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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-08

volved in the maintenance of our
schools and has recently appropriated
$163, 900 for the Improvement of the
schoolyard alone. This money is
used to bring the yards up to grade
when necessary, to build fences, lay
walks and to plant flowers and trees"
I'VE are also replacing old buildings
with new structures as speedily as
possible and where this can not be
done at once we are making extern
sive improvements To illustrate,
there are now only fourteen buildings
out of approximately 300 under our
supervision which are not fitted with
modern high pressure steam heating
plants. So it is all along the line. We
are doing all within our power to
make the Chicago school buildings
the most sanitary, the most modern
and the best of any city in the world"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-08

ucts destined for Asiatic markets, 1000
miles nearer there than Chicago,
would be of great value to our trade
and navigation in the Pacific, needs no
explanation. That a harbor of refuge
and repair 1000 miles out in the ocean
on the direct traffic line to the world
most populous countries would be a
boon to our merchant marine and that
a fishing station in the middle of the
Boring sea with industrial facilities
for canning and packing would be a
source Of wealth to the nation need
only be mentioned. In short, a civ
ilized harbor with proper appur-
tenances in the said place would add
more to the strength of the nation,
both in peace and war, than the ad-
dition of another state like Illinois to
the union would, because the country
needs such a station. Congress ought
to consider such a venture independ-
emily OF political party interests, and
our commercial organizations ought to
bring some pressure to bear on Con
gTess in order to have Investigations
and preparatory steps made for prac-
tical beginning.
Manila is an excellently located sta
ton for the American trade connec-
tions in that part of the Pacific and so
is Honolulu on the traffic line to New
Zealand and Australia, but both these
are tropical stations, with drawbacks
incidental to this quality; whereas the
proposed Beringsport would be locat-
ed in a climate inducive to economi-
cal storage of freight and to manual
work under the best possible condi,
tions, and at the same time it would
afford a more practical time, work and
travel saving location for traffic to
Japan, Siberia and China.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-08
REPUBLICANS SEE BOOST FOR TAFT
IN ROOSEVELT'S COLUMBUS SPEECH

CHICAGO, February 24.-"Colonel
Roosevelt has not helped his chances
as a possible candidate against Presi-
dent Taft for the presidential nomi-
nation by his Columbus co. speech. %
This in substance was the message
members of the Republican national
committee brought to Chicago today
at the meeting of the subcommittee in
charge of the Republican national com
mittee arrangements. David r. For
gan, president Of the Taft Club of Hi
nois, sent message of similar tone
from Washington. ID. c., to the club
here. Word was also brought that
the Taft press have harmonized Re
publicans in Louisiana.
Republican national committeeman
were here to accept the plans of the
architect for the seating and other ar
rangements in the convention hall and
to let contracts for printing, engrav-
ing and badges.
New Talks Of Situation
Republicans of Indiana will not ac-
cept the doctrine of the recall OF
judges and Of judicial decisions,
whether it comes from Colone'
Roosevelt or any other man." said
Harry S. New of Indiana. chairman OF
the subcommittee looking after the
convention plans. Colonel Roosevelt
has not made any impression on the
voters in my state by the Columbus
speech. Indiana is more for Taft than
it ever was, in my opinion"
This sentiment was echoed by Mr.
News associates.
Arthur Varys Stands Pat.
81 am 'standpatter' on the PROPOSE
ton that Ohio will stand by President
Taft" said Arthur Varys of Ohio, in
reterating declarations to the effect
the President will hold his home state
/ Colonel Roosevelt has hurt his
chances with the declaration he madt
in favor of the recall of judicial decis
ions. Senator Borah, a progressive
expressed it when he referred to thi
doctrine as bosh.'"
New Jersey is standing as firml.
as ever for Taft" said Franklin Muir
ply, former governor of New Jersey
"The Roosevelt judicial decision recall
idea does not find sympathizers in our
section of the country"
Views of Other Committeeman.
North Carolina is going Taft way
and nothing will stop it, although
there is a good fight on said E. C
/ Duncan of that state. They do no
like Roosevelt as we'll as they die
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-08
THINKS ALASKAN PORT PREFERABLE
TO HONOLULU FOR FREIGHT STORAGE

