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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-05
'AMERICANTIS" IS DENOUNCED
AS A MENACE TO HEALTH

CHICAGO, May 16.-"Americanitis"
the craze for speed, the rush Of the
business man from his work to his
luncheon and back to his work-was
declared today by DR.. Fred w. Wood
of Chicago to be responsible for many
diseases that come under the head OF
occupational neurosis. DR.. Wood spoke
at the convention of the Illinois
Homeopathic Medical association to-
day in the Hotel Sherman. DR.. Wood
roundly condemned quick lunches"
as responsible for many of the stom-
, ach and nervous disorders of Chicago
people. He also scored the mechani-
cal routine of postoffice clerks and de-
clared that the Chicago authorities
failed to protect the workers within
it's walls properly from the attacks OF
diSease.
IF we step up to the office of a
business man We see a sign out for
luncheon; back in ten minutes" said
DR.. Wood. "The man rushes down
stairs to a lunch counter, throws into
himself a large quantity of beans OF
other food without properly chewing
it, bolts his coffee and rushes bach
into his office. The fermentation goes
on in his stomach all afternoon. i
does not take long for disease to SCI
in.
Warns the Candy Eaters.
MANY office clerks in Chicago ca
as much as half a pound of cand!
every day for years. They are prepar
ing the way for functional neurosis
Then take the work of those clerks II
the postofice who sort letters all da,
long, All they have to do is to pas
letters mechanically from one pile t.
} another. After a while the movemen
of their arms becomes merely a jer,
= and occupational neurosis sets in.
Speaking of working conditions
the air in the postoffice is so foul tina
, sometimes you are apt to come on
( with a headache only a few minute
/ after entering.
Raps Rush for the Dollar.
+ This gulping of food, this rush /
working, is Americanitis-the rush fo
the dollar, the disregard Of life, N
wonder we have the story about tn
man in the streets of New York b.
:, ing warned to look out for the horse
because horses cost money, while
new man can be hired most an
time"
! Urges Eusenics Campaign.
"The human race has reached a cri
= ical period in its history-it is at I'll
I parting of the ways" declared Dr. Y
o e. Neiberger, president of the assoc
y alton, when he presented his reason
IS for advocating the immediate ado
n ton of a plan for educating the publ
q In the direction of eugenlcs. Race Gu
ture is necessary to prevent the h
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-05
Hawaiian Methods.

In preparing the land for planting
they are using two sets of Fowler
cable plows and are blowing from two
and a half to four acres during an
eight hour shift. When we were
there the soil appeared to be very
hard and the unbroken portion was
covered with cogon grass which makes
it necessary to give the land a double
blowing, a double rolling, a double
narrowing and then the disk pillow Is
used. This is followed by the cult
vator, or furrowing out pillow, which
leaves burrows twelve to sixteen in
ches deep, making in all eight opera
tons before the planting begins, After
the cane is planted 1t is irrigated by
the same system used in Hawaii. Thu
cane is planted in blocks Of from
thirty to sixty acres each with broat
roads between. Various fruit an,
shade trees are planted along thes
roads so that a shelter from the no
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-05
PHILIPPINE PLANTATION
WITH MILL FROM HONOLULU
AND HAWAIIAN METHODS

MANILA, May 1O-The following
interesting description of the import
ant work being done by the Mindoro
Development company in its opera
tons on the Recoletos Estate, is con-
tributed by Insular Auditor William
H. Phipps, who recently visited the
estate, and is of timely interest as
showing the possibility of profitable
development of large tracts Of the so.
called friar lands from the sale of
which all restrictions have now been
removed:
Through the kindness of Honorable
Charles B. Elliott, Secretary of Com
MERGE and Police, recently made q
visit to the plantation of the Min0orc
Company which is operating the es
tate formerly known as the Recoletos
Estate, comprising fifty-five thousand
acres. The visit was made in connec
ton with considering the proposition
of establishing a telegraph line to this
Colony and whether or not the bust
ness would be of sufficient magnitude
to warrant il.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-05

