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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-17
COUNTERFEITING MACHINES
Catch GULLIBLE ONES

course. a simple trick for the crook TO
get the money into his own hands and
make his escape
The old .'ten-dollar gold piece" ma
chine down at police headquarters was
sold under the claim that pouring
certain molten mixture into tia mix
ture which contained no gold-coins
closely resembling ten-doilar gold
pieces would be formed
The machine is composed of two hol-
low brass drum-shaped compar sments,
hinged so that when closed they fit
tightly together, facing each other In
the center of the faces that close
against each other is depression, re-
sembling a mold. A funnel. into which
the molten metal was poured, appar-
emily allowed it TO run into this mold,
but in reality deposited ii within one
of the drums. In the other drum a
number of gold pieces We're concealed
When the machine was closed and the
metal had been poured in, lever was
manipulated which dropped gold
piece-a real one, not counterfeit
into the mold. The machine was
opened and there it lay, fresh and
bright
The owner of the machine picked it
up with a pair of pincers, droppd it
into a glass of water with enough acid
to set up kissing, as of suddenly
cooling metal, and then drew it out
The gold piece was given TO the
prospective victim, who was told TO
take it to the bank. OF course, the
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dreams of sudden wealth, the victim
scraped together every cent he could
to purchase this wonderful machine.
Probably now that the currency du-
plicator has been exposed, some gang
of criminals, somewhere under lock
and key, is at work figuring Que some
new device, which will be but the
same story told again.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-17
Be Prepared.

Buy it now. Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is al
most certain to be needed before the
summer is over. Buy it now and be
prepared for such an emergency. For
sale at all dealers. Benson, Smith &
Co., Ltd, agents for Hawaii.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-17
SWindIerS Still PaIming Off De.
vices to Make One Dollar
Grow Another One

KANSAS CITY, July 4-The name
OF science covers a multitude of sins
and is a. cloak of protection for fnnu-
merable evil doors. As the Wrights.
Bleriot, Edison and Marconi profit by
legitimate inventions, SO there are
criminals continualfx studying out in
genious fake" inventions with which
20 catch the gullible public,
. The bait they use is always the
same From the vedor of the simple
gold brick of decade or more ago
to the promoter of the most ingenious
device Of today, the criminal always
plays on one weakness of human ma
ture-the desire TO get something for
nothing. A search through the Grim
inal records Will show that the latest
scheme Of clever crooks TO wheedle
money from the unsophisticated is but
an old one worked over.
One of the most recently exposed
frauds, brought to public notice in
Chicago only a few days ago, is ma
chine which it was claimed would du-
plicate paper money.
Made One Bill After Another.
When brought to light, this machine
was heralded as an entirely new de-
vice in the history of crime. In a
sense, it is new, but in principle it is
no different from a ''ten-dollar gold
piece" machine taken by the Kansas
City police twelve years ago, and
which now hangs in a glass cabinet
at police headquarters.
The device recently brought to light
consisted Of an elaborate looking box
on the outside of which was small
crank. The prospective victim was
told, confidentially, that within the
machine there operated chemical
process by which impressions from
new paper CURRENCY could be trans
ferred to a certain sort of sensitized
paper. All that was necessary was to
place the bills and the sensitiZed POI
per in alternate. layers-insert them
into the machine through a slot-and
turn the crank. When they came out,
the impression on the sensitiZed paper
could not be distinguished from the
bills themselves. It was explained
that only limited number of dupli-
cations could be made from a single
bill, as the ink used in the engraving
of the bill would last for only about
ten Impressions.
Could anything be more proposter-
GUS? Probably not, unless it is the old
ten-dollar gold piece mold which has
been out of use so long that no one
who it was that invent
ed it.
A Turn of the Crank-2o Bills.
The victim who was caught by the
currency duplicator" was shown how
he could multiply his money twenty
times in as many minutes Ten bills
and ten pieces of paper were run into
the machine A swishing sound came
from Notwithstanding that the mys-
ferrous chemical process was at work.
To add to the effect, fumes came out
through a funnel in the top. Another
trun of the crank, and out came
twenty bills!
The victim hurried away to raise
every cent he could in new, fresh cur
rency, so that he might quickly take
of the kind inventors offer
to let him use this marvellous device.
When he returned with all the bright,
clean bills he could raise it was, of
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If you have been burdened with heavy funeral expens
the past, and avoid them in the future, commun
with u.s.
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the trouble will be tided over.
May Grow Own Hay.

