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La n D
HOLDINGS in
MEXICO

Land holdings are concentrated to
a greater degree in Mexico today
than they were in France In 1889.
Seven thousand families hold practi-
cally all the arabic land. If the dis
tribution Were proportionately the
same; as it is i'm the United States;
100000 Mexican families would be
in possession of titles to landed prop
erty. In the state of Morelos, the
center of the Zapatist revolt, twelve
proprietors own nine-tenths of the
farming property. In chihuahua, the
center of the. agrararian revolution m
the north, the Terrazas family holds
nearly 20.000,000 acres, which ,cem-
prise nearly all the tillable soil of
that state. The greater portion of
the state of Yucatan is held by thirty
men, kings Of sisal hemp The terri
tory Of Quintana Roo. which is double
the size Of Massachusetts, is divided
among eight companies. When / Wis
tied Madero on January %, he I'M
rolled a map of Lower California
showing the land gifts of General
Diaz, That territory, equal in area
to Alabama, had been sold in FIVE
vast tracts for about three-fifths of
a cent an acre
In the United States the farmer is
a humble person; in Mexico he is a
king of millionaires. The typical
farm in Mexico is not of 160 acres,
nor yet of 1000, but of 100000. The
Madero holdings in. Coahuila run into
the millions of acres. Nowhere in
the world, not in India or Egypt nor
any country, are found the vast cot
ton plantations that are discovered in
the state of Durango.
In a news dispatch regarding the
Operations of the rebels, which re-
Gently appeared in the Mexican pa
pers, it/Was casually mentioned that
on one farm insthe state of Pueblo.
the Atencingo, the rebels had burned
100000 pesos worth of sugar cane.
IF the crop standing in the field was
worth 100000 pesos, how much
might the farm itself be worth?
Instead of showing tendency to
break up, this system has been stead
lily growing stronger. Always, since
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-30
NEW light ON
COC0S TREASURE
IBy Latest Mall

LONDON. - Mrs. Bridget McGo
wan, widow living in the west oi
Ireland. has written to London news
paper that her husband was third of
ficer of the Peruvian barque Mary Pic
(HoIy Mari, which conveyed the eco
cos Island treasure" from Lima to Co
cos island in 1856 in order to prevent
it from falling into the hands of Chi
lean invaders.
New History Of Treasure.
This is the first time In the volu
minous literature of the Cocos treas
ure question that some person has ap
peared who claims to have been &C
quainted personally with any member
of the crew of the treasure ship. II
also indicates an entirely new history
of the treasure.
|. The accepted story Of all the treas.
ure hunters hitherto has been that The
incident took place in 1925, when the
Spanish colonies revolted from the
mother country, and the Spanish 10y.
alists, of Lima, in order to save theil
yaluables from the invading Peruvian
patriots, chartered a British ship call.
ed the Mary Deer to remove the treas
ure to Cocos island
Buried in Four Caches
Mrs. MCGOWAN declares that the
Mary Pie, with a crew of thirty-siz
conveyed the treasure to Cocos island
and buried it In four caches.
One. was the writer's husband; the
other two. an Englishman and .
Welshman. died afterWard on the isl
and from eating poisonous berries.
The third mate survived and retain
ed a map of the location Of the -four
caches, in which five tons of gold were
hidden.
His widow. says that thirty years
ago he gave the map to man who is
still living. She. adds that an exact
copy Of that map is still extant and
is well preserved.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-30

of the islands to be used in an adver
Using campaign which he will carry
on during his tour. His request was
granted by the committee.
A special meeting of the committee
has been called for Wednesday, Sep
TENDER 8, at which time James d
Dougherty ,director.general Of the 1914
floral parade and mid-winter carnival
will present complete report of his
recent trip to the mainland, where he
went to secure new ideas for next
years festival. Mr. Dougherty visited
the larger cities in the west, east and
south, where celebrations similar to
the floral parade and carnival of Ho
lnolulu are held each year. and the re
Port of his findings should be Of mark
ed interest.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
Entered Of Record Aug. 70, 1918,
from 10490 m IN Am n m


