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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-05-07
DECISION WILL. Be
FAR REACHING
- IN EFFECT
Governor Pleased at the
Outcome of Test
Land Suit.
GOOD FOR HAWAII
Plantations Should Also
Be Pleased, Thinks
Mr.. Frear.
GOOD FOR HAWAII
CFrom Saturdays Advertiser.)

(From Saturdays Advertiser')
X X x x * x X X * X X X X X X
X
X The supreme court homestead
X decision will be valuable one,
j. The area suitable to homestead
X ing is very limited and there
!. are enough people who want 1t
!. in good faith to occupy 1t all
* and they are the ones who
x should get it. People who wish
). to acquire land merely to lease
j, or sell should not get
J. it in Justice to the public.
!: The decision also ought to
). bring more satisfactory rela-
i. tions between homesteaders and
). the plantations for it will tend
j; to relieve the plantations from
i; attempts to get highly cultivat-
* ed cane land for the purpose Of
j; holding them up. They can
!. have no objection to letting
j: their cane lands be divided for
X people who really intend to
x make good use of them by cult
x waiting them themselves.-GoV-
X ERNoR FREAR.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-05-07
PRESS STRIKE IN
CHICAGO LIVELY

CHICAGO, May g.. Small edit ons of
the daily pApes, which have been erlp
llrd by "a siIlhr HWuHB thf pftssmehr
Warb distributed today with police
guarding ths NnHQns and iha pfrts
rooms There 10 eYefy prospect pi "a
lIa hRhl
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-05-07
aRAPTING omEP
GOES 30 THa PEE,

sRATfi 81, Mas 4 Former hlef ~
pellee N8ppfnrieln roHlloipd ~ Hlafi
and ~ W0iffilnR Yifn lp lhN eliFi NaH
fslfn ln ihp rfuileuritlY ffilmaal ~
hpgIu sowing oni hiH feHifnfrl ahlNh
NJ fHH irn ip ifn tfalf
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-05-07
SUPERVISORS GET
VERY NASTY JOLT
NOTIFIED THAT PROPERTY CITY
is AFTER Is GOING UP IN
PRICE RAPIDLY.
(From Saturdays Advertiser.)

The activity of Treasurer Conkling
in boosting assessment valuations in
and around the city proved to be very
popular at the time with the super
visors, who saw in increased taxes
where the Honolulu government was to
have more money to spend, but diff
ferent face was put on things yester-
day, when, as a result of assessment
increases, the price of the property
wanted by the city for Hotel street
widening purposes jumped nearly seven
thousand dollars, This jump will prob
ably be followed Immediately by others,
which is the worst of it.
The fact that the public will now
have to either pay many thousands
more for the property or leave Hotel
street in its present most unsatisfactory
and almost impossible state, is due to
the "know everything" attitude as
sumed by certain of the supervisors
when the land was offered at the
original quotation. The new figures
were submitted at yesterdays meeting
of the board of supervisors in letter
from the Campbell Estate, which stated
that the tax assessor had raised the
figure on the first seventy'seven feet
along Hotel street, from the Damon
building, to a value of 5000 per sqnare
foot. The balance of thirty-three feet
was raised to value of 500 per foot.
The estate executors stated that they
were originally ready TO sell the 1884
square feet at the rate of So per square
! foot.
"We now beg to advise you,' con
cluded the epistle, "that that part OF
our offer referred TO is hereby with
drawn, and in place thereof we have
to advise You that for the 1884 square
feet required we will have to ask fol
the same at It's present assessed rat'
amounting to Sl4,l $50, or an increase
over our former figures of s65l0. Th'
rest Of our offer stands as originally
given. "
May Take $4,000,
The supervisors gasped when the
heard of the increase. The matter wa
referred 90 the ways and means CON
mttee, The county appropriated $50
900 toward acquiring the fToniag
necessary 90 widen lloiel street, fe'
b Weels ago lt was understood that ih
! figures would be closer 20 $4,000 tina
io f3n,n0a and tho indications now AZ
4 that iheY viii go over $4,000, tn
Pantheon block owneu are awaiting
decision on ihf ppfl ~ ihe 'amphe
: f6iHit, Frank W Damon aAd tho eoul
B ~ authorities Over lhe Proposed Nidnl
. ING srheme before starting N0rh on a
i Hotel ttfrd addition a. ihf fanthro
! hIuth n simultaneous building ppfn
I ilaHs grfe nnhpf eaY 0n both sides Z
! ihf ualIne street Nh.fh " bot
i shaped ~ ulsi TeiHi % ifeali be
lmnH lHpauHhlp
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-05-07
IS II |NSOLENCE,
OR STUPIDITY?
BELT ROAD COMMISSION REFUSES
AGAIN TO DISPLAY ANY
COMMON SENSE,

