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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03

With call money in New York com manding from F to 20 per cent Mrs. Hetty Green must have had joyous Thanksgiving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03

Dr. Laidlaw says New York will be big ger than London in 1914 To do this our big town must include 100000 of people over in Jersey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03

Christmas trees may be fewer in num- Der but reports show that nearly every one of them will bear well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03

President-elect Wilson will be a minor ity President, but a plurality of 2,22s. sos fills the bill and answers all known pur- poses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03
YorD. BETTER sLEEl

YOU'D BETTER SLEEP. One way to keep the future bright Is not to lie awake at night
 And think about your troubles; 1t just seems when one ponders so His little stock of earthly woe By leaps and bounds redoubles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03

Congress is full of political contusions and lame ducks, and 1t promises to be cross and snappy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03
After Seven Years

T have been indulging in a pleasure trip through the south and am en-. toying myself" said w. W. Wheel wright of Philadelphia. T was in Ala bama and Georgia seven years ago and had not been in this part of the coun- try since then. I am wonderstruck at the material progress that has been made in these seven years. Atlanta was we'll built and progressive city when first saw 1t but 1t has developed rapidly within the recent years But Birmingham is the marvel in the mat ter of city growth. It gave promise of being a great city but I had no idea that 1t would be credited with popu- lation of 132,8s5 in 1910. I am told that its population Is now estimated at 160,- 900. This means that Birmingham will outstrip Atlanta in 1920. From pres ent appearances it requires no uncom- mon imagination to see Birmingham with a population of 500,o00 in 1sSo. This city is certainly on great boom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03

The democrats in the south are con- vinced that if they can get back those fourth class postofflces they can reduce the cost of living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03

Watching the time fly will become a popular pastime when all the girls wear Swiss watches on their slippers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03

Just as George Dewey was made an admiral in the navy so, it is said. Colonel Goethals will be made general in the army.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03

The proposition to hold the inaugural ball at the capitol is popular, and the sanction of Congress is all that is lack ing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03
A BAD EXAMPLE

Diggs used to have little home.
 But swapped 1t for an auto car; Oh, yes. his pride Is satisfied,
 But, goodness, what fools some men arel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03
STORMY DAY ON A LINER

a sailing vessel. In the course of his 50 years he had spent more than 90 on all the waters of the globe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03

Let us not forget that all school geographies must be made anew when peace is concluded in Turkey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03

Good old Georgia, it is said, Is pre- pairing to line up at the pie counter in Washington 1000 strong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03

Sarah Bernhardt fig playing In vaudeville in Chicago, and she says this is by no means her farewell to beautiful Ameri- ca" She is 6s years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03

No chickens, no live animals of any sort can be sent by parcels post. The line must be drawn somewhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03
wEARIsoME.

sure would hate through life to jog. the comrade of Q pedagogue; the sort who drives you frantic. mind-I mean the fool pedantic kind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03

Fresh eggs will soon be held at $1 . dozen in the effete eastern cities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03

Ring the alarum bell, Blow wind, come wrack! Al least we'll die with harness on our h.L -Macbeth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03
LABoRIoUs.

The humorist
 Is far from gay, Who has to write Five jokes a day. And there's a lot Of work, no doubt, In hammering
 A jingle out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03
OFFICE sEEKERs.

Well. how's every little thing, now that election is over?' asked the recent ly arrived washing machine agent.
 "'Bout as they are every place else, reckon" a bit pessimistically replied the landlord of the Turgidtown tavern. "The banker, the storekeepers, the lumber yard man, the doctor, the stock buyer. the blacksmith and all the rest of the bus- ness men who have always 'peared to be capable of managing their various sized affairs successfully are going on calmly and carefully attending to efn, while all the trinin'. one-gallused incompetents that have never had any affairs of their own to attend to and wouldn't be capable of conducting 'em properly if they had any, are out hotfoot and hellbent to get and manage the postoffice for the rest of usl"-Kansas City Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03
A NEW POET.

