under the hands
of an insane doctor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-22
Develops the Muscles.

1T is especially useful to women, as it
develops the muscles Of the neck and
back as no other sport does. One must
also be good sprfnter, jumper and
weight thrower before one can succeed as
a Javelin thrower. Also it is entirely mex
pensive. and can be practiced in nearly
any place.
'.Since our wretched failure at the 1908
Olympic games in this branch of ath-
letics-we did not compete in javelin
throwing this year-a number of us have
been working hard to improve Britain in
this respect and now there are between
thirty and fifty very good javelin throw
ers in the country