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Connecticut western news., 1913-09-18
WEST C0RNW ALL

Hon. L. J. N ickerson is again at home after his trip across the continent.
 The Young Mems Club had very pleasant evening for their social dance.
 The teachers monthly meeting was held last week at West Cornwall.
 Miss Margaret Cooke has left Corn wall to begin school life Ut school ID Massachusetts, Mrs. Cooke and Miss Emily Cooke remaining in town for a few weeks longer of country life.
 Most ot our city people have returned to their homes. Katherine Pratt and Harold left on Monday.
 At the last meeting of the Grange 8 very pleasant soclal evening was enjoyed Nearly thirty Goshen friends visited North Cornwall Grange and presented g very pleasing program of music, recita tions and short play. Later in the evening supper was served to about z hundred people. The next grange item of public interest will be the dinner served in connection with the Cornwall Fair, Oct. 3.
Connecticut western news., 1913-09-18
EAST CANAAN
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The vacation social will ue held at the church, Thursday. at 730 p m. Ten or II ore of the young people will tell of their vacation experiences and the same will be illustrated by the postcard refiec- toscope.
 The pastor is giving a series of four addresses, Sunday evenings, upon the general theme, The Ladder of Success" The Conference room was we'll filled last Sunday night at the first one. Purpose, Plan and Push were the three ideas pre- sented if one would win success.
 The Rally Day exercises will be held program will be rehearsed Saturday night.
 The base ball team lost good game, Saturday, to Copake, N. Y. by to l.. The local team has had a good season th1s year and the games were well pat ronized.
 The boys and girls will meet at the chapel of the church, Thursday. after SCnOOl UO u uIAOL X 4 o V. D.
 The Sunday evening services are we'll attended and much interest shown.
 Thursday evening there will be a social at the Conference room to which all are invited. The Cheerful Workers will serve ice cream and cake.
 Choir rehearsal at the church, Satur- day evening.
 The New England supper at Grange Hall last Friday night was @ success in every way. It was remarked, "These Changers do get up fine supper any way" The exhibit and harvest supper will be next month.
Connecticut western news., 1913-09-18
CANAAN VALLEY

The heavy frosts the past week have killed everything in the gardens, and also the biggest part of the corn and buckwheat.
 Several from here attended the far in Hartford.
 School commenced last week with Miss Conkl1n. of Cornwall as teacher.
 The school in Wadsworth district, which has been closed the past three years for lack of pupils. was expected to reopen last week, but at present writing no teacher has been secured.
 Last Monday night as D. D. Corners was returning from Canaan he fell from his wagon and although no bones were broken, he was quite severely bruised and shaken up.
 Miss Mabel Donalds, of Pittsfeld, spent short time at her home here recently.
 0. G. Thompson entertained one of his old comrades from New Milford. who came to Canaan to take in the revnion.
 The hired man at the Stanard farm, who was so badly hurt by being thrown from a moving machine, is still in the hospital Ill Winsted.
Connecticut western news., 1913-09-18
LIME ROCK.

D. B. Tiffanys big auto truck was here last Thursday from Winsted with a load of building material for Bruce Hub bard's new house.
 Mrs. William Stone, Mrs. Alonzo Winterbottom and Rev. c. W. Griffith were in New Milford Mondoy.
 MT. Blackington is making his sister. Mrs. Newman Athoe, visit.
 A trip to New York and various places of interest in that vicinity was taken by Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Wiesing last week, the occasion being the 30th anniversary of their marriage.
 Mrs. Frank Bristol of Chatham, N. Y, came last week and visited her mother, Mrs. Gibson Gillette.
 Margaret Butler and George Doty. Jr, attend school in Canaan and John Bar nun in Cornwall.
 Mrs. Ralph Owen of Trumbull visited Mrs Jane Owen from Wednesday until Sunday. Her son, Ernest, came Satur- day, returning with her. Received too late for last week I Frank Poland of Bridgeport spent Fri day night and Monday night at Wilbur Buffers.
 MT. Hopkins is visiting his sister, Mrs. F. c. Dean, on the Baraack.
 MT. and Mrs. s. W. Bradley went to Albany Saturday, returning Monday. Their two little granddaughters, who have been visiting them all summer, &C., companied them to their home there.
Connecticut western news., 1913-09-18
LAKEvILLE

