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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-13

ton Of supplies and accounts and 9th
or routine paper work.
Colonel Bell ventured the statement
that probably Wednesday morning
would he the most interesting day of
the remaining inspection period. Then
the field artillery will be brought into
action just as II would be handled in
real battle, and realism will he carried
to the extreme in the use of real war
ammunition. II is necessary to see
how the guns shoot as well as how
they are unanswered and served. so
the shots will pillow up burrows on the
hillsides back of Leilehua, and the
gunners will get n chance to show
their skill as pointers.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-13
MANEUVERS TEST WEAR and
TEAR OF HIKES ON THE FEET

pally more. These cases have dis.
closed a more or less remarkable state
of affairs to exist here. Stated broad.
tough feet he can march anywhere
and wear anything in the way OF socks
and shoe.leather and come through
without so much as sore toe. On
the other hand, there are certain
men who. In spite of all the latest and
most approved gear, came to grief In.
side of a few miles. Also, the shape
of the foot seemed to have nothing To
do with its condition.
The FIVE articles of footgear with
which II was possible for the soldiers
to form combinations in the present
instance are the marching shoe. garri
son shoe, civilian shoe. light wooden
sock and cotton sock. Every possible
combination was represented. and not
one proved infallible. Then again, the
man with the perfectly.formed foot
proportional on classical lines would
be suffering agonies, while the soldier
next to him, with pair Of feet that
looked more like pineapples. covered
with corns and callouses. and probab
ly including a pair Of deformed toes
would inform the inspector that HI
had been in the service fifteen years
and had never had a blister. A heal
of notes we're taken of the foot in
spection, and when they were all pu
together II was impossible to arrive q
ony round general theory for keeping
soldiers in good marching condition
Colonel Bell asked hundreds o
questions bearing on this subject o
the men. and seemed particularly in
terested in their part Of the campaign
results. The comments which he 1
expected to make on hiking condition
for the army on Oahu will be awaitc
with keen interest
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-13
JURY SAYS HILO
CHAUFFEUR'S own
FAULT HE Died

MILO. May 9.-Wc find that the de-
ceased. Joe Martins Santos, a native
of Portugal. aged 81 years. came to his
death on May /, 1912, from injuries
to his spine received In an automohtl"
accident which occurred near Naalc-
hu. District of Kau, Hawaii, on the
18th Of February. 1912, and we Jurors
find that the accident happened through
reckless driving on the part of the de-
ceased
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-13

rTam was heard by very large mum.
Der of diners, while many others came
in during the evening. There were a
plumber of dinner-parties held, all Of
which were jolly amid surroundings
calculated to please.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-13
RATHskELLeR is POPULAR.

That the Young Hotel rathskcller
has already taken firm hold on Homo
lulu's liking and affection was shown
Saturday night, when the special pr,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-13
DIED..
POTWINE

POTWINE-Infant daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. w, T.. Potwine, rector of
st. Elizabeth's Church, Honolulu,
May ~, 1912, aged one day. Funer.
al arrangements have not been an
nounced.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-13
SCH0FIELD SNAPSHOTS

"lf the inspector had only waited
for couple Of weeks till the First
Regiment was here. we could have
had a real war" is the universal plant
among officers and men alike. Infan.
try being the backbone of these ma.
neuvers, the strategists we're rather
put to II to make single regiment
provide a sufficient force for both Reds
and Blues.
The men as whole could have hik.
cd third as far again with the same
exertion, had the air been free of red
lava dust. The men comprising the
supply train escort in Fridays ma
neuver were nearly smothered, march.
ing as they had to in the red cloud
six feet high raised by the transporta.
ton.
Although there was n tremendous
casualty list In the first DAYS battle.
the sanitary troops made good. Four
ambulances and % men Is below the
requisite force for the brigade, but
while Schoield Barracks was theoret.
iCally abandoned. It wasn't practically
so, and Major De Witt had to leave
! sufficient of his men at home to look
after the sick in the post hospital
Anyway, the red cross fellows proved
that they could go some" when II
came to striking the hospital tents
and getting back to the post Saturday
afternoon.
It's to be hoped that when these
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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-13