A western newspaper credits the fla miliar quatrain beginning, "The Moving Finger writes; and. having writ" to 'op- penheim." It might be easy out in that vicinity to get up an argument as to ths authorship of Shakespeare's plays
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03

THE GREAT SECRET. When shadows fall And winds are whist, Ma reads to pa Her shopping list, And whispers low Each gift, for fear, Some wakeful tad May overhear And straishtway have Sufficient cause To doubt the truth Of Santa Claus.
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03
THOSE PREsENTs

IHOSE PRESENT "A tie for him." Said Mrs. Jim. And what is hers? A set of furs.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
HEALTH BOARD
MEETS THURSDAY

There win be a meeting of the
Board of Health on Thursday after
noon next, and at it the monthly re.
ports of Food Commissioner Blan-
chard for January February and
March will be presented The reports
show that the milk supply of Homo
lulu is above reproach and that, on
the whole, the foodstuffs of the city
are of a good standard.
DIR, Pratt, president of the board
will also present several matters for
the approval of the members.
Health conditions on the other Is
lands continue to be good, and the
reports of the chief inspectors are en-
couraging, Bowman, of Hawaii, is
personally attending to the manage
ment of the rat campaign on the Ha-
makua coast. Good work is being
done, and the situation is much bet
ter than it was some time ago.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
LOTHARIO AROUSES
JEALOUSY OF COSSACK HUBBY

vowelB and diphthongs hit him. He
eEsayed a reply in the soft tongue OF
his native land but his words we
massacred before they ever reached
the victim. Gaspar de Mendoza fled
Then Basil Spirovitch turned the
current of his language on his wife
Dauntlessly she replied in kind. Tn
electrical effect was terrific, sounding
like the sputtering of half hundred
broken live wires. Finally the vocal
battle died down. Basil Spirovitch
picked up the offending flowers, and
taking his wife by the hand went to
the docks edge and dropped the tok-
en- into the bay
AS a result of GGspar de Mendoza's 8
firtatious overtures, the Spirovitches
now use another street in coming up
town but Mrs. Spirovitch has a gor-
geous new kimono which she wears
proudly on the thoroughfares of the
city, for, of course, Basil was to
blame.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
Land Value
FOurfOlds In
Five Years

In order to familiarize himself with
the needs of the district. Governor
Frear spent some time on Saturday
afternoon on Alewa Heights. The
principal occasion of the trip was to
look into the matter of roads; but the
governor also took the opportunity
to look into the new reservoir, now
practically completed, which will sup.
ply water for Kalihi from the Nuuanu
valley supply.
The reservoir was completed ac.
cording to contract, some time ago,
but proved leaky. A lining of con-
crete has now been placed on the
bottom, which it is believed will obvi-
ate the difficulty.
High Tax Assessment.
Governor Frear also had opportu-
nifty to note some of the results of
the Territory's first experiment in
selling on a large scale city real 4s-
tate. Alewa was opened in the sum
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
IS SANITARY COMMISSIONS WORK TO COME TO NOTHING
RUSSIANS
WILL NOT
TAKE WORK

Unwilling to go to any plantations
save those where their friends and
relatives are employed, the thirty-six
Russians at the immigrant station are
leading an idealic, carefree existence,
wandering about the streets of the
city, but careful always not to miss
any meals at the station.
While some of them have been
offered work, they decline to go, be-
cause they aver the irresponsible
agent in Manchuria who arranged for
their passage was long on promises,
agreeing to everything they asked
and predicting a glorious fultilment Of
anything they might desire,
AS the local officials had nOthin2
to do with the promises they are
permitting the Cossacks to do as they
please until the immig ants can make
up their minds to accept what is of
fered.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
TRIAL SET FOR
HIDEOUS CRIME