May Grow Own Hay.
The present shortage, and the posi-
bility of all forage being cut off in
time of war, has called attention to
an experiment which the War Depart
ment is planning to make on Oahu. 1t
is believed By Major b. Frank
Cheatham, chief quartermaster of the
Department of Hawaii. backed up by
tests Of soil and climate observations
made by the Department of Agricul-
ture, and by the opinion of some local
experts, that the government can raise
all the forage necessary for Schofield
Barracks right on the big military
reservation.
This is a very important matter
and one which the quartermaster's de-
partment means to investigate fully
said Major Cheatham this morning.
Not only from the standpoint of econ
omy, but also for strategic reasons, it
would be highly desirable to raise our
own hay at Schofield. We have plenty
of land available, and it is only ques-
ton of whether the nav will mature
properly without rusting. | think
there will be no difficulty in curing it,
for although it might be caught in one
or two showers, it could be dried with
out injury.
Experiment Under Way.
"One of the Cavalry officers, Dr..
Vans Agnew, is now experimenting
with alfalfa He is blowing to seed
about 10 acres. which will be irrigat-
ed by the waste water from the post.
We will eventually have plenty of wa
ter at Schofield, and / am watching
the experiment with great interest, as
it will settle one of the big problems
of mounted troops in the Hawaiian
Islands"
The delay in getting the last ship
ment of hay was due to uncertainty
about the army appropriation bill. the
quartermaster's department having to
hold off ordering it from Colonel w.
W. Robinson. the Seattle feed and
produce contractor, who recently land
ed the large army contract for Oahu.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-17

Photo Engraving Of highest grade
can be secured from the STAR Bulletin
Photo Engraving Plant.
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CONFECTIONERY.

German Confectionery. 1883 Alakea St;
Phone 3193. German coffee cake.
banmknehen. honigkuchen. marzipan,
delicious ice creams and sherbets,
wedding cake. fancy pastry. fruit
cakes. plum pudding, small pastry
52SS-1m
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-17
PIANO MOVING.

NIeper's Express. Phone 1916. Piano
and furniture moving. 52sS-9m
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-02-17

mon in this district, where, Father
Botty states, poverty has much to do
with the number of unfortunate chill
dren exposed to death. Fifty cents,
the usual fee given to those who bring
these waits to the convent door, is
always an inducement to the diligent
native to gather as many as possible
for the foreign devils" This part of
Mongolia felt the persecution of 1900
keenly. Bishop Hamer and five of the
Belgian missionaries were murdered
and hundred and ten native Christ
ians. Since then the Catholic popu-
lation of eastern Mongolia has increas-
ed four fold. This coming year a
chapel will be erected and dedicated
to Our Lady of Lourdes by an Amer
lean benefactor.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-02-17
THE KATcHINs OF BURMA.

Il am working among the Katchins
of Burma, a primitive tribe much
attached to their Evolutionary supersti-
tions says the Rev. Carries Gilhodes,
Bhamo, Burma. It is difficult for a
missionary to make any impressions
on the old people, but the young,
especially the children, readily become
friends with me, and | have good rea-
son to hope that, when instructed and
baptized, they will form the founda-
ton of little community of Catho-
lies in the future. Some time ago, |
established a humble school for them,
and last year I had twenty-five pupils.
have no interesting stories of my
mission to recount. I am sowing the
good seed amid many personal trials
and privations, but trust, with cour-
age and patience, praying that some
missionary who will come after me
may reap the harvest with JOY.
I'm order to prepare this harvest,
however, I need the prayers and aims
of all friends of the missions who read
these lines. The Mass Intentions sent
to me were most gratefully received.
Such remembrances, from time to
time, would be of great assistance to
me-"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-02-17
CONVERSION IN JAPAN.