Secret meetings of the belt road com
mission are still conducted and win be
conducted, according to statements
made by Secretary Petre, in defiance
of the decisions of both Judge Whitney !
of the circuit court and another by the
supreme court.
A meeting of the commission was
held Thursday afternoon. No notifica-
tion of the meeting was sent out to tho
press or public and after the meeting
no intimation of the proceedings was
made public, the results only leaking
out yesterday morning when contrac-
tors interested in decision of the com
mission wers made aware that they had
lost q 100000 contract for work on the
road to Leilehua.
els the secretary of the commission
going to send out notices of meetings
to the pressi" was asked of Mr.. Pc
trie, a member of the commission, aud
its secretary.
He win not" was the reply.
"Is the press to be notified at all
when the commission is to hold meet
ingsi"
"Not that know Of"
"will you notify the press or tie
public of meetings to be held, )" was the
next question.
''Nol"
The commission is adopting the same
methods it employed prior to the court
decisions, and will refuse to let the pub
lie into its confidence or meetings. 1t
is stated by those who attend the meet
ings as commissioners that the meet
ings are not secret, that the door is not
locked 10 the commission s headquar-
ters, bus care is taken that no news Of
approa hing meetings gets to the
public,
Even Fern Knows Better,
: Mayor Fern, a member Of the com.
mission, is unqunliGedly opposed TO Sc
cret meetings and cannot understand
why the secretary or chairman do not
: give notices Of meetings 20 the Iress
p lie Is in favor Of public meetings, and
: claims he always has been, lie be
z lieyes that had an previous meetings
= been publicly held the commission
, would not have become the laughing
: stock Of the community, aud would mol
% have wasted s0 much public money
Every road contract me commission ha'
4 worked up has been thrown pui hY fit
courts or hY The commission after lh,
H courts lad had turn ai the c0mmH
douia aruNtlrs, and alI expense au,
labor bod COMO 90 papghi
lord Young Loses opt
up Thursday the commission decide.
ihat Az, hrh roai contrast hrtWeu
AlrA and ltllphua, which NHf iNATlr
'tu ih4 irrl hnpng innllrufil0u Na
neula heNr ip Ma nupullgi hvrAuHf b
flr mpIrmu ruufl z iuaslnr filanAe q
trliH4 HWf lmli M ihf ftN.lNfa
iioHa lha fppiferl0l Mas HHfrrl q
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-05-07

ttff fuHtn ithiO ~ DAYS.
n'AFlEhT d wamnleed
H } iHe ~ lehluE blind,
h.w lMr NJ imtmding lilss iu b tg
41g1lsHrmWfy ml4Gied Mads ~
fAfla MEDICINE 90 Aainl ,ai4
a
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-05-07

un Thursday ihp commission irrlifd
ihai ihD bell roai contract between
Aira and ltsllphua. Which oHf awarded
tu iM iNul Young innalfnfllun NaI
Neula heYr io Ma uurullei hsraUaf ~
glr mHrma rppfA z luNslnr flanAe io
miin3 a HWe lmli m lhf fAr 'ntA.
iions lha fppiferiaf Nhe iHW'i pi
The Washington times., 1912-01-02
CONSUMERS LEAGUE
PLANS TO Improve
QUALITY OF WARES
District Branch Elects Five
Vice President--Cam-
paign Outlined.

Five honorary vice presidents have
been named by the Consumers League
Of the District, q branch of the nation
al Organisation which Is fighting for
better conditions in stores, shops and
factories. The honorary vice presidents
include one of washington's most
famous women, Miss Mabel Boardman,
executive head of the American Nation
al Red Cross. Mrs. Charles e. Hughes.
wife Of the Supreme Court justice, fs an
other, and so IL Mrs. Ernest Roberts,
wife of the Congressman. Mrs. Charles
A. Goldsmith, an earnest worker in be-
half Of many District philanthropies, is
a fourth vice president, and another is
Miss Amaryllis Gillett, prominent in
Washington society.
Some well-known names appear In the
list Of the Advisory board. These are
the Rt Rev. Alfred Harding. bishop
Of Washington; DR.. Henry T. Harris,
Charles e. Kern, Prof. WilliamsJ. Ker-
by, A. ]. McKelway, Judge Julian T.
Mack, of the Commerce Court; DR..
Charles p. Neil, Commissioner OF LaDor,
and the Rev. John Van Schaick, 5r.
Want Labeled Goods.
The first efforts Of the league. which
was organized short time ago. with
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley as president, are
being directed toward urging Washing
ton shops to carry full stock OF Ia
beled goods, wares which bear the Ia
bel of the National Consumers League,
signifying that the articles have been
made under sanitary conditions and not
in sweat shops. The object Of this
The Washington times., 1912-01-02
.CUR[S AND SOCIETY
| HANDICAP TO GIRLS,
DECLARES TEACHER
Says They Could Master
Mathematics If They Would
Let Their Hair Alone.