Chung Nung, the Chinese accused
of the rape of two little girls, one of
them less than four years of age, APP
reared before Judge Robinson this
morning and entered a plea of not
guilty. His trial was set for May s.
The case went to the supreme court
on plea in bar, Attorney Lorrin An.
drews, for the defendant, contending
that the grand jury that indicted
Chung Nung was illegally constituted
This contention, however, was over
ruled by the supreme court and the
Chenese will have to stand trial Con
Chinese will have to stand trial. Con
Death or Imprisonment for life.
Meantime, the two little girls who
were the victims of a human brute
are in the hospital suffering from y
loathsome disease alleged to have
been communicated to them by theiI
ravisher
The trial of Robert Levy, charged
with rape, was set by Judge Robinson
this morning for May 2.
Levy is the jailor who is accused
of having taken advantage of his Off
ciaI position to ravish a woman pris-
oner. He vigorously protests his in
nocence and claims that the charge
against him is the elimination of a
riot to ruin him.
Abraham Joseph, indicted by the
grand jury on charge of burglary
in the second degree, pleaded not
guilty before Judge Robinson this
morning.
In the federal court the trial of
Matsunaga, charged with stealing pro
missory notes aggregating in face va
iue $1,000, was begun. The crime IS
alleged to have been committed on a
federal reservation.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
COURT ITEMS.

Kinimatsu Kojima has been granted
a divorce from Miyamo Kojima on
the grounds of adultery and extreme
cruelty.
The trial of the divorce suit of Mi
riam Lewis versus Dave Lewis was
regun in Judge Whitney's court tlis
morning. This is the case in which
the libellant claims a common law
marriage.
The assumpsit case of c. A. An
dlews versus Chicamura, appealed
from the district court Of Waialua,
was called in Judge Cooper's court
this morning, The plaintiff, however,
was not present and w. T. Rawlins,
attorney for the defendant, moved for
dismissal, which was granted
], M. Camara has been appointed
administrator of the estate of Maria
Lindo, late of Oakland, California.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
Sanitation
Report May
Lie Useless

What will be done with the volum.
inous report of the special sanitation
commission, after it comes from the
hands of the printer where it is at the
present time? Will it's recommends
tion.s occasion the call of a special
session of the Legislature, or will it
find snug place in the bureau of for
gotten documents?
1t is understood that the Governor,
who named the commissioners, and to
whom the several reams of report
we're submitted, doesn't know just
what to do with it, 1t was presumed
that the report would form the basis
of call for a special session of the
Legis ature to enact laws designed to
make effective the recommendations
of the commission, but unfortunately
the commissioners did not find it con-
venient to embody these recommends
tions in the form of bills.
This is no small matter, for bills
that would be worth the paper they
were written upon on a subject as
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
CASE
Up ON APPEAL

The Orteric case was submitted in
the United States district court this
morning. This is an appeal from the
action of the customs department in
ilnng the immigrant steamer 1880
fer many alleged violations of the
shipping laws regulating steamships.
The Orteric brought a shipload of
Spanish and Portuguese immigrants
to Honolulu a year or two ago An
examination of the condition of the
vessel was made by federal authori-
ties and report was made to Wash
ington that the vessel was not pro
perly equipped to carry passengers,
The secretary of commerce and labor
investigated the matter and wrote a
letter in reference to it in which he
was extremely vigorous in his con
demnation of conditions aboard the
vessel
Attorney Olson appeared in court
this morning as the representative of
Theo II, Davies & Company, who
were the agents for the Orteric.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22

important as the one in question,
could not be thrown together by any
body. 1t would require careful and
painstaking work on the part of a
very capable lawyer or lawyers, and
probably good deal of investigation
of what has been done by other COM
monwealths in similar instances. 1t
would cost probably good round fee
to get this work done properly, and
who could do it, and would do it, and
where the pay would come from are
all matters for the Governor to puzzle
his brain over. It would be foolish
to call the Legislature together with
no bills prepared for It to act upon,
for it would almost certainly result
in some halfbaked legislation that
would be of little or no value.
According to the opinion expressed
by a man who stands pretty close to
the executive head of the government,
the commissions report is remark
able chiefly for it's length. There is
Continued on Page Fiye.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
PACIFIC MAIL LINER KOREA
ARRIVES DAY AHEAD OF TIME
n.k B~ltg ->,4sjer "