Rev. F. r. Bertrand, P. F. NJ, who
has spent % years of his life in Japan,
and who has been most successful in
the work of converting pagans to our
Faith, tells us of the difficulties ex-
perienced in imparting the Truth to
the Japanese people.
SIT is not easy to convince a ia
panese of the truths of Christianity.
In fact, a difficulty confronts him in
the very beginning. He has no be-
lief in the existence of personal
God. His divinity is nature, and it
is hard for him to believe in an indi.
pendent God, eternal immutable, and
the creator of all things.
CAS- for his rule of conductive
good Japanese follows the natural
law. For the rest, il he observes the
laws of his country and conforms to
the wishes of the Mikado, he consid-
ers that he Is performing his whole
duty. He feels that he does not need
to pray, that the ''sons of Heaven"
are favored above all other men, and
Heaven will direct their destinies. So
he has been taught from his child.
hood
Japan has various pagan sects !;
the majority of these are Budhists
sects. Moreover, representatives OF
all the principal Protestant denomina'
tons and, in addition, missionaries
of the Russian Church are to be found
in the Mikado's empire. Each of
these sects pretends to be the only
true religion. Wandering amid these
labyrints of error, many of the Japan
ese people become, in the end, in
different to all religions. It is there
fore, very difficult for the Catholic
missionary to make converts in this
beautiful Land of the Rising Sun
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-02-17
THE NEEDS OF CATHOLIC MIS-
SIONS.

Catholic missions are undermined,
overworked and utterly cramped for
lack of financial resources" writes a
Jesuit from India. II could array a
long line of facts and figures to prove
the point, but the fact is now so we'll
attested as to need no proof" Money
is being wasted and souls are being
lost. This would be fine old world
if all were to resolve and keep the
resolution to manifest the same inter
est in missions that marked their Civ
ing during the Christmas days. AT
least it would be fine world for the
missions. The spirit of Christmas
Love, unselfish service to others, Civ.
ing that counts no cost too great
There are millions and millions OF
men, women and children who have
never heard the glad tidings of the
Saviour born on Christmas morn. More
of our benefactors sent Christmas
gift to the missions than ever before
It was a practical way to show their
gratitude for the blessing of faith.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-02-17
CHURCH NEEDED IN THE PHILIP.
PINES. .~.

An urgent letter has come to us
from the Very Rev. H. R. Raymaker,
Superior of the Belgian missionaries
who are doing such strenuous work
in the Philippine Islands. 1t runs as
follows:
I'VE need decent church in
Baguio, which the Americans call and
make the summer capital of the Phi
lippines. The United States Govern
ment is doing a great deal for the
civilization and material improvement
of the Filipinos. The Protestant
sects and many benevolent people are
interesting themselves for the same
end, the sects being eager, also, to
teach the people their particular
views of Christianity. The Catholic
Church in the Philippines has not the
resources to do all that could be done
by her missionaries in this movement
but we must not lag behind. The
small chapel here, which is under the
auspices Of st. Patrick, is not worthy
of the name of House of God or of its
great patron. 1t will not even accom-.
modate the native Catholics of the
town. We need five thousand dollars
to build a Church edifice that will be
credit to the Catholic religion and
to American Catholics. Will our
friends in the United States send us
a little help for this subject?''
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-02-17
BEFORE THE STORM BROKE.