"If the girls in the high schools will
let their hair alone and stop think
Ing about social functions, they can do
algebra as well as the boys" declared
q prominent teacher Of mathematics in
the high schools today.
The measures advocated by the Diff
ferent educational societies which have
been in convention during the past week
and have proposed the radical changes
in doing away with algebra, have gone
step too far" continued the teacher.
It has long been advocated that girls
be allowed to get high school diplomas
without taking mathematics, and many
educators have recently come to the
front with the idea of taking algebra
from the curriculum, DR.. Seldom. COM
missioner Of education in Massachu-
sets, advanced the idea Of making the
courses complete without algebra, and
strongly defended his position.
That algebra and mathematics Of a
higher order Is useless to the majority
Of men and women is the stand taken.
and the Association of Teachers Of
The Washington times., 1912-01-02
PROGRESS NOTED
IN MOVEMENT FOR
RETIRING CLERKS
Believed Action in Massa-
chusetts Will Have Bene-
fetal Bearing.

The opening Of the New Year finds
material progress made In the cause OF
retirement and pension legislation for
Government clerks.
Interesting in this connection L. the
news from Boston to the effect that
the nrst retirement system for State
employees to be established in this coun-
try was put into effect in Massachusetts,
today.
1t Is regarded as certain that the
system established In Massachusetts
will receive much attention from sena-
tors and members OF the House. The
Committee Of One Hundred hopes to do
much effective work in promoting the
legislation as soon a. Congress reas-
semb1es.
Senator Cummins. chairman Of the
Senate Committee on Civil Service and
Retrenchment. is expected from Iowa
in two or three days, prepared to intro
duce his bill for the relief Of Govern
ment employees. He held conferences
with the President's economy and ef-
ficicncy commission before he departed
and had the bill nearly ready for intro
duction.
The fact that Massachusetts has
The Washington times., 1912-01-02
SHE WASHINGTON TIMES, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1912

Mathematics has begun an active cam
paign to inquire into the changes which
should be adopted in the elementary,
high schools, and colleges.
Teachers of mathematics In the Md
die and Atlantic States have been asked
by Isaac Schwatt. dean Of mathematics
at the University Of Pennsylvania, to
submit suggestions based on the expert
ence as to what changes should be ad-
vocated.
colleges In commercial and industrial
life will be asked to submit their ideas
on the value Of practical mathematics
30 that the whole scheme can be taken
up at the next meeting Of the associa-
tion.
The Washington times., 1912-01-02
QksTM
SOON WILL @ E
ISSUE n 9NTE
Bill 10 Subsrirux Sh<rwwu1
Measure WM Be A<rr1
Upon

The prnst1. a.~~.n 80 n~~.Hs .
burning one n 90 $500 ~nnn snw
the reop-n1nx of 80 esu--ena - g.
gress.
The Senate F~z.~ns 60 90
not seek 90 sD-ne "a &a~r~u~~A paae
sion hlll wh5rh uas n4<~~9 ~ -
bouse. Insre.A 49, &~m1ew -
as an au<n4msnf - - aNs - NE
which prost1<S for p<nse~4a 81 1<n4
rates. b-xinnfnE unEA san1E-rwa rN.n -
age.
II n ozAeulat-.a sn~ $500 % ~~~~a
carry expenElr szr~. 20 80 eeWr fN - -
The sherwoo& Brn wu1nf exr-u wHw@
more rhan fhas-
A canvass q - @~zxa. sc<n<xznR -
pass that bo4y-
The Washington times., 1912-01-02