Sir Francis Taylor Piggott Is a man
of vast experience in the realm of In.
ternational law. He was legal adviser
to the Prime Minister of Japan in the
years 1871 and was secretary to
the British Attorney General, Sir
Charles Russell, NJ. p, on the Behr.
ing Sea arbitration, 1898. He was
born in 1852 and was graduated from
Trinity College, Cambridge. He is
the author of several works on inter,
national law.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-13
CHINESE GOVERNMENT
GETS AN ADVISER

PEKIN. China, April 22.-The news
papers announce the appointment OF
Sir Francis Taylor Piggott, Chief jus
tice of the Supreme Court Of Hong
kong, as legal adviser to the Chinese
Government.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-13
BAND CONCERT.

The Hawaiian band will play this
evening at 1880 o'clock in Emma
Square. The program follows:
rg,t a., Is.II
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-13
EXPLORER
STARVES 16 DAYS

LONDON, Eng, April GA. Hen.
ry Savage Lander. the explorer, has
arrived here after a trip of eighteen
months in exploring part of South
America. While In an unexplored
part of Brazil. he and two carriers
were without food for sixteen days
and had nothing but water to live on.
Their sufrerings were so great that
Mr.. Lander had great difficulty in pre-.
venting his companions from commit.
ting suicide
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-13

A. Henry Savage Landor, a grand.
son of Walter Savage Landor. has
travelled over much of the world, par.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-13
NOMINATION BLANK
Good for 1000 Votes

Mrs Miss
Address
downtown address, If any
District No tsoe District DiviSons
Nominated by Address
TO carefully
Bulletin Honolulu, 7. H.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-13

\N you will RUGS
CARPETS in the latest designs and cooing including
Wtons Body Brussels Administers Velvets Tapestries
size, 9x12. Come We shall
be glad if you do not buy
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-18

'ng enthusiasm and effort on the part
Of the committee leaders
Another remarkable showing was
made by the Arnold NJ f. church. a
small west side organization. To The
credit OF this contestant IL may be
said that the workers captured prize
though their organization was IKE
smallest in number, not only in the
division, but OF all the prize-winilng
organizations The campaign for tie
Arnold league was headed by J. j..
Thorne and Miss Lillian Willis aud
the search for labels was taken ~
the day the contest was announced
last November. The enthusiasm ana
determination continued unabato.. -
the closing night
The Young Ladies' Sodality OF our
Lady OF the Rosary church. and the
workers for ST. John the Evangelist
church, each of which captured the
division prizes OF their respective d..
visions, could not stand the on.
slaughts OF votes from Our Lady 0t
Lourdcs and Emmanuel Presbyterian
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-18

capture her clock Fearing that he
suspected il contained vote-cou ltihg
labels the woman thought it best TO
get her own hands on the clock first,
so she leaped on top or the balloon as
II leaped upward and rode thousands
OF feet upward, the clock dancing
about always just out OF reach. Fin
ally she had to give up the chase,
when the balloon started downward
The dream, however, recalled that
she had placed some labels in box
In a closet and these, forgotten about.
were found the next day.
One woman from the West Grand.
blvd. church committee said, two or
three days after the close Of the CON
test, that the men OF nearby families
had been heard to express the hope
that another contest OF the kind
would soon be started; that there
seemed TO be something lacking In
home, sweet home without the Gus
tomary excitement incident to the
gathering OF labels.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-18

dia not hesitate TO let our little
one enter. Wishing the Times
and the contest success, we are,
respectfully,
MR.. AND MRS. V. r. BRANDO,
PIC Meldrum-aye
The contest was first announced
on November last The prizes Of
fered consisted OF $1,000 in gold,
$500 in gold and four $500 Grinnell
Brothers' pianos for organizations;
Regal undressing model automo-
bile, valued at $3.50, and one S+VU
Grinneil Brothers piano for men and
women, and two Shetland ponies, one
with a cart and harness complete fol
driving, the other with saddle and
bride for boy and girl contestants.
Votes were allowed on the labels
and trademarks from certain we'll
known manufactured products, most
ly foods. The basic idea of the cam
paign served twc-fold purpose,
demonstrating the value Of the vari-
GUS products specified to the consum-
ing public and directing the atten-
ton of the manufacturers and whole
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-18