man race from being oyerflown with
criminals and degenerates, according
to Dr. Neiberger He presented argu-
ments to show why the studies of
Mendel and Havelock Ellis should be
supplemented by statewide cam
paign of public education.
THE laws of natural selection are
to a great extent suspended" declared
DR.. Neiberger. THE modern states
have not only been Indifferent to the
rapid increase of the criminal, degen-
crate and defective classes, but have
unwittingly, from sentimental reasons,
contributed largely toward their null
tipication.
Blames immigration Laws.
Our inadequate immigration laws
are partly responsible. From many
countries of Europe and Asia there
swarm to our shores criminal
diseased and mentally defective class
es. The same care exercised by our
stock breeders in, carrying on sue
cessful business would exclude great
numbers of foreigners.
civilization can progress little fur
Their until radical measures from bio
logical point of view are introduced
Degenerates are prolific; those men
tally ana physically superior increase
slowly. Weeds need no conservation
They crowd out the useful and edibl,
plants Fruits and cereals require
protection"
| Sees Downward Drift.
statistics show that the human
race is drifting toward mediocrity,
continued DR.. Neiberger "The peni
tentiaries, asylums and eleemosynar
institutions are full to overlooking
even in Illinois great new asylum
is being projected to accommodate tn
increasing army of defective and &c
generates. To the neglect of the GRIN
inal and defective classes are du
many of the ills of society.
1--WE do not favor such harsh mean
as those used by ancient Greece t
rid herself of undesirable population
We would retain all the humane metl
DDS of caring for those degeneratei
We seek only to avoid the future prof.
agation of these undesirable element
of society. There should be uniforI
marriage laws. Hereditary disease, d
fective mentality and hereditary ply
ical imperfections should be specific
as a bar to marriage"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-05

COPENHAGEN, May 16-The
most happy King Christian Alexandria
beloved their subjects The
qualities that endead his father His the
who then Princess Aexardna NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
They
Waldemar who
prince, Christian
Christian forty-wo old
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-20

the team will make sorry showing
unless there is a change. With a few
hundred more dollars invested in
pitchers the team, with its hardhitting
men, would be a pennant contender or
a most formidable nature.
The other teams are playing accord
ing to form and there is every indi-
cation Of a most interesting race.
Dallas Gets New Players.
Dallas has done more than any
other team in the league towards
season Pitchers Walter ShOntZ, RUDE
Evans and John Terrell have been Sc
cured from the New York Giants. The
two first were with Dallas on previous
OF the pitchers in Texas. Shontz has
oeen working out with Mobile OF the
southern league The addition of
SnOntz to the Dallas pitching staff is
work for Dallas for two years showed
I-lm the equal Of anything Ia the Texas
league, and while not fast enough for
SLoneer company ne made good
record Both Evans and Terrell are
LLs IeIoWs- Evans made an especial
- SOOa record in Texas the seasons
ne was with the Dallas Giants. These
luLSe aoQluOns give Dallas four eX-
perlenced pitchers The Youngsters
HECu9e Pate, Brown Kinner, Bader
ana Belsnle- With these men to de-
peHo upon there is no reason why Dali
Is suould not be considered one Of
league
Walter Salms. at one time with the
st LOUIS Browns, has been sold to the
Galveston team and will NAV fret
base. his logical position. When
Newman came back TO Houston there
vas really no place for Salms except
the ouuleio and he did not fit in
well there. Galveston made a GOOD of
fer for him and Houston accepted it.
Salm is one of the veterans OF the
Texas league and is really a fast plav-
tn
and Louisville in the American asso-
citation, he broke in with Doak Rob
erts at Corsica2s and also at Temple.
Later he went TO Fort Worth.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-20
MATTHEWSOH WINS
HIS INITIAL CAME
Liberal With Hits, but Min
imiZes Their Effect-The
Western League Opens.