label campaign II twofoid: To bene-
n the factory worker ana to protect
consumers against diseases like tubercu-
losis.
Later the local league viii prepare q
white list" Of Washington shopping
places, naming the ''best and most sani-
tary selling places" The league does
not deal at all with such questions al
clerks wages or hours Of work.
The National Consumers League con.
Germs itself with conditions among the
workers In knitting mills and 20 forth
and what its white label guarantees the
purchaser ID told members Of the Local
branch in circular just sent them.
What II Guarantees.
This statement is as follows:
Even II you do not wish to commit
yourself to buy only labeled goods,
please give them the preference. II
sSsi saarsntees the cond
tions In the factories:
THAT the State factory law 10
GThat all goods are made on
!. e., no home finishing or sweat-shop
work..
sThat there Is no overtime work
q. e., more than ten hours q day 10
considered overtime).
THAT children under sixteen are
not employed.
This circular is signed by Ruth Noyes
the debutante daughter. Of Theodore w
Noyes. Miss Noyes IL corresponding
secretary. of the Consumers League Of
the District.
other officers besides Mrs. Wiley and
Miss Noyes are Miss Constance D
I,eupp, daughter of Francis Leupp; Mrs
w. 81. Stuart, recording secretary; vii
liam D. Hoover, treasurer: Mrs. Medil
Mccormick, chairman Of the educationa
Committee; Miss Elizabeth Bryan, chair
man Of the label committee.
The Washington times., 1912-01-02

biased the way In putting a retirem<ns
system for State employees IN foIee
makes II Of some moment that this
state 10 well represented on the Cittl
Service Committees of the Senate snd
House. Senator Lodge - q member
OF the Senate Committee on Civil serv-
Ice and Retrenchment, and Consre>s-
mittee on Reform IN the Civil SERVES
Heretofore State pensions have been
PAID only tS special classes. such as
now undertaken to grant retirement
payments TO practically every person on
the pay roll Of the Commonwealth.
Of the state or the metropolitan DIS
trict service. who regularly gives bis
whole time to that service. Certain high
officials are excluded. such N the gov
salaried State officials and employees
pensionable under special acts.
The Washington times., 1912-01-02
Encouragement Given
The School Teachers

That there are indications that sal
aries for school teachers viii be in
creased and that the prospects for the
retirement Of teachers when usefulness
is past are encouraging. In the optiniis-
tic forecast ef the Bureau Of Educa-
ton in q forthcoming pamphlet.
Because of legislation In 1911 and the
frtendliness Of State Legislatures. the
board holds out much encouragement
for the teachers.
The Washington times., 1912-01-02
New Supreme Court
Rules Now in Effect

New rules Of the Supreme Court.
which were announced some weeks ago,
went into effect yesterday. The pur-
pose Of the new rules b to facilitate
court business. Attorneys for plain
tits must file briefs three weeks be-
fore their cases are called for oral ar
gument. Attorneys for derendants must
file briefs one week before the cases
are called for argument.
The clerk Of the court is instructed to
receive no briefs where counsel has
not served copies on the opposing coun-
sell No briefs will be received after a
case has been argued orally.
The Washington times., 1912-01-02
Police Seek Man Who
Fired at Conductor

The police todsy are endeavoring TO
get trace Of the colored man who, last
night, hred two shots at Thomas Davis,
conductor on q Chevy Chase car.
Davis and the colored man had trouble
because Of the latter's actions. The col
ored man, It IL said, presented q trans
earlier, and the conductor refused to
take II.
At Cathedral avenue the colored man
got of the car, drew a revolver, and
fired two shots at the conductor. The
shots went wild. Davis and several
passengers jumped from the car and
started after the colored man. He
escaped In the darkness.
The Washington times., 1912-01-02
Saves Mother.

louisville. Pa, Jan. 2.-Her skirts
igniting from a big FIRE under a boiler
while she was assisting at big butch
fer, of this town, narrowly escaped be-
ing burned to death today. Her son,
Harrison Schaeffer. who responded to
her screams, promptly threw some car
pets around her blazing form and ex-
tinguished the flames.
The Washington times., 1912-01-02
Rites for Veteran
At Soldiers Home

Funeral services for william H. Rexer.
veteran Of the civil war. who died at
the Soldiers Home Hospital of pneu-
monia, at the age of sixty-seven years,
were held at o'clock this afternoon
at the chapel there. The Rev. II. A.
Griffith. Protestant chaplain. officiated.
Interment was in the Home Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1912-01-02
Odd EnGageDen

Task vas en<Hx-a - Ms. S~uma~ ns.-
tie from the ttrae - l~xe1eT q Ensnn
Al her had un-n 60 r4nss -
Then the sngArsr1~r1 ~r*~e 90 -
fed
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-16
KEEPING TABS ON STRIKERS.
Thread Min Property Guarded and Police Ready to Act if Conditions Require Action.