instance, the baby caught cold the
second day out and the cold developed
into severe attack of pneumonia.
Death resulted.
1T is a wonder that more of them
do not die" said DIR. McAllister
They come on board with a couple
Of rags on their backs and make no
attempt at protecting themselves
against changes in the weather. The
children are always the ones who
suffer"
The Korea managed to gain TWEEN
ty-four hours on her schedule be-
tween Manila and here and conse-
Ouently will get away for San Fran
cisco this afternoon, a day ahead of
time
Early this morning, the Korea was
sighted off Koko Head and at eight
o'clock she was tied up at the wharf.
On board are one hundred and nine
ty through passengers, twenty-five
second class passengers, and one hun
dred and fifty-eight in the steerage.
Several are staying over in Honolulu,
In the hold are fifteen hundred and
twenty-four tons Of freight and fifty
sacks of mail. The freight consists
of miscellaneous merchandise such as
cigars, tea and rice,
Today was Purser Aliens first day
out after an illness of six weeks du,
ration. He has been suffering from
a complication of lung ailments for
Continued on Page Eight,)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
SMITH FAMILY
A SOBER ONE

In the police court this morning NJ.
Silva, charged with assault and bat
terry on a Chinaman, was sent to Jail
for ten days.
Silva is an old offender in this res
pect
Fugimoto was fined IS and costs
for leaving his horse united in a pub-
ic place.
Joseph Smith, Kim On Tai and W.
McShane, drunk, were fined SO and
costs each.
1t is worthy of note that today's
instance is the first of a man named
Smith having been arrested in Homo
lulu for drunkenness since the new
year.
The great family is, locally anyway,
making quite a reputation for sob
riety.
Felipe Praico, Filipino from Eva
plantation, who has been acting
oueerly of late, was committed to the
insane asylum this morning
This mornings arrests included:
7. Kaneshiyo. opening barber
shop on Sunday.
Keola, assault and battery.
J. B, Bannister, drunkenness.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22

Basil Spirovitch, now an inmate Of
the immigrant station, erstwhile a
Cossack of the Gear. wears a face that
is childlike and bland but his boots
are big and heavy and his temper is
short Also he is jealous of pretty
MadameSSp Spirovitch, the belle of the
Russian colony at the station.
Gaspar de Mendoza is undoubtedly
the Beau Brummel of the 162 bach
elor Spaniards held in territorial
quarantine at the station. He is a
handsome youth with curling black
moustachios and smile that would
melt the heart of a Gorgon.
Now it is the custom Of the Spiro.
witches to go up town several times
a day, passing along the high fence
of the enclosure which detains the
quarantined Spaniards. So Gaspar
had formed the habit of smiling at
Madame Spirovitch and using his
eyes in a manner which causes the
heart of Basil Spirovitch to throb with
fury.
But he had overlooked the conduct
of Gaspar de Mendoza until this morn
ing, when, as the Spirovitches were
passing the fence, the bold Gaspar
lightly tossed a bunch of flowers over
the barrier so that they fell at the
feet of Madame Spirovitch, Enough
for Basil The hot blood of the Cos
sacks boiled in his veins, With
cry of rage he threw himself at the
fence and attempted to scale it. But
his boots prevented. The big square
toes would not permit of a foothold,
and dropping to the sidewalk Basil
Spi"0vitch sent a torrent Of Russian
compliments toward the Spaniard
which sounded like scrambled al.
phabet coming over a wireless in
strument
Gaspar de Mendoza covered as the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
Waikiki Home Site
Brings Big Price

Two and a half acres of land at
Waikiki, practically unimproved were
sold today for $37,5OO--or about $15,-
coo per acre. The property sod was
owned by +. S Lyman, Jr., and the
purchaser is a wealthy malihini tour
ist, whose name, however, is being
withheld for the present The sale
was made through J. W. Pratt.
The property lies just beyond the
Campbell homestead and has a front
age of $40 feet on the beach. How
ever, only about an acre and a half
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22

can be called beach property, the 9th
er acre being on the mauka side of
the road.
The gentleman who has purchased
the place. it is said, lives in the East,
and has a winter home in southern
California He intends, however, to
put up fine home on his new pur-
chase and to spend a considerable
portion of the year here.
THE price seems high" said Mr.
Pratt this morning, but considering
the price other beach property has
sold for it is really very reasonable" !"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22