Alfred ]. Roewade writes the fol
lowing letter to the Chicago Daily
News:
The Daily News was kind enough
awhile ago to give room in these col
umns for some information in regard
to the proposed Greenland harbor,
which kindness makes me wish to re-
vive a similar proposition of far
greater Importance to the develop
ment of our commercial traffic on the
high seas.
In the year 1903 the governments
attention was called to the advantages
of a commercial station at the Aleu-
tian islands in the northern Pacific,
just midway between our harbors at
the shore Of this ocean and of those
of Japan, on the uirect route. to Asia.
The government seemed to feel kind
ly toward this proposition, and Elihu
Root, then the secretary of the navy,
wrote me that I might live to see a
commercial station established in that
location. This is still possible, al
though a few months after that the
Aleutian islands, by decree of Prest-
dent Roosevelt, were formed into a
naval reservation; the effect of which
was to stop the private agitation and
to make any steps toward a realiza-
ton of the plan dependent on congress
sional action, for which the time was
hardly ripe.
The proposition, with a number of
Illustrative map sketches, was printed
in the Seattle Intelligencer, May IS,
1904. The navy has established a coal
| ing station at Kyska harbor on the
large Kyska or Kiska island, the point
aimed at in the plan. An application
| by the author of this, asking permits
sion to follow one of the naval ships
to the place, in order to gain an idea
of the local conditions and the forms
under which a commercial station
could be constructed, was not granted
The reason for this position of the
government seems easy enough to un
derstand, for the establishment OF
naval stations on the southern strate
gical line, including Panama, Hawaii
and Manila, was then just in progress
and a postponement of consideration
of work aimed at the safety and de,
velopment of the northern route
therefore desirable. Now, however
when the Panama canal and the de
fensive work are nearly done, i
should seem proper to direct some at
tention to the northern line, inasmucl
as it requires three years of prepare
tory work before actual work can be
gin.
That a commercial station with ia
niIifiaA for storage Of industrial prod
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-08
WHAT MAKES
EUROPE SMILE

DUBLIN, February 24.-People here
are smiling over the ambiguity of a
notice issued by the chamberlain at
Dublin castle relative to the costume
to be worn on the occasion of the st.
Patrick's day ball The notice runs:
Gentlemen will wear full dress
ladies feathers and lappets without
wells"
Suggests Construction Symphony"
VIENNA, Austria, February "a
The Galician diet proceedings suggest
to a Vienna paper that a "Ruthenian
obstruction symphony" for large or
chestras, be composed, calling for the
use of the following instruments:
zone set of chimes, two trumpets, two
trombones, four sirens, six motor
horns, eight rattles, sixteen whistles,
and thirty two desk lids"
How to Get Court. Presentations,
BERLIN, February 24-The COM
plant of the German society leaders
who failed to receive invitations to
the annual court festivities moves a
Berlin paper to make helpful sugges-
lions for Germans to win presenta-
tions at court.
GO to America" it says, shave oil
your moustache, put on clothes with
padded shoulders and come back
speaking German with a bad accent,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-08
TRAVELLER TELLS OF PYGMY RACE
HE FOUND IN DARK AFRICA

CHICAGO, February "a. - Weird
habits and customs of the pygmy peo-
pie of the forests of the Kongo expe-
riences among them and how they
were discovered were told today IN
Evanston by the discoverer. He is
Colonel James J. Harrison of Brandes-
burton Hall, Yorkshire, England, a
hunter and explorer of renown and a
friend of Theodore Roosevelt. Colo
mel Harrison, with his wife, is visiting
at the home of H. r, Hixson, 1119
Lake street, Evanston.
Colonel Harrison was the first
white man, after Henry M. Stanley,
explorer, to penetrate to the abode of
the little black people He made a
study of them and after one of his
visits to the interior of the darkest
of darkest Africa he took six of the
pygmies with him to England. He re-
lated his experiences and observations
today to a reporter for The Daily
4NGNSi VIII lOuuu ullll kept W Ills Dbu
with what he termed a I'VE touch o
the grip"
How We Found the Tribe.
Il have made six trips to the Kongo
forests and l know the little people
WELL" said Colonel Harrison. You
would be surprised at their intelli-
gence. The little beggars remember
names and faces so we'll that they
recognized the veteran members of
my expedition after the first visit to
them. The way first became friendly
with them was by bestowing twenty
or so demijohns of red Ticker and
blankets and trinkets on a chief
found on the exterior of the forest.
He was not pygmy, but he had with
him a pygmy boy, whom he had kid
mapped. He used the little beggar as
one of us would use tame cat Had
him for pet, don't y'know.
81 traded the liquor and the other
things for this little fellow and then
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-08
rHE MOON eEFo, lie WAH.