Mrs. M. H. Silvernail and daue Inter, Bessie, who have been spending the summer with Mrs. M. E. Miller and family, returned to their home in Rice Lake, Wis, last week. going by the way of Poughkeepsie and by boat from there to New York city, leaving New York on Thursday by rail.
 The material has arrived for the new State road to be put in from A. F. Roberts 6 Co.'S store to W. L. Bissell's.
 The Republican and Democratic caucuses were held on Saturday after noon last at the Town Hall. Salisbury. to nominate town officers; also Progress sive caucus on Monday evening of this week.
 The annual fall frost has arrived about a month ahead of time this season and has cotton in good work thus far, de- stroyidg almost all vegetables, excepting those most hardy.
 P. P. Everetts has moved back into his residence from the Stevens house.
 Mrs A. Collins, of Newark, N. J., is visiting her sister. Mrs. M. E. Miller.
 Rev. Simon Stephens. of Gold Spring was calling on friends in town the fore part of last week.
 There will be an entertainment 1T Roberts hall on Tuesday evening next under the auspices of the B. L. of the M. E. Church. The entertainment vii be given by 2: F. W.Ahrens, consisting of stereopticon views, singing and bell ringing. The receipts will be applied to current expenses of the League.
Connecticut western news., 1913-09-18
FALLS VILLAGE

weekend with Mrs. A. W. Gray. With a party of friends. including Mrs. Booth. Mr.W. L. Darlington, Mrs. Burns (Mrs. Gray's mother) and MT. John Bartle, MT. and Mrs Gray motored to Pittsfieid Sunday and had dinner at the Wendell. Mir. and Mrs. 0. s. Mclean and Miss Bundle. of Danbury, and Miss Smith of Montclair, N. J., were ill town Sunday. the guests of Mr. C. P. Tomlinson, assist ant superintendent of the Stone & Web ster Co.
 Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Towner and daugh- ter, Helen, of Washington, D. O.. were at W. L. Millard's last week. On We'd nesday John Bartle took the Willard family to Pittsfeld by auto.
 Miss May Willard returned to Cleve- land, O., Monday evening
 MT. F. M. Olln left Monday for South bridge, Mass, to spend the winter With hls son, Dr. F. H. Olin. He has rented his house to MT. E. Jony, engineer with the Stone & Webster Go.
 Averill Hubbell and Church Ward re- turned Monday to Hilton, N. H., to re- sume their studies in Hilton Seminary. Mrs. T. F. Watson returned Sunday from her visit in Worcester and New Haven.
 MT. and Mrs. F. E. EgIeston attended the picture exhibit at the Stock kbridge Casino Monday.
 Miss Genevra Lester of Springfield is spending few days at Mrs. Halls
 MT. and Mrs. Miles Hanchett of Or ange, N. J., motored up to Falls Village yesterday in their new National ma chine, bringing with them MT. and Mrs. Frank Hanchett, who had been visiting them. George M. Hanchett and wife of Bridgeport arrived Tuesday and there was jolly family celebration of Mother Hanchett's 87tn birthday yesterday.
 MT. and Mrs. Wilmott, who have oc- cup1eo Miss Jacobi's house. left Satur- day for Tuckahoe. MT. and Mrs. Coffey have taken the house vacated by MT. Wilmott
 Mrs. Fred Blake and daughter, Els ther, visited Pittsfeld Sunday.
 Washington White has been spending @ few days at Harry Russelps.
 Mrs. Hughes is on the sick list.
 Mrs. Anna A Russell who has been spending several weeks at her sons house in Amesville, left Tuesday for hel home ill Great Barrlngton.
 Miss Lockwood is the guest of Mrs Moon in Amesvllle.
 MT. and Mrs. James Filming of Fort Wayne, Ind, were guests of Mrs. Rich ard Dunn over Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. Edward Heinz will sai Saturday, October 4, from New York for Berlin, Germany, on the steamer Pretoria. Jo be gone perhaps all thH win ter. They have never visited Germany since they left there. 32 years ago, anc anticipate an enjoyable visit. It was ol the 3d of October, 1881, they left Bremen and the date of their sailing for their re turn visit is just B years and one da. later.
 It is anticipated that there will be { warm fight on the license question at th annual town meeting and both sides pre- dict success.
 Deputy Sheriff Rhoades of Canaan came down Tuesday to sell at auction the horse belonging to Charles Bruno recently attached by John Bartle, in suit for damage from runaway, whicl he won by default.
 MT. and Mrs. George Brown, of Peek skill, N. Y, are visiting their cousins Mr. and Mrs. Hawley Wickwire.
 Edward Wick wire, of Waterville spen Saturday night with his brother, Flaw ley Wickwire, returning to his hom Sunday
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-21
EDITOR