sale distributors of the products TO
the value of The Times as a medium
for telling the public OF the whole
someness and value of the foods Of
fered for consumption without hav-
Ing their announcements COMPOUNDED
with arrays OF space-domtnating
whisky, beer. patent medicine and
fake financial promotions, with their
effect OF both disgust and confusion
The manufacturers were made to feel
that the general public Of Detroit had
awakened. finally TO a demand for =
better and cleaner journalism in De-
troit and that the public would re-
spond to any enterprise furthered by
newspaper which adhered to broad
er journalistic ideals. Again, the sta
tistical figures OF the contest reflect
the correctness Of this attitude on the
part OF The Times.
The fourth and final month Of the
campaign demonstrated beyond doubt
that no undertaking Of the kind ever
before had swept the city with cumu-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-18
NIGHTS FOR CONTESTANTS
FILLED WITH NIGHTMARES
AND PLEASANT DREAMS
Numerous Humorous Incidents
Mark Progress of Label
Voting Contest
BOY HIDES VARNISH CAN
Holds For Double Count, Then
Gives 1t To His Neighbor-
hood Sweetheart
BOY HIDES VARNISH CAN

Dreams, nightmares, back porch
raids. votes lost and labels found,
family divisions by which some men-
bers gave their help to one individual,
or another while others threw their
strength In another direction, and
dozens of other happenings mai he 1
the progress OF the campaign with
humorous incidents and situations cor
many OF the contestants.
One boy hacked the front out OF a
five-gallon varnish can and hid 1t In
his bed TO prevent his brother from
taking II TO an organization contest
ant. He slept on il almost a month,
waiting for a larger vote TO be offer
ed then. when the double vote was
announced. he shyly gave it to a girl
OF the nelghborhood who was a COL.
testant for one of the ponies.
Dreams We're reported more fre-
quently. Mrs. Villerot, head OF the
committee Oh Emmanuel Presbyter-
ian church, became confused az ono
time over the number OF tea wrap
pers she had. The wrappers counted
at the time for substantial bonus
vote aud she was more than little
worried about the situation.
The wrappers finally turned up, cut
not until she had had vision, In her
sleep. Of something like 100000 NO
men. so she said, wildly scrambling
in a west side grocery at which Il "a
sale had been advertised, and in the
midst OF all this crowd she found her
self. The grocers supply appeared TO
be inexhaustible, for all the women
had bought and bought until baskets.
boxes, and everything available fof
moving the purchases homeward he'd
been filed. All the women went
away happy and smiling, but within
an hour or so afterward bedlam sucn
as the west side probably never will
actually witness broke loose. For
the women discovered, upon reaching
home. that the grocer had slyly re-
moved the vote-counting labels from
the front of the package, showing on
ly the reverse side TO the women dur
ing the rush Of purchasing. They de-
manded the labels, but were told thai
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-18

they had been given to Charley Gard
ner, a brother grocer down the street
who was running for the autom obile
That's why | sold II so chCar
the grocer said Il supposed you
knew that wouldn't give you tea and
the wrappers too at such a price. !:
you want the labels go down to Gard
ner and get them"
Just as feminine fists began "a
clench just as something like 300, GOT
infuriated women were on the point
OF descending en- masse upon one de
fenseless grocer; just as Mrs. Vilierot
gasping for breath, was on the verge
OF righteous explosion-at this rost
profound moment she awoke, and n
kindly providence thereby probably
snatched grocer from annthifatfett,
and Charley Gardner, no doubt, was
saved from considerable annoyance as
we'll
Meantime another woman dreamed
that she had placed over a million
votes In an old clock. Recalling this
with considerable suddenness in he
sleep she made dash for the clock
10 learn II they were safe, but as she
reached for the clock II started &c
move upward. She pressed a ladder
into service, but every time she get
near 1t 1t mounted little higher.
barely keeping above her reach. FIN
ally she was on the house top. with
the clock poised in the air above,
some few feet out Of her reach. Then
wind puff came along and sweep II
higher.
At this point balloonist appeared
in a lot at the side or her home, and
shouted UP that he had decided Il
make a moonlight excursion In ar
endeavor to learn II the stars werc
peopled, and that he would attempt &c
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-18