Shortly after the war Of 81 visi-
tor to Charleston was admiring the
old battery and the harbor. Looking
toward Fort Sumter he commented ON
the effects of the war, and while eX-
pressing his admiration of everything
that was really Charlestonian, his
guide almost tearfully reminded him
that he should have seen it "befo
the wah!" 1t happened to be a bright
moonlt night and the stranger called
attention to the brilliant reflection on
the water, only to be met with the re
mark, "T'aint so bright as it was befo
the wah, sir; you should have seen
it then" There is no change in the
brilliancy of the moon down at Hale
iva, and a dance there, such as the
guests enjoy every month, is worth
while, There is an auto in the REM
ela,,xyioa Of fha hOfn1
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-08
ANOMALIES IN TARIFF BUILDING

WASHINGTON, d. c., February 10.
Charles Strauss of New York, rep
resenting interests which manufac-
ture typewriting machines, told the
Senate finance committee that the
typewriter makers would be obliged
to close up their shops and do bust
ness abroad if their machines were
placed upon the tariff free list, as it
is proposed in the Democratic steel
bill. Much material used was i'm
ported, he said.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-08
REAL MERIT WINS.

There never was a time when peo-
pie appreciated the real merits of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy more
than now. This is shown by the in
crease in sales aid voluntary testi-
monials from persons who have been
cured by it, If you or your children
are troubled with a cough or cold give
1t trial and become acquainted with
it's good qualities For sale by all
dealers. Benson, Smith & Co., agents
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-08

persuaded him to take me to the in
terror to his native villages. Through
the little chaps efforts l finally be-
came friendly with the tribe. They
gave exhibition dances for me, helped
me hunt the ookapi, the rarest animal
in the world, and made themselves
my friends in every way they could.
l studied their language and their
customs. They are a queer lot.
Queer Way to Treat Headache.
One peculiar custom is their treat
ment of headache, to which they are
peculiarly susceptible. They take
tiny arrows poisoned with an herb,
and dig gouges in their foreheads.
The poison sets up a counter irrita-
ton and, they assert, drives away the
headache. 1t is common to see one
of the little men with his forehead lit.
orally covered with scars where he
has treated himself"
Wouldn't it be possible for civil
lied people to learn any lesson from
the pygmies?" Colonel Harrison was
asked.
| mo, | don't believe so" was the
Neply, but took six of the little men
to England with me and they learned
a great deal from civilization. Among
other things they developed a passion
for, while in England, was tall silk
hats. | sent the six of them out with
one of my men one day and the little
fellows all came home with tall silk
tiles, l think you call em. They
were a spectacle"
Meets Roosevelt at Mombasa.
Colonel Harrison met Colonel Roose-
welt at MOmbasa. He had met him
twelve years before while hunting il
the Rocky Mountains He and his
wife visited at Oyster Bay less than a
fortnight ago.
"The colonel is a bully chap" was
Colonel Harrison's declaration. Elect
him President again. He deserves it,"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-08
DEATH OF FIRST MAN
WHO CUT REDWOOD

WHO CUT REDWOOD
EUREKA, Cal, February 19.-Wil-
liam Carson, the multimillionaire lum-
herman, who came to Humboldt coun-
ty in 1852 and felled the first redwood
ever cut for lumber, died at his home
here today, aged 81. Death was caused
by diseases incident to old age.
Carson leaves a fortune variously
estimated at from $15.OOO,OOO to S4O,,
100000, divided between his interests
in the Dolbeer-C Carson Lumber compa,
ny, mining properties, timber lands
and real estate throughout the state
Until a few months ago he had man
aged all the details of his business
even signing the pay checks for his
employees.
Avoiding publicity, he gave thou
sands of dollars to the poor of Hum
boldt county annually, many of his
charities not becoming known fol
years afterward. He was born in New
Brunswick, and leaves a son, William
Carson Jr., and a daughter Mrs. r
J. Tyson, in San Francisco, and two
sons, ]. Milton Carson and Sumner
Carson, here.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-08
Use American Tools.