enue to go for just the purposes now strongly
advised, was contested so vigorously by the mer-
chants association that it was defeated. The
harbor board then fell back on hopes of terri
torial bond issue and bonds are not selling now
with anything like startling quickness and
profit.
The water question is not easily solved. 1t
may be partly solved by extension of the water
meter system and by the adoption of number
of the plans suggested within the past year for
using the artesian supply now running to waste
by the gallons daily. The city, by act of
the last Legislature is to take over the territorial
waterworks not later than July /, 1914. The
present uncertain policy of the board of super
visors in the handling of the paving problem
does not give confidence that the proposed
change in waterworks management will mean
relief. Rather does it arouse the keenest dis
quietude The water problem is quite as big as
the paving problem bigger, it seems just now.
To surmount these difficulties Honolulu
needs two things first of ala mayor and
board of supervisors who are energetic, business
like and constructive, and an engineer who is a
city-builder in the best sense of that pregnant
word. The Star-Bulletin has said before and
says again that $4,000 city engineer would
save his salary to the city many times year.
Most of the problems brought forward so
clearly and succinctly yesterday resolve them
selves into city problems, and none is exclusive
~ territorial problem Their solution lies pri-
marily in the city and county of Honolulu, and
in the men who come forward to give their I'M
selfish services to their city.
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AUTO HEADLIGHTS.

Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin,
Sir: Auto speed law breakers are
not the only things about an automo-
bile that are dangerous to the pedes-
trian. refer to the powerful automo.
bile headlights that are flashed about
in the center of the city These
binding headlights are a nuisance;
they are more than a nuisance, they
are a peril, as any driver of an auto
mobile after nightfall will testify, let
alone the pedestrian who has to do
the lodging.
The absurdity of electric haring
headlights is made manifest by the
fact that, while they may dazzle and
confuse the driver of another ma
chine an eighth of mile away, the
driver who projects them into the dis
lance ordinarily could not tell the
difference when his lights are sud-
denly put out. This is the condition
of affairs in the well lighted streets
of the city. In the outside districts
there is certainly use for the lights
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DOLLARS and GExIs:.lE0 men 80

Honolulu's failure to prepare for the opening
Of the Panama canal is again emphasized. The
|6mmittee on harbors shipping and transporta-
ion Of the chamber of commerce reported at the
annual meeting of the chamber yesterday that
bort charges are exorbitant, dwelling especially
upon the excessive cost of water to shipping.
This is no new subject, but it can hardly be
hammered upon too much. The harbor commits
sion realizes the situation quite as well as the
<hamber of commerce but as yet has been unable
10 make much of a reduction in the rates. Facil
tiles for furnishing the water to ships are made
00ate and then, of course there is the eternal
problem of the water itself
That it will be perfectly feasible for steam
81 to anchor outside the harbor and be supplied
With coal and water from private sources, point
made by the committee yesterday, is, in fact, al
most in the nature of prophecy. The Inter-Isl
and Steam Navigation Company is understood
already to be well along with plans for big coal
barge designed to coal ships off port This same
company is sinking an artesian well on the wa
terfront with the object of furnishing its own
water to its own vessels and in case there is sur
ships at figure less than that now charged by
the territorial waterworks.
Private enterprise is not TO be discouraged,
but it cannot fail to be noticed that if ships re-
ceive their supplies off port, Honolulu will lose
source of considerable revenue, legitimate rev
enuc.
Port fees, exclusive of the water charges, are
soon to be revised by the harbor commissioners
and will be both cheaper and more equitably inn
posed The commission has elaborate plans for
new docks and slips, and most of these plans will
be carried out before the opening of the canal to
General commerce,-pr the bond issue au-
fhorized by the last legislature can be sold at a
GOOD price within reasonable time.
Harbor Commissioner James Wakefield, who
returned recently from trip to the Atlantic
coast. advocated strongly most of the improve
,nenfs now recommended by the chamber of
commerce committee. He spoke particularly of
the wisdom of providing mechanical conyeyors
,or coal and other supplies, so that vessels call
;6o here may have their needs rapidly and eco
nomically filled
The present board Of harbor commissioners
has been working faithfully along the lines sug.
oested Yesterday. Lack of funds has handi-
e esTred # and will probably continue to handi-
can Il. It will not be forgotten that the harbor
hoard,s plan for special tonnage tax, the rev
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LegsSt@k fY I !||!g!!!:! !,