church, though at the beginning OF
the campaign 1t was thought that
either OF them had as good an oppof-
tunity as any organization In the con-
test 10 capture one OF the first prizes.
The campaign headed by little Miss
Brando. winner OF the first Shetland
pony, was remarkable in many re-
spects. Starting at the first an
nouncement OF the contest, she conf
peted from the beginning with boys
and girls whose parents or other rels
atives were directly or indirectly con-
cerned with groceries, yet her heart
was set on the capturing OF one or
the ponies and nothing daunted her,
She enlisted the support OF hundreds
of friends In the eastern portion Of
tire cfty ard tffrfis support was 50 wide
ly given and so enthusiastic that x
materially affected the efforts of tie
Mary w. Palmer NJ K. church and
several other organizations whose
members wavered between support,
ing the church or Miss Brando. with
he-FesHlt that In most instances the
winsome little Shetland pony aspirant
won their votes 10 her support.
Miss Lillian Kemp, whose father
has a grocery on the west side. cai'-
tured the second pony through con-
tinuous and consistent effort. Early
In the campaign she enlisted all her
friends and campaigned among Their.
every day. Her supporters applied
themselves 70 those products which,
offered big bonus votes and through
this systematiZing she came out
ahead, though the competition was
strong and she finished with only q
narrow margin.
+. w. Crandall. a widely-known and
popular grocer OF the north end. In
tContinued On rage Eight1
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-18
fact that MI. FtfferOt was OutnuD
bered but not outgeneraled.

bered but not outgeneraled.
Unceasing In her efforts for her
church and with the many other wo-
men who helped her. pleasant end
confdence-inspiring always, creating
practically without effort other than
the sheer force OF her delightful and
strong personality an instant willing
ness to help actively among the hun
dreds OF persons she interested in
the campaign, Mrs Villerot Is a NIT
ural leader in ali things she uuGer'
takes, and the vote of lmmar uGl
church, which numbers no more
among its congregation than many
other church organizations which par
ticipated in the contest. reflects The
remarkable courage and enthusiasm
of her determination TO capture the
first or second prize.
Viewing the efforts OF the scores
OF contestants from the one point
from which all could be seen. the con
test office, II may be said tina: Mrs.
Nillerot easily stood next 10 Sergeant
Hicks In calling into service resource
fulness and generalship. This may
draw a fine line az TO which has the
kTtdltT ulSllUtNlJllt AHbhAu " WI = v ~
erot's advantage II may be said that
the city hall official easily had opror-
tunities that were denied her.
Mrs Villerot and her committee &C
workers were outnumbered but they
plainly are as deserving OF all tho ccn.
gratuations that would have 5een
forthcoming had Emmanuel church
taken first prize.
The committee OF the West Grand
blvd. NJ. f.. church. which was headed
by Mrs Edward Roberts, Mrs, Lewis
Summers and Mrs. J. X. Claspill. IS
deserving Of eQual praise for their
efforts. Only a lack in number and
not in enthusiasm prevented the West
Grand blvd. workers from amassiag 4
understanding OF an enormity ali
preaching that of the two organiza
tons which finished in the lead. The
vote they did obtain is due to unceas
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-18