The league games OF yesterday were
notable for the seasons opening OF
the Western league and the fact that
Christie MatthewsOn, Oft crowned king
Of twirlers. won his first game Of the
season.
Matty waltzed Brooklyn over the
nigh hurdles, the Giants getting be-
hind the big twirler and pounding the
bali with a viii. thereby accumulat-
ing six runs. While Brooklyn touched
MattheWsOn for Is hits, the "kink-
minimized their effect as usual and
they got but two runs out Of the whole
platter full Of safeties.
Feel Effect of Wreck.
In the American league the opening
game of the season at Washington was
a frost in everything except play The
awful tragedy Of the Titanic kept the
usual turnout Of nOtables away from
the ball park and snappy weather
completed the rest of the dent in the
box office receipts
As usual with a small crowd the
game was a fine one, Walter Johnson
being in unbeatable form. let the
worlds champions down with but three
hits and the Senators thereby won by
the score of TO o. Clark Griffith Is
accordingly happy and It really begins
10 look S though the fox Of baseball
viii be able to % something. Griffith
has long been known as the "jinx"
manager of the ma jOrs for the reason
that hard luck has followed his team
with the tenacity of a bull pup after
a tramp
PhiIIy Nationals Doing Well.
The Philadelphia Nationals con-
unued their winning streak piling up
nine runs to BOston's five, with Alex
ander pitching.
The Phillies are going at a great
clip despite the fact that Sherwood
Magee. and manager Doom are both
cut Of the going The absence of these
two stars takes away much OF the ag-
gressive strength OF the PhillIes. and
4 the youngsters can maintain tina
clip they are now hitting, with the re-
turn Of Magee and Doom they are go
ing to be pennant cOntenders of the
blue ribbon brand.
The opening OF the Western league
was suspicious. light snow at Den
yer adding somewhat to the novelty Of
an opening days play. St Joseph raj
lied and made four runs in the eighth
inning which allowed them to win their
nrst game OF the season after ii was
apparently lost
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-20
AUSTIN AND BEAUMONT
Show GREAT STRENGTH
Two Teams Get Away With Whrlwind Start and Look
Good to Finish High-San Antonio Owners Are
Backward About Spending Money.

san Antonio. Texas, April 20.-The
unexpected strength SHOWN by Austin
and Beaumont and the weakness dis
PLAYED by the san Antonio team have
been the features Of the past week in
the Texas baseball league Few had
figured Austin as a possible repeater
in the pennant race. The champions
Of last year have lost their manager.
Dale Gear, and practically all of the
veterans who had helped him pull
down the pennanL With the vacancies
filled with recruits, the outlook was
rot the best for Austin TO make a
good getaway, but the team has done
so and viii be a formidable competitor
all the way through.
Beaumont is another. team that
locks good By acquiring three or
four first-class pitchers much has
been added to the strength Of the or
Eanizatlon and unless all signs IAN
that team viii be one OF the surprises
Of the league season There were
enough OF the veterans Of the old
Oklahoma City aggregation to give
stability and with the new men show
ing up so well the other Texas teams
viii have TO look to their laurels Ev-
en- at this early date Eddie Wheeler,
the new manager, is showing himself
q baseball general
Is Not Aggressive.
IT takes good salaries to secure
good pitchers and San Antonio has al
ways had the reputation of being
team run along as cheap lines as pos
sible- the idea seeming to be TO get in
rs much as possible and pay out al
little. With no lefthanders to work
and with only mediocre righthanders
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-20

q AN FRANCISCO. April 2O.-Joe
Rivers. the Los Angeles novice,
is to get the first crack at Ad
Wolgasts championship and all the
other Hghtweights and near-light-
weights are up in arms about him.
"Ad Wolgast picked an easy mark
say the disgruntled ones
He should have hooked up VIII
some fighter who stands better with
the public"
All right but who. for instance?
Is there any one man among the
lightweights who stands heads ana
shoulders above his fellows as the
logical opponent Of WOlgast-
There are probably a dozen so-called
1913 FOUNDERS who think themselves en-
titled to match with WOIgasL VI
these the four that loom up the most
prominently are Packey Mcfarland
Matt Wells. Freddie Welsh and Knock
OUT Brown.
Mcfarland and Wells are tarred
with the same brush. Neither OF IneIh
can make the weight at whlch VOL
CAST won the title, and there IS TOO
much at stake for Ad to grant them
any concessions in the matter OF pound
age.
Freddie Walsh is an invalid at pres
ent He reports that he is Ilt TOT ser
vice again but in view OF the manner
IN which he collapsed a coupe oL
times while in training, the promoters
do not regard him as sllt-euseo
risk.
Knockout Brown, who began his
career SuspiCiously. has peri orIheu SO
streakily during many months th9t
there is no public clamor Tor a w OF
CAST Brown fight. True his hackers
keep advancing his claims. ana, Tor
that matter seem willing enough 10
wager heavily on his chahceeS' ~ nv. ny
even the sporting critics Of MS own
New York are evincing any excitement
over Wolgasts studied coluhess 10
ward Brown.
,,.
Here is the case in a nutshell; The
lightweight situation is IN such
shape that whoever brings NoisaSt 10
the article-signing point Is me one
best entitled to fight the champion
And Rivers is the lad
At that Rivers is lucky. The average
lightweight has TO bear the neat and
burden OF an extremely long day, the
hooks and waIlops of many a bitterly
waEed battle before he is in line for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-20