as the street lamps are few and far
between.
i It may be a shock to many Of our
local antoists to acquaint them with
the fact that many cities on the main
land strictly forbid the use of the
fiaring headlight within the city linn
its, the ordinary side lights alone be-
ing allowed
Chicago is the latest city to adopt
that law and the police Of that city
are now making arrests of those who
fash binding headlights in the city's
streets.
The flashing headlight is menace
to the pedestrian and an even greater
menace to persons in other automo
biles. PROGRESSIVE.
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mobile for road department. Adopted" Extract
from report Of supervise s. meeting.
It appears that Everybody is doing it,
around the city hall No one will deny that the
road committee should have the proper facilities
for Inspecting the city and county highways, but
Ia view of the already plentiful supply of auto
mobiles, the taxpayers have a right to protest
against adding another car to the municipal
stables
Inquiry at the city hall brings forth the fol-
lowing interesting facts:
The police departm ent has three automobiles
Desides the auto-patrol wagon; the fire depart
nent has two; the building and plumbing in
spectOr has one; the mayor has two-one new
and one old-and the engineering department
has two, one for the engineer and one for the
road oyerseer.
AS an excuse for the purchase of another ma
chine it is stated that the road oyerseers car is
too small to carry the road committee, and it is
to be turned in for something like $500 and a
new and more commodious machine purchased.
Commonsense arises to ask why the mayor
needs two cars, why the city engineers ear could
bot occasionally be used for road inspection
trips; why one OF the mayors cars, often idle
during the long hours that His Honor spends in
mokeful meditation, could not be placed at the
disposal Of the road committee.
These questions will probably be regarded as
Impairment City officials must have all the
Injuries, even if the municipality cannot afford
|0 appropriate small sum for the. maintenance
Of Leah home.
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1.-THE Star-Bulletin invites free and
frank discussion In this column on all
legitimate subjects of current interest
Communications are constantly receive
ed to which no signature is attached.
This paper will treat as confidential
signatures to letters II the writer's SO
desire, but cannot give space to
anonymous communications
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-21
THE DEMOCRATIC BREAK

1t may confidently be expected that the Dem
ocratic press generally will heap malediction on
the heads of Senators Thornton and Ransdell of
Louisiana because they refused to stand for a
tariff schedule that would wreak havoc in their
home state. There need be no misunderstanding
as to their attitude, however, because long ago
both made it plain that they would fight free
sugar to the last ditch
Senator Thornton declared his position in a
speech to the senate on'July 81. In this speech
he not only frankly outlined his views on free
sugar but scored two or three hard hits on the
administration
Referring to his pledges, both to his home peo-
pie and to his party, he said:
Il not false to the principles of the Demo-
cratic party refusing follow it along strange
and devious pathway it is pursuing with regard
10 the tariff on sugar am true to those principles
and 1t is the Democratic party itself that is seeking
TO depart from them
AS to. President Wilson's attitude, he com
mented:
Il feel morally sure the presidential nominee of
the Democratic party did not expect at the time of
lis nomination or during his campaign to become
advocate of free sugar. feel morally sure that his
determination this point reached at Pc
Rod after his election
III lHlS COuHcttIUu IL VIII Uc TtiHeHutIcu
the senate lobby probe committee, while examin-
ing Attorney Harry Irwin of Hilo, quite obvious
ly sheered off from anything approaching fair
inquiry as to what Hawaii had been given to UNI
derstand would be Wilson's policy on sugar r.
win spoke of Representative Broussard's trip to
see Mr.. Wilson and of the message he brought
back The circumstances of Broussard's trip
and its results were highly important, because
they furnished one of the reasons why Hawaii
sent delegation to Washington to work against
free sugar. Yet the senate committee was plain
ly unwilling to call Broussard. to the stand and
any evidence regarding what Wilson was be-
lieved to have said to Broussard was sidetracked
with significant haste.
Hawaii does not accuse and has not accused
the administration of breaking personal pledge
of faith. But Hawaii has for many months felt
that there was at least misunderstanding as to
Mr. Wilson's attitude that should have been
cleared up and, in fact, there should have been
no misunderstanding in the first place.
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its favor. Irrespective Of the preferen.