constituted an almost endless cnain
during the life of the contest, keep
ing almost a continuous stream OF
labels pouring into the sergeant's Of
fee. They came so fast and so regG-
larly that he early in the campaign
was compelled to delegate some Of IliG
helpers TO the task OF sorting ana
counting the accumulations. mat
he could be confounded In all the dc
tail and excitement incident to the
constant stream of incoming votes
and at the same time find time to
check the interest of still other friends
and prevent them from engineering
big deals sufficient 10 win ten auto
mobiles for him indicates that LIS
helpers swamped his opponents In
their zeal. many of whom had the
tremendous advantage of being gro
GERS and In the position, consequent
ly to make purchases OF many OF the
label products sufficient 10 last them
for months. There Is no possible
room for anything but expressions CT
congratulation for the sergeant; he
went into an undertaking In which
from the first he seemingly was nope
lassly handicapped on every side, and
he Monl
II has been planned by Ashlar
lodge to arrange dinner to celebrate
Sergeant Hicks victory. 1t Is safe
TO assume that the vanquished cor
testants with whom he struggled as
well as the hundreds OF other friends
outside the fraternal organization VIII
icin in with the spirit of congratU'a-
ton and good fellowship which WIZ
be manifest on the date OF this oeca-
sion. though they be denied active
participation in the festivities.
Father Emmanuel Glemet, pastor
of Our Lady of Lourdes church, RlVcr
Rouge, which captured the hrst prize
for organizations. was successful Ill
his campaign largely because OF tEe
enormous number of his supporters
and because of his own enthusiasm
and untlring efforts Among his sup
porters we're thousands OF personal
friends and sympathiZers In the city
Of Detroit and the state at large our
ing the four months OF the contest the
village OF River Rouge has been cen
tered on one thing only-the captur-
Ing Of the first prize.
The money is to be applied inne-
diately toward the building fund Ci
a new parochial school. The River
Rouge parish never has had parochidl
school facilities. though fund Tor
this purpose already had been started
and the school. with the help OF the
additional 81 900, now becomes poss!.
bile OF early realization. The schoIl
has been planned, though the pHhS
have not finally been accepted as yet
n is certainty, however, that the
capturing OF the first prize means
parochial educational facilities for the
River Rouge parish Father Glehtt
has assured all his friends and sup
porters of this.
More plainly than any words could
do so. the vote OF Emmanuel Presby-
terrain church. $4,000 900, indicates TIE
remarkable resourcefulness OF Mrs.
F. w. Villerot. the chairman OF the
committee in charge Of the contest
at this church. Mrs. Villerot took
hold OF the campaign at the outset
with the vigcr and enthusiasm that
dominate her personality, and That
Emmanuel Presbyterian church TOOK
the second prize of $500 instead cf
the first prize is easily summed IN
and explained In the assertion OF the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-18
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS /
or LABELS ACCUMULATE IN
PRIZE CONTEST OFFICE
La Azora Cigar Bands Lead, 3
Total of 100000 Being
Turned In
TRUCK LOADS IN BOXES
An Accurate Count Kept and
Labels Returned To the
Manufacturer

No doubt many OF the contestants.
appearing at the Office with the labels
on busy days. such as the expiration
periods on combinations, bonuses.
etc, gained the impression that about
all the labels imaginable had been
accumulated in the contest ONCE az
the time OF their visit. Whatever the
stacks of labels In the contest office
at any one time, however, the accum-
ulation of the day was only an incon,
siderable portion OF the entire number
turned in for votes during the cam
paign
The real enormity OF the contest
results is probably more forcibly illus,
trated by statistics OF the number of
labels OF certain products voted In
during the entire campaign. The con-
test office maintained an accurata
count of the various labels from day
TO day and within a few days after
the contest was closed the record
book was completed.
La AZora cigar bands reached the
highest total in the number of bands,
or labels, for any one product. Bands
TO the number of 100000, including
both the FIVE and ten-cent cigar, were
turned in. Next in order came the
Betruft"Soap= Company s. products,
Queen Anne soap. Queen Anne pow,
der and Queen Anne scourer. In al
there were 275.000 labels from these
products, about 100000 of the heads
being from the laundry soap. Hem;
ingway canned vegetables ranged
third. with total OF approximately
100000. Others OF the products and
the total number OF labels from each
were as follows:
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-18
SERGEANT 4 B. HICKS IS
RETURNED OWNER OF AUTO
THROUGH FRIENDS EFFORTS
Carload of Flour and a Carload
of Soap Are Bought in Be
half of Popular Officer
INTEREST WAS INTENSE
Tremendous Enthusiasm Over
the Contest a Vote of Con-
fidence in The Times
INTEREST WAS INTENSE
NOTICE TO PRIZE
WlNN Frs.

The prizes announced here
with as awarded in The Times
contest VIII be available at TIE
Times Office, Nos. l5-17 John
R.-st., on Wednesday OF this
week. Winning contestants
will please call at the Office
Wednesday or as soon therear.
ter as convenient.