F A Schaefer and VT to Frances
T Bickerton widow :. ..... I
Enpe Kagani to e p Low ....... CM
Waakele ct al by Aft of Mtgee to
Eben Low :. -. ForcAffdt
Waakele ct al by Aft of Mtgee to
Mary E Low $3.50. ....
] F Resents and VT to May K
Brown 49,. ........... D
May K Brown and hsb to F Re-
sents =. .,.... N
Harry F Lewis by TT to Harry F
Kaiulani Home for Girls Ltd by
Oliver 6 Lansing to A Hooking. I
Anna A Chamberlain and hsb to
Ann q Hadley :. .......... N
Antoine Machado and VT to w G
Rogers ...... N
Entered Of Record Aug. 80. 1918,
from $3.50 a. m. to 1880 a. m.
James Hoapili and VT to NJ Fuku-
Snlma i
Fude Eguchi (w) to T Sakata -. CM
Otomatsu Eguchi to Suyekichi Iri-
Joseph A Dias to Maria L Dias... q
Manuel de Lima to Joe de Paiya. BIS
Keliaea Keoki (k) to All Nui &C.,. I
Totaro Sonoda to Riichi Jonishi. CM
Chuzo Suwa to Kakutaro Shimu-
ra ..e.. ................... On
Antoine v Deluz and VT TO Antene
F Camancho .... d
Antonio F Camacho to Manuel
MendeS ....... N
Manuel Lucas and VT to Jose da
Rocha ......... D
Jose da Rocha and VT to. Aug
COSTA ......
Yamamoto Jutaro to P C Beamer N
w Wise to First Bank of Hilo
Ltu "
Lee 0ng Yam by TT to lex Sing
Lee Leong to lex Sing Co ...... Plan
H F Lewis to Spreckels Tract. Plan
Benjamin Morton to Chung Lung. l
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DR.. G0ODHUE WRITES ON
LEPROSY AND THE KNIFE

.Leprosy and the Knife" by Dr. z.
s. Goodhue, the weIlknown Hawaii
physician and author, has been re
printed from the Medical Record in
the form of a neat booklet and copies
are being sent out A high tribute
is paid to DIR. w. J. Gcodhue of the
Molokai settlement and to Superinten-
dent Jack McVeigh.
The paper says:
Since the present incumbent's res
idence at the settlement, many
changes for the better have taken
place, due not only to DR.. Goodhue's
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Fort Shafter Notes

| Especial Star-Bulletin Correspondence
FORT SHAFTER. Aug. 30.-As the
31st falls on Sunday this month. the
commanding officer has ordered an
i informal muster Each battalion COM
nander viii muster HIS own battalion
and the commanding officer will mus
ter the smaller units and auxiliary
troops in front OF headquarters at soc
a m. The inspection Of quarters was
made this morning by Colonel French.
commencing with the I'd battalion. in
camp. Everything was spic and
span and dirt was an unknown guam
tity.
A short concert VIII be given by
the End infantry band under the
leadership of Chief Musician Jacob
son tomorrow morning at ten o'clock.
with the following program:
/. Prelude .......... .Rachmaninoff
2. Paraphrase. Melody in F......
...s.. 1880. ...... Rubenstein
,. Canzor Amorosa .......... .Neyin
The informal hop to be given this
evening at post headquarters will be
something more than the ordinary
post dance. There are to be an I'M
usual number Of out-of-town guests
visiting at the post as well as many
dinners and after-hop suppers. The
bachelors will give a large affair in
the quarters Of Lieutenant Campanole
after the dance, which win include
nearly everyone.
Lieutenant Campanole has taken
over the job of organizing tennis
club and proposes to give q tennis
tea one evening each week at the
courts.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-30