The Sister Superior of the convent
in one of the disaffected districts of
Shan-Si, China, writes to the Reverend
Mother letter which is particularly
interesting just now in view of the up
rising that has taken place. 'Persecu-
ton has been spoken of for some time
in the town." she writes, "but this
time it is question only of Chinese
independence. The people are becom-
ing patriotic, and they seem to have
determined to drive out the Manchu
dynasty. The taxes have become very
heavy, and threats are being made
openly against the viceroy. The latter
has been severely punished for the
murder of hundred persons who re-
fused to obey the new orders of the
Government If God does not protect
our poor China, the uprising together
with the threatened famine during the
coming year will wipe out thousands of
hapless creatures. Our Bishop has
asked for public prayers. The pagan
viceroy has also ordered prayers and
abstinence from meat throughout the
district, for the butchers are not al.
lowed to kill their cattle under pain
OF death. The Chinese are obliged to
undergo other notifications that
would find few adherents in civiliza.
ton. They must expose their bare
heads to the sun, and some pierce
their flesh with bamboo reeds. One
OF our Christians, ignorant Of the or.
der. was discovered wearing a large
straw hat. The soldiers seized him
and after beating him left him in the
road half dead"
With the new order of things under
the revolution, superstitious practices
will be eliminated, and every profes
sion of religious belief will be toler.
ated.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-02-17
DRIVEN FROM A PORTUGUESE
COLONY.

The Portuguese Government is
carrying out it's system of persecu-
tion in the colonies, according to
reports. The Franciscan Sisters of
Mary at Mozambique, Africa, have
been forced out of their convent and
hospital, though both had been built
with private funds. For some years
these good women had labored with
out much result and were commencing
to see some fruit from their work
when the order came for them to
vacate. GAIA, where the convent was
situated, is a most unhealthy place,
fever being very prevalent. The
natives are a most unpromising lot,
and great care is exercised before
they are baptized. The account sent
by one of the Sisters few months
before the decree of expulsion is not
very satisfactory reading.
The people have immortal souls, -
she writes, but in heart, mind and
morals, they are heather. 1t will be
them, but the Lord can do all things,
and all we have to do is to keep our
courage and go on doing our best. The
entire district of GAIA has but four
Catholic missions and one Protestant
American mission, the latter manned
by the native blacks. They have abun-
dant means at their disposal and have
established schools and set up print
ing establishment. Through their pub
locations the Europeans and Catholics
are DETAINED in the coarsest terms.
The people are morally and physically
of low order They are not exactly
stupid; they are indolent. One needs
more than natural strength and
patience to deal with them. They are
addicted to lying and theft and worse
crimes. They will not work, for they
are content with living from day to
day. The men are less depraved' than
the women. Provided woman has a
bottle of native rum, diet of bananas,
with an occasional bit of meat, she is
content. 1t is the most disheartening
materialism. The saloons here are
holes of iniquity, and are kept by
Europeans and Mohammedans. We
are trying to save the young girls. 1t
will need a miracle, but the good God
will not allow our personal sufferings
and prayers to be lost. One day He
will take pity on these poor creatures"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-02-17
RETURNS FROM MONGOLIA.

The Rev. Albert Botty, of the Belgian
missionaries in Mongolia, reports that
last year the number of baptisms was
increased by four thousand. There
are eleven thousan catechumens, and
one hundred and twenty new schools
were opened under the direction of
native catechists. Fourteen hundred
baby girls were saved from death by
the Sisters, who picked them up by the
wayside or bought them from their
inhuman parents. Infanticide is a
crime which to some extent prevails
everywhere. 1t seems to be most COM
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-03

san dinner in his honor That he Ia an old
fogy, struggling against the tide; that he Is
standpatter, profane In his stanpattism; that
he IL an anchronism in politics. are not
the worst things that can be said OF Mr.. Can
non An old man near to death, he 10 pro-
sanc and vulgar in his talk, lacking In all
refinement, and even In many OF the ordinary
cnurtesies Of life, at times ungentlemaniy and
coarse In his remarks even in the presence
vi women, not altogether free from the sus-
picion OF ill-gotten gains. They used to say
j; him that he was good fighter. and so he
was so long as he was winning, but when
he first tasted the bitterness OF defeat he
.hined miserably. reviling his enemies in I'M
printable language. BY his own act he de-
stroyed public confidence in his possession even
!. this not rare virtue
For Mr.. Taft In defeat we all have SYM
pa,hy.r He has shown that he knows how to
minded gentleman. whose fault is that his
i'eas as to government did not meet with
the approval of his fellow citizens. Mr.. Can
non should not have been allowed seat in
tune with those of the country Let his par
tisan friends give him a dinner by all means,
IL they wish. for he has fought the tight Of
the old Republican party, and Of the corpor-
ate interests well, but why any others should
attend is mystery.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-03
THE CONFERENCE OF GOVERNORS.