must be bOlstered up and that speed
tly- Gabby" Street is the only back
stop fit for service Bob Williams
viii not be able TO work for a week
or two yet II anything happens TO
Street the club viii be without an eX-
perienced receiver. Something is liable
TO happen any minute when one stops
TO consider that nearly all the Yankee
pitchers serve the spitbalL The pres
ence OF Sweeney would give the Amer
lean leagUers the greatest catching
corps in JOhnsOn's organization But
Sweeney seems out for the season.
Wolverton must look elsewhere for a
man capable Of filling Streets shoes
should the latter be incapacitated-
such catchers are mighty hard 70 find.
Should no III luck befall Street until
Williams is fit for service. the High
landers viii make strong fight
Il is unnecessary to discuss the
Giants chances al length The club is
identically the one that won a cham
piOnshlp last season. The team should
be far stronger this year from having
SO much more experience together
What was most needed. additional
pitching strength, seems 70 have been
provided The unfortunate accident to
Sherwood AIaEee greatly dims the
chances of the Phillies the most for
midable foe OF the champions Chi
caEo may always be counted upon to
prove troublesome and so may Pitts
burg A rafting good first baseman
par. Those who have seen the Cubs
this spring declare that Chances in
field looks almost SIS sweet as the old
com bination that helped win three pen
nauts in row. They do say that
Johnny Evers Is back in all his glory
and that Eddie LennOX IS showing
game at third every bit as sensational
as the squirt with Brooklyn that made
him the talk OF the National league
couple of seasons back But the Giants
should beat out both Chicago and
Pittsburg-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-20

a whirl at the title. Here, however. is
a youngster who is going to slgnallze
MS entry into the lightweight class Dy
striving for the highest honors.
There may be measure Of truth IN
the contention that WOlgast preferred
Rivers 10 some of the others. Ad has
seen Rivers train and fight a number
or times, and IL stands to reason the
champion would not have been so
ready TO sign the Los Angeles articles
if he considered the Mexican youth the
most dangerous OF the bunch
But even il Wolgast set his cap at
Rivers who can blame him. Wolgast
underwent a severe ordeal a few
months ago and fully recognizes that
he must feel his way back into the
game very carefully
RMS thing or champion being
operated upon for appendicitis is a
new one and no one can tell what the
effect upon Wolgasts fighting speed
and strength viii be- 1t is tar differ
ent from returning to the hurry bUrly
Of fisttcuffs after being laid OF some
time with a broken arm. In that case
the injury is purely local. whereas
with a man who has been under the
knife. the whole system is affected.
1 have heard old trainers OF track
men say that an appendicitis opera
ton viii make a 10 second man a sec
ond slower and this practically means
that il will transfer a clever Splinter
into an ordinary one. such being the
case il is within the bounds Of posi-
bility that a similar experience may
convert a champion into a dub.
Rivers is a great little ring man
one who shows improvement every
time he boxes-but under ordinary
it would SAVIOR of fore
ing matters TO send him against q
pugilist of Wolgasts calibre at the
very start Of his lightweight career
But those who want to figure out
the chances of this bout viii have TO
ignore the ordinary methods of reas-
onin-. The main thing TO speculate on
is whether WOlgast. minus his appen-
dix. and after months Of building MP
is the same compact bundle OF fighting
machinery. II Ads training suggests
that he has rounded to all right he VIII
be top heavy favOrite over Rivers. If
there is any doubr about the matter
it viii be bleak outlook for the
champion. In Rivers he viii find a
youngster who punches rapidly. accu-
rately and with good force, and who
knows to a dot when to crowd on sail
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-20