A movement is on foot by the asso-
ciated charities to establish an EN-
ployment bureau as a follow-up Of the
recently organized social registration
system. A meeting of all interested
is to be called at an early date, al
which time it is expected definite
plans viii be launched.
Mrs. Katie Lee, as storekeeper OF
Wahiawa, has been arrested by the
federal authorities on charge Of op-
Grating a "Dlind pig" on the, govern
ment reservation. She is tp be Civ
en-, preliminary hearing before the
U. S. commissioner Tuesday.
The next steamer from Honolulu 70
the Orient will carry the promotion
committees first shipment of litera-
ture to Yokohama, Japan. 1t is the
idea of the promotion Organization in
Japan which will reach every tourist
and traveller who leaves that country
for America via Honolulu.
The promotion committee is m re
ceipt Of the latest directories from
San FRANCISCO, Los Angeles. San Di.
ego and Seattle. Another interesting
rs,,roads md railrpad officiais cov.
ar;ne Sa .ho entire world has also bssn
$1,000 ~. IA
:
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.,,s 80, - . .o;r 80 $500 snS 49, -,
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WIN the, acqpisitlon OF tnls eign.n
interest," the entiIs tnres acre tlac'
s now the properly OF BocKus. he
will offer two (1f thu ffhTnQ acres for
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-30

In celebration of the birthday of
Robert Morris, founder OF the Order of
Eastern Star. the local chapters Of
that order will unite in carrying out
a musical and literary program in the
Masonic Temple at l1alf-past seven
o clock this evening. Members of the
order and their families are invited
to be present.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-30

the rule of Spain was fastened upon
Mexico, land has been held in huge
tracts, and there have been feudal
lords and serfs. But in Spanish times
and later, after the Independence, a
considerable proportion of the com
mon people had farms of their own,
which insured them a fair measure
of freedom.
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Scho6eld Notes

Especial STAR Bulletin Correspondence
Especial STAR Bulletin Correspondence
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Aug. 80.
1T is understood here that Second
Lieutenant Joseph c. Hattie, LIST In.
fantry, and Second Lieutenant Charles
Everett, 25th Infantry. have applied
for a mutual transfer. and that the
papers in the cases have gone to De-
partment Headquarters, with the APP
prevail of the regImental commanders
In each case.
Lieutenant Hattie is a brother-in-
law Of Major Edmund L. Butts, and
his transfer to the 25th Infantry viii
doubtless bring him to the LIST batta-
lion which Major Butts commands.
The Twenty-ffth Infantry will leave
on Monday morning for its first regi
mental hike since the regiment has
been in the new sation.
The practice march viii bring IL
back to Schofield on the forenoon Of
the eighth day, and it win take the
route marched by the Cavalry some
weeks ago. only in the reverse direc-
ton. and viii occupy the Cavalry
camping places.
The regiment leaves here with two
days rations and forage. and draws
further requirements at Honolulu, and
at some point on the railroad. The
first days camp will be at Pearl City
and the second in the vicinity Of Ho-
nclulu. The march will ta continued
over the Pail, along the east and nor
thern coasts of the island, to Haleiwa,
and return by the main road. Captains
Hunt, Stunenberg and Wygant, Lieu
tenants Whitner and Baird, and regi-
mental the eommissary sergeant, are
to remain in the post. For the several
hundred recruits, the march will be.
the first taste of field service.
- -
Captain John E. Hunt, who was
severely injured in the accident to
his automobile on the road to town
some two weeks ago, Is to leave for
the states on leave Of absence on the
September transport He will be ac.
companied by Mrs. Hunt, and his sis,
ter, Miss Hunt, of Washington, d. G.,
who has been visiting her brother for
the past two months.
Departing on the same transport
are Lieut.. and Mrs. Baird and their
young daughter, who are to spend two
months leave at their homa.in Iowa.
Lieut. Baird has recently been reliey-
ed from the position of Battalion
Quartermaster and Commissary of
the End Battalion. 18th Infantry, and
has been assigned to Company F.
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HAWAIIAN NIGHT is
PLANNED FOR VISITORS

CONTINUED from page onel
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Completely furnished house with pr
ano, four bedrooms: $1,000 per
month, 2025 Kalakaua Ave- Apply
VIM. Z. Peterson, Magoon Bldg.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-30

The next steamer from Honolulu TO
the Orient will carry the promotion
committees first shipment of litera.
ture to Yokohama, Japan. 1t is the
idea Of the promotion organization in
Japan which viii reach every tourist
and traveller who leaves that country
for America via Honolulu
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-30

The promotion committee is m re
ceipt Of the latest directories from
San FRANCISCO, Los Angeles, San ID
ego and Seattle. Another interesting
publication, a complete directory o
railroads and railroad officials, coy
ering the entire world, has also beer
received.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-30