Exposure to the wind and sun, due
to lack OF sufficient body covering,
caused the death of five-year Oil
Filipino during the Korea's trip from
Manila TO Honolulu according to Dr..
W. A. McAllister, surgeon of the Paci-
fic Mail liner.
The child and its parents boarded
the Korea at Manila, bound for Ho-
nolulu. According to McAllister, the
children of the Filipinos are never
sufficiently clothed with the result
that they are unduly exposed to the
elements when on board ship. In this
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
SESSION
YET UNDECIDED

Within a few days from now there
should be something definite known
regarding the probability of a special
session of the legislature.
1--WE should know in few days
from now about the special session
matter" said Governor Frear this
morning, when asked about the proba-
bility of the lawmakers being called
together,
The Governor had busy morning
today, but most of the matters at
tended to were about land,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
SAN FRANCISCO AND YOKOHAMA
IN COMMUNICATION BY WIRELESS

Manila Cablenews-American, March
26.-With her high power wireless
station acting as relay, the new
T. K. X. steamer Shinyo Maru made
it possible for the cities of Yokohama
and San Francisco, over 5000 miles
apart, to hold communication for sew
eral hours during her trip out from
the Pacific coast
The Chinyo's wireless apparatus is
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22

guaranteed to work distance of 1900
miles, but on this occasion worked
well up to nearly 1000 miles, and at
no time after leaving San Francisco
was she out of touch with either that
city or Yokohama. San Francisco
was picked up for the purpose of send
ing a message when the vessel was
$500 miles out from that port and
Continued on Page Eightl
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22

$50 far, there have been no appeals
against the tax assessments" said
Treasrer Conkling this morning.
There may be some filed before the
first Of May, of course, but I will have
nothing to do with that"
Regarding the Bishop Estate which
is going to sbdivide some hundreds of
acres at the rear of the Kamehame-ha
school, the statement has been made
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
WHY THE FIRST
TITANIC NEWS
WAS BASELESS
(Assooiated Press abes to the star1

WASHINGTON April 22Vce Franklin
Mercantile Marine admitted
Titanic after the of the
earlier
isolate the survivors of the of the Titanic
WASHINGTON, April 22Mackay y-Benne
that fifty bodies drowned Titanic
a
Bodies Searched
WASHINGTON April 22Representatve MARITIME
resolution
crew ares
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
NO APPEALS AGAINST
ASSESSMENTS so FAR

that this concern owns about one.
sixth of the total area of the whole
territory. 1t is also said, while an
enormous amount of this land is
composed of lava flow, there are many
thousand acres of good land owned
by the Estate.
That the extra twenty-five millions
added to the assessment of the Ter
ritory will stand good, is the opinion
of the Territorial treasurer.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22

An Investigation of life-saving
equipment of inter-island steamers
and Pacific liners calling here viii be
made by the merchants association.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
WORLDWIDE WIRELESS.

WASHINGTON, April 22.-The Affairs
wide navy wireless
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
AGAINST REORGANIZATION.

WASHNGTON Cummins
bill providing the reorgan
the tobacco
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
SWEEP OF THE TORNADO.

Ala thought n
a Of the
CHICAGO April z2There
Of the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
ENGINEER STRIKE ORDERED.

YORK. 22-Grand Chief a o
Chicago hirysix
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
100000 FLOOD VICTIMS

NEW ORLEANS, April 22-There 100000 victims OF the
hree states gathered in government camps
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22

mer of 1907, just before Governor
Frear's term of office began. The
tract was cut up into lots averaging
a little over an acre each, and sold at
an appraisement of about $3.50 per
acre. No better idea can be gained
of the rapid development of the tract
than from the fact that the tax Office
has just placed an assessment on the
district for tax purposes of $1,000 per
acre.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
ATTACK ON ROOSEVELT

WASHINGTON April 22-Representative Campbell m
tack Colonel Roosevelt today.