The conference of governors which will be
held here this week is an institution which
means much to the country and particularly
those people, regarded in some quarters as re-
dictionaries. who hold fast to the old idea Of
State sovereignty. 1t is means by which
some of the obvious defects of the mainte-
nance of State rights can be eliminated, and
the principle still be maintained.
One OF these defects is the lack of uni
formity In State laws which. according to all
theories OF national good. should be uniform,
and yet which cannot be enacted by the ma
t.onai government without the taking over of
power which properly belongs to the indi-
vidual States. In taking the power to enact
certain laws of national import the central
government would be taking powers denied
1t by the federal constitution. which even in
BILE number of devotees. To give 1t this power
by constitutional amendment, would be a slow
process. and, moreover, it would be found
impossible SO to frame an amendment as to
surrender TO the national government this right
without also giving to 1t other rights when
it should not have. 1t is difficult question, but
one which is settled In part by an annual con-
ference Of the governors OF all the States at
which uniform legislation on certain matters
may be discussed. and the first steps taken
toward securing It.
AS men working for settlement OF this
and other problems: as men having the good
ri State and nation at heart; as men honored
by the sufragans OF their respective States.
The VHginion unites with the people Of Rich
lnund in according to the visitors a warm well
come, and in wishing them success in their
labors in national and local fields.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-03
THE LAST RESORT OF A FAILURE.

Isn't there something to be done with that
Minneapolis pastor who engaged two chorus
girls to give pulpit exhibition of vulgar and
indecent dances Sunday morning? Ostensibly
his object was to illustrate his sermon de-
mandatory of the dances alleged to be COM
mon In high society. but 1t Ii difficult to be-
lieve that his announced intentions were sin
cere, II SO. the should-be unfrocked minister
frees himself OF the charge OF hypocricy at
the expense OF his sanity
The report of the affair does not say whether
but it is hoped that the vast majority of the
congregation for their own reputation for de-
eency, not to say reverence for things and places
sacred did so. II not 1t only be con-
concluded that their taste for the salacious is
SO oyerpowering that it must be gratided even
though sacrilege be the price charged
Many pastors find relief from contempla-
tioL OF the sins OF the church by pointing out
to their brethren and their congregations the
sins Of the press. but the yellow press in its
yeilowist days never reached the heights at
tanned by this ministerial deyotee OF sensa-
tionalism. II his idea was to attract a crowd
Re probably succeeded. In every large city
there are always a multitude of people lost
to all sense of shame. of decency and of
reverence, for a house OF worship. Any
preacher whose piety. whose eloquence. whose
intellectual attainments, whose magnetism Ia
unequal to the task of securing hearers for
himself can easily fill his church by recourse
tn sensational advertisement but one who Ia
forced to such means as that employed by
the Minneapolis sensation caterer must indeed
be lacking altogether in all the qualities
which go to make preacher.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-03
WHY

Il 4 proposed that dinner be given the
defeated Mr.. Cannon. TO be attended by his
ssdmlrers' In both parties
Those who admire him will attend the din
nsk IL invited. Of course, hut why should any
considerable number Of members Of other par
fies admire Mr.. Cannon! II Is customary
y IN rood things o. people after they have
degartsd this lie, and the same custom is
fa1lcssd more frssusntly than not in the case
- politically dad. but even IA II II often
e n sl,sacs that ~ can refrain from say
plimsltasy things y the dead It ia
teteer = kssp quist - 70 the char
ael 49, psrspssl Qualities o. the defeated.
rle - = 40 . might after search
1le eeed " ~ 81 Mr Cannon.
Il ssses ~ ~ public virtues
~ n y = JaxD = 1ussify ! ann- parti-