its favor, irrespective Of the preferen-
tial.''
What chance win there be for the
sugars of other countries. Java. Bra
I'll Trinidad?'
When these seasonal crops come
in at different periods Of the year they
Will help to steady the refiners' trade.
and there may be less possibility OF
fluctuations and temporary control Of
market by individual interests. The
sugar trade and the consumer ought
to gain largely in the end.
Our own factory at Yonkers Is
working at its full capacity Of about
10, 900 barrels day. We closed down
for month in May, but have resumed
on our own terms and the difficulty
now is to catch up with the demand"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-21
STEAMSHIP RECORDS.

Editor Honolulu Star-BuIletin,
S;r:-Commenting on the article
headed steamers in race across the
Pacific which appeared in the issue
Of your papersGn. the 18th inst, will
you kindly permit me to draw your
attention to three or four inaccurate
statements mentioned therein.
In the Grst place. there was not any
racing between the Sierra" and the
Korea; there could not very well be
"a race, when one steamer, left port
on hour ahead of the other, and when
an hours start means a lead of at
least twelve miles; and also, il the
two steamers are both steaming along
at the same rate CT speed, the after
one cannot be expected to overhaul
and pass the one that is ahead of
her.
1t is stated that the Hongkong Ma.
'ru began to draw away from the 10.
rea and went out of sight;
That the Sierra also passed the Ko-
rea."
THAT on the fourth day out the Pa
|cific Mail flyer caught the Sierra and
passed her."
THAT the Korea arrived off port at
2 o'clock in the morning, and a short
time later, about $3.50 the Sierra ar
rived"
The facts connected with this trip
down, as ascertained from the com
nandcr If the Sierra. are as follows:
The Korea and the Honekong Maru
left their respective w6aryes at about
1 o'clock p. m, August IL; at about
LBS they passed the Filbert street
wharf where the Sierra was locked.
At o'clock the Sierra started to
leave her wharf and at about 2:20 got
under way. At sos o'clock that same
evening, she passed the Hongkong Ma
ru. The Korea was ahead and kept
the lead all the way down, although
she never was out of the sight of the
Sierra. At BIS p. m, August 18th,
the speed of the Sierra was reduced
from 16 knots to IA knots an hour.
That the Korea arrived at 2 o'clock
on Monday morning the 18th. is not
disputed, but the following entries in
the official log book of the Sierra con-
~ a0iCJ IuC ot0lCluCltJ. tHdN olfO uL-
rived at about $3.50 o'clock:
Monday, August 18th, 1913.
1880 a. m, Makapuu Point abeam 2
miles of, slowed engines.
2:40 a. M, Diamond Head abeam.
Dead slow on engines.
3::05 a. m, Stop.
When / saw the. two steamers at
3:15 on Monday morning, they were
both off the port
The writer of the article omitted to
mention this fact; that although the
Sierra left San Francisco one hour
after the Korea" she was at her
berth in Honolulu harbor and the mail
landed, before the Korea locked
Thanking you very much, sir, for
making this correction, I am,
Very truly yours,
JAMES w. ROBERTSON.
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Greece announces her intention to evacuate
Xanthiguasuljina and Dedeaghatih. Maybe
there is flaw in the title.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-21

Evidently the pawnbrokers who raised $10,-
900 lobby fund had ticket to support
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1t is much safer for man to rock
his own baby than It is for him to
stone his neighbours chickens.
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Resignation, not recognition, is needed for
doughty Mr.. Huerta.
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MUST HAVE Tue lUxURIEs

From roads committee, asking for another auto
mobile for road department. Adopted" Extract
from report Of supervise s. meeting.
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[lf the writer Of the above, who is
evidently speaking on behalf Of the
Sierra, will refer to the Star-6ulIetin
article he will see that the Star-BuIle-
tin made no such statements as he re-
fers to but distinctly stated that these
were. the statements made by Korea
passengers; and further, this paper
was careful to state that there was no
evidence that the steaming ability Of
the three liners was put to the full
test. That seems to be the point Of
the letter above, point on which this
paper gave no opinion, and criticism
on this point Is made without full ref
erence to the intent Of the original
story.l