For the carrying out of the new
naval program the sum of 100000 900
was appropriated. Part of this money
was used in undermining the arsenals
and shipyards by the construction OF
new shops fitted with up-to-date ma
chinery. Now the country is in a
psition to build ships that can com
pete with those turned out anywhere
else. Electrical power is used IN
place of steam and many other limo
vations have been made, including
the introduction of American pneu,
matte tools,
In addition to all this a new dry
dock, capable of holding a 2O,OOO-ton
battleship, has been constructed, The
labor system was changed and the
native workmen have been made e
understand that they must actually
labor during working hours, instead
of sleeping, smoking and amusinl
themselves, as was the custom. under
the old lax management,
TIIOAEAo ID CHM NON
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British Firms Interested.

Capital was soon subscribed and a
company formed mainly through the
efforts of the Marquis of Comillas,
chairman of the Compania Transit
lantica, and the Count of Subirla,
chairman of SPANS Amalagamted
Iron Works Company. Many bankers
and manufacturers Joined in the en-
terprise. 1t was also agreed that for
eign shipbuilding and engineering
firms of repute should form part Of
the combine in order to strengthen t.,
and upon invitation the Messrs. John
Brown of Clydebank, Vickers of Bar
row-in- Furness and Armstrong of New
castle-on-Tyne became interested in
the "Sociedad Espanola de Coonstruc-
cion Naval which was duly formed
and incorporated. Much credit is
due to Colonel Nicolas Fuster of the
Spanish naval engineer and architect
corps for the success of the venture.
He is now the technical managing III
rector of the company.
The British firms sent some of their
best men to Spain to assist in the
work. Among them was Archibald }.
Campbell, who is now managing direc-
tor of the Ferrol and Cartagena ar
senals and shipyards. He superin-
tended the building of some of the
best ships in the old navy. Among
the leading Spanish experts in the
work are Flag Captain Don Miguel
Aguirre and Colonel Don Miguel Re-
chea.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-08
For a New Navy.

It was in 1908 that the bill for the
reorganization of the Spanish navy
was passed through the efforts Of the
Maura government and King Alfonso,
who is an enthusiast in naval mat
ters. For the last forty or fifty years
immense sums have been voted for
naval purposes, but the navy itself
made little or no progress. For this
politics and repeated change of gov
eminent was largely responsible. In
view of this condition of affairs the
people as a whole became dissatisfied,
and after the loss of the country )
principal colonies made up their minds
to make no more naval grants and to
let the navy disappear for good
The conservative government of
1908 determined to bring about re-
action in this feeling by first offering
the country a guaranty that funds
voted for naval purposes would be
used solely for the building of new
navy. This guaranty consisted OF
turning over the Cadiz, Ferrol and
Cartagena arsenals and shipyards r.
private Spanish enterprise, the con
tract providing that Spanish interests
should be paramount and that Span
ish industries wherever possible
should derive all the benefits possible
With this end n view financlers ant
patriots were approached and asked
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-08

NEW YORK, February 3It political circles
launched William
which striking
iH
permitting trust to
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-08
SPAIN COMING ON FINELY
IN BUILDING HER NEW NAVY

FERROL, Spain, February 5.-The
Espana battleship, the first of the
new Spanish Dreadnoughts to be con-
structed, was successfully launched
today in the presence of the king and
queen and a distinguished assemblage.
The event was regarded as one Of
great Importance, as it marked the
beginning of real progress toward re-
storing the country to it's former po-
sition among the naval powers of the
world. The usual ceremony of bless
ing and naming the ship was per-
formed by the lord bishop of Madrid
and the queen cut the tape which
sent the war craft rushing down the
ways into the water.
Work is progressing on the Alfonso
XIII and the Jaime |. ell Conquista-
dor, the other Dreadnoughts, in this
harbor. Like their sister ship, the
Espana, they are vessels of about
1890 tons displacement each, with
designed speed of nearly twenty
knots an hour The other ships of
the new navy, consisting of destroy
ers, torpedo boats, gunbOats and
smaller craft, are under construction
at Cartagena.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-08
AGAINST
AIRSHIPS IN WAR