has had a fine spring. is 10 pounds
heavier than usual and firmly believes
that he viii be able 10 stand the
grind. should he falter there seems
to be a mighty handy utility man in
simmons 10 block the gap Simmons
is natural hitter and can play we'll
any position on the infield- II he
were Just trifle faster he would be
a rare jewel
Two of New York's outfielders rank
with the very best. Birdie" Cree's
record of 1911 put him in a special
class but he viii have to go some to
hold his club championship crown
this year il nothing happens to Harry
WOlter- Right now WOlter is by far
the fastest man on the club. He was
speedy last year, but nothing like as
fast as this spring He could always
hit the ball He seems 10 have found
his proper sphere as lead-off man.
Daniels is not OF the same class az
Cree or WOlter. But he is a very
much improved player He is handi-
capped by a very poor arm His hit
ting, base running and fielding all
spring have been above the average.
Osborn, the Rochester recruit. appears
too slow to be considered for big
league duty, though he certainly can
clOut the ball linn is a far better
utility Outfield proposition While not
as strong a hitter he is a finished
fielder, q fine thrOWer and a fast man
on the base lines
The pitching staff is one OF the clubs
greatest fOrtes. Every finger is
youngster with the best part OF his
career before him The veterans. Ford.
Quinn. Caldwell and WARRIOR
have had just enough big league ex-
perience to be at their best this year.
George Mcconnell has shown enough
with his spitball to be entitled to con
as a regular If one OF the
four young SouthpaWs proves worthy
Of big league confidence. the Hilltop
staff should be the strongest that ever
represented the club
The catching department however
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-20
GETAWAY DAY FOR
THE CITY LEAGUE
Army Meets Globe Mills and
White Sox and Inter
nationals Clash.

It has taken the city league some
little time to get started but the be-
latedness of its start is going 10 be
more than made up for in the speed OF
its play, the four managers assert and
everything in readiness the ball will
be started rolling tomorrow afternoon
at Washington park.
The first game viii be between the
Army and the Globe Mills while the
second game is to be between the
White SOX and the InternationaIs
The four clubs are all primed for
the getaway Each game viii be OF
seven innings duration. The opening
ball viii be tossed at o'clock
Fro mtOmorrOw until October 2G the
play viii continue and by that time
one of the four clubs should have the
pennant clinched.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-20

player pulling for him They respect
his ability as a player and admire his
me hnoWle0ge OF the game gained in
a long and flattering period of ser
vice IN the ranks WOlverton's theory
is that a team Of ordinary players
pulling together at all times. has
twice the chance Of success that
bunch Of stars would have II some of
them overlooked the common welfare
in selfish motives
Harry Wolverton has no bad club.
There are few weak spots 70 be found
anywhere in the array These are
prospective weaknesses. There is d
big question whether Earl Gardner is
physically equipped for the strain OF
a tull campaign So long as his
strength lasts he viii play the bag 10
perfection He has always been one
OF the teams best hitters in the spring
till weakness forced him from the reg
uIar lineup. Gardner is the only prob
lematic weak link of the inner chain.
Hal Chase never in his life played the
ball he has shown this spring He
never employed his speed to better
advantage on the paths He is tax
ing desperate chances and getting
away with them such spirit is
bound TO make him one of the most
sensational base runners in the game.
Hartzen is so percent improved ball
player at short He covers more
ground at this position. takes the
throw much better and has mora use
for his wonderfully strong arm He
appears to have Just been awakened
to his hitting ability and looks like
one of the best binglers working for
WOlvertOn- Dolan is by far the best
third baseman who ever played on the
Hill. He has a great pair OF hands
and a fine arm He handles a slow
ball to perfection and this is the real
test of third basing ability. DOlan is
a very fast and heavy base runner
and so far has displayed no batting
weakness. That leaves the key TO the
infield situation up to Gardner. He