Friday it was announced that 8 committee from the strikers had ar ranged for a conference late in the afternoon with Gen. Eugene $. Boss, agent of the local plant of the Amerl- can Thread company. The report was confirmed at the companys office. Nothing further could be learned from the company except that the strikers had left their work and were no long CT considered employees of the com pany, but out of courtesy to them conference was granted.
 The strikers on Friday morning again congregated at the mill gates, as they did at noon and night, but the police saw that none was annoyed in any way. Public sentiment In the community is strongly against the strikers. If they had a grievance, the proper course was to have ap- pointed a committee and submit it to the officials before they left their work. At the mills, Friday, it was stated that some of the strikers had gone back to work.
 Many are of the opinion that when the strikers realize that the company will not agree to any such proposi- ton as a 54-hour week and the non employment of people not connected with labor organization, they will 80 back to work quietly.
 With reference to the claim of the strikers that the speed must be re- duCed it has been learned from one in
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-16

letters from young ladies. I had no idea there were so many young ladies afflicted in this way. In spite of all the advertised remedies for pimples and lauded preparations to produce clear skin and splendid complexion, in spite of all this it seems there are a large number of young ladies who are haggardly anxious about their com plexions. I thought perhaps a short talk from me on this subject might be good thing
 Of course I will be suspected of wishing only to sell my medicine, and to recommend Peruna for such cases. In spite of this, however. I am going to recommend Peruna for pimples and blackheads. Let me tell you why.
 The bowels when they are healthy contain no poisonous material. Long before the poisons can generate the contents of the bowels are discharged, provided they are in ordinary activity. But constipation will dam up the con tents of the bowels and retain them so long that they decompose and fur nish poisonous gas and fluids. These poisons are absorbed by the blood ves- sels in the bowels and taken into the system. The result is pimples and blackheads and other disfigurements of the complexion. Young ladies espe- cially are subject to constipation. I think l should not be wide of the truth
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-16
SOIL SURVEY MAPS
Received by Three Hundred Citizens of the County-Due to Congressman Higgins.

Three hundred citizens of Danielson are grateful to Congressman E. w. Higgins of Norwich for the excellent and valuable soil survey maps that have come to them under his frank from the bureau of soils of the United States department of agriculture. The maps are contained in a pamphlt en- titled Soil Survey of Windham County, containing very instructive review of the climate soils, area and agriculture of that section of Connecticut.
 Two years ago citizens hereabouts read that soil survey was under way in this county and gleaned some few facts relative thereto; then said citi- zens, as rule, promptly forgot all about the matter. Now the issues re- celved by them have brought back the incident to their minds and in a sur prising way, too, for the multitude of facts contained in the publication com bine to make a veritable book of knowledge, much of which has not been stored away in the mental appa- ratus of those whom it would most benefit.
 The detailed review of geological conditions, soils, direction and nature of water courses. climate etc can-
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-16

authority that the speed was not as great here as in many other mills in ether places. It is not to the inter ests of the company to speed up the machines, as it results in the pro duction of an inferior quality of goods.
 Friday afternoon about fifteen strik- CTS were noted lettering around Gen eral Boss residence on Windham road and later went down the lane to the railroad and east toward No. 4 mill. Word was sent to police headquarters, and Officers McArthur, Hurley and Cartier hurried to the mill in Charles Larrahce, Jr.'s. automobile. who hap pened to be in the town building at the time. A thorough search of the mill premises was made by the officers but no trace of the strikers was found as they had evidently walked farther down the railroad tracks.
 All the outside men in the employ of the thread company and many ad- ditional men have been put on guard and regular patrol of the vicinity of No. mill is being maintained. TheSe guards will be on duty day and night to see that no damage is done to the mill property The police department has made arrangements for hurry call for extra officers if more are need ed.
 Chief E. H. Richmond intends to have his department act quickly and effectively in the event of trouble breaking out. The strikers must keep within the law and if they overstep the lSle and start anything they will be dealt with according to the cir cumstances in the case. Property rights of the American Thread com pany are to be protected and the rights of all desiring to work are also going to be protected.
 Two officers are now stationed at night in the Polish settlement of the city so that every movement of the men and women out on strike may be carefully watched. Just as soon as any evidence of trouble is apparent extra men will be rushed to the assistance of the of ficers on duty.
 The guards at No. mill are under orders to notify their superintendent the instant any gathering of strikers | is noticed in their locality, or anything that is at all suspicious. All about No. mill is fringe of woods, so that strikers might easily congregate in that vicinity and cause trouble if close attention was not given to the situation
 The police are acquainted with the fact that among the strikers are a
 number trough characters. men who | have police court records, men who l have been mixed up in fights and other
 disturbances at different times. It is
 known that these men are among the
 leaders of the present strike move
 ment All of them are being closely
 watched and their movements are wei
 known to the police and just as soor | as they attempt to start anything they
 will be looked after.