LONDON, February IA petition
signed by 200 notable people has been
issued by the International Arbitra-
ton League protesting against the
use of aerial vessels in war. The sig
natories appeal to all governments to
foster an International understanding
which shall preserve the world from
"a new hideousnss of warfare" and
deprecate the suggestion that aerial
warfare, by reason of its horror, must
brighten men from war and that the
art of flying will never reach full de-
velopment without the stimulus Of
war.
Pupils to Give War Planes.
PARIS, France, February "a
Pupils of the Paris high schools are
organizing a scheme to present the
country with a series of war aero
planes. The plan originated in the
Condorcet high school, where a large
part of the $4,000 necessary for one
machine has been subscribed by the
students and alumni. The Louis le
Grand high school has followed the
example and others are expected to
do the same before the end of an
other week.
War Minister Millerand's plan to
equip France with large number OF
aeroplanes has stirred a wave OF
juvenile enthusiasm. The recent
troubled state of European affairs has
had a marked effect in France, where
the rival political factions seem to
have ceased squabbling and united in
! the face of national danger. The high
school aeroplane project is one phase
of this new patriotism. Even the
grammar schools are stirred up and
aeroplane subscriptions there may be
started, with contributions limited L
cent from each pupil. The news
papers have taken up the idea ant
are pushing the campaign.
Continued on page twelve)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-16
MAY BE HEAD OF
 THE UNIVERSITY
Rum0r Says President Mitchell of South Carolina Will Succeed John
 \. Tillman.

Fort Smith, June 15.-When the Board of Trustees of the stae univer- sity convenes at Little Rock June 26 to elect a successor to President J. N. Tillman. call will be extended to President Mitchell of South Carolina University, according to a rumor here. President Mitchell is an active candidate for the position. and it is rumored that he is favored by at least three of the trustees. Within the last few days several conferences have been held here, at which time Presi- dent Mitchell's candidacy was discuss ed. A committee of four trustees, as sisted by two members of the faculty, have the matter in charge
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-16
ROMANCE NOT DEAD
 SAYS JOSEPH LEE
BOSTON MAN TELLS CHARITIES AND CORRECTION DELEGATES
 OF VALUE OF COMP MPANIONSIIIP.
Social Dancing. He Says, When We'll DeMe Is \ Satisfaction More
 Than An Excitement.

Cleveland, Ohio, June 15s-The age of romance is not dead. On the COIL trary, all the romance of past ages has been a preparation for the golden age that. is promised by the advocates and promoters of public recreation in American cities. The delegates at tending the sessions of the National Conference of Charities and Correc- ton were told this evening by Joseph Lee, of Boston, i'll an address on Boys, Girls and Rhythm, that the problem before the cities is the meeting of boys and girls; that it is a problem not of evil, but of good, of how to keep this great budding force of na- ture, the mutual attraction of the sexes, to its natural task of. prOduc- ing strength and beauty, instead of pc. hitting it to go to waste and worse. "One way,' said MT. Lee, "!s the promotion of romance. Girls are already sufficiently romantic, but boys should read Scott and Lorna Doone while still young enough to take them seriously. Nothing makes tae grosser pleasures appear more flat and tawdry than romantic ideal. Athletics constitute a. sexual expresson-a contemporary form of chivalry, which is simply the !deal ization of the sexual relation. All arS is partly sexual. Singing especial ly is loves nature tongue, and must be brought back from the profes sion als into our daily life. Dressmaking from PraXiteles and Botticelli down to WortIa-is the art not of hiding, but of revealing beauty, and should be taught to all girls in tNt inten ton. The danger in our dance halls and in any art is in the too simple rhythm which acts, like alcohol, Gs an anaesthetic, relaxing the conven- tlonal inhibitionS, putting conscience to sleep. Safety is in the active, to
 present an ideal of beauty Even cequetry-the frankly developed art of sex attraction-as seen, for in- stance, in a Scotch song or an Irish dance, is a safety, not danger So- cal dancing, when well done, aimed at a musical ideals, is a satisfaction more than an excitement. Tho true use of sexual attraction is to give beauty to life by hIng wrought into the infinite forms of art'