Members Of the local Japanese co
ony will close their stores and shop
next Monday and give the day over t
celebration, the occasion being an an
riversary of the birthday of Empero
Yoshihito of Japan. The celebration
will be observed by the Japanes
throughout the territory.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-30

Mrs. Katie Lee, as storekeeper Of
Wahiawa, has been arrested by the
federal authorities on charge Of OPP
Grating blind pig" on the govern
ment reservation She is tp be Civ
en-, a preliminary hearing before the
u. S. commissioner Tuesday.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-30

Completely furnished bungalow; new
ly painted throughout; near cars.
$3.50 per month to good tenant for
long term. Address r. c., this Of
flee. or phone 2S79. 5637-2t.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-30
LOCAL And GENERAL

A movement is on foot by the asso-
ciated charities to establish an EN-
ployment bureau as a follow-up Of the
recently organized social registration
system. A meeting of all interested
is to be called at an early date, at
which time it is expected definite
plans viii be launched.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-08-11

iV1rZ1l IL hSA4fAl1Alf R9AtStsAlsAAA =
Denham ana others wefe ersaaIzing
the Empire National Bank with q
capital stock Of $2eO, 900 and the in
tentIon OF erecting the present EN-
pire BANK building at the corner 81
Main and Fourth streets, the Old
Boughner store property which
Messrs. Denham and Highland had
purchased.
Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ. Conmah
and daughter. Margaret, returned
from an extended visit In Denver,
Colo. and other western cities.
The fruit crop in the eastern part
OF the state was very heavy and
buyers were there from all direc-
tiOns. F
The funeral OF Homer darlington
aged LIZ years, son OF H. H. Taking
ton, of Adamston, was held and tine
body was taken to Wallace for inter-
ment.
The West Fork river was almost
dry ana men. women and children, at
Point Comfort secured ne river bed
/ for rnusseI shells. Mrs. julia Core
found I'VE gems for which she re-
fused an offer OF 500 from local
ieweler.
A pitched battle with shotguns
and reviewers was engaged In be;
tween American, and foreign Goa
miners at the Neil mine, No. 2
Lewis Cortese, an italian, was killed
and several miners wereL badly
wounded.
James Albright. son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Albright, OF Point Com
fort, converted tomato can into a
steam engine. 1t exploded and bad
ly burned one of his legs.
Charles e. Pride was preparing to
install a garbage system with crema-
tory at Adamston.
Rights OF way for an extension OF
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
system to SteeltOn. now Grasselli
were announced purchased.
Mrs. ]. B. Smith and children
were spending the summer at 1ndi-
ana, Pa
Mrs. Thomas b. seely and daugh-
tiers went to Beverly, o.
Mrs. Clarence w. Leggett was
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-08-11

Yesterday's ResuIts.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-08-11

Rrooklvn 3 70 0
st T.onis o. 2 j
Batteries: Reulbach and Fisher
and Miller; Harmon and. Wingo,
New York ....,.... 10 Y
Cincinnati .....t So =
Batteries: Marquard and Mclean;
johnson and Killing.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-08-11
sntnrdnY,s ResnIts.

Saturdays Results.
New York II, Cincinnati 2.
Boston 3. Pittsburg 3.
Chicago A, Philadelphia 3.
st. Louis 5. Brooklyn 1.
Today's Games.
No games scheduled.
TomoTrow's Games.
Chicago at Boston.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-08-11

) AMERICAN LRAoUE. :
.
!. 4. =. , = + >. j. + = i. u. + I. : =
Yesterdays Results.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-08-11
HOW IT WAs NAMED

Nottingham lace was 80 called be-
cause 1t originally was made by the
semd-savage people who lived in the
caves in England. by keeping the
work between them and the dark
mouth or the cave the women rouid
work the pattern easily. Nottingham,
or any other lace. even the finest
and filmiest, can be washed saInely
md quickly with Easy Task soap
which is a natural. scientific cleanser
and leaves the lace in the best con-
dition- Easy Task costs but five cents
a cake at your Observation-Disclosures
ment.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-08-11
CITY LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Result.
Scholastics 8, BowleTB g..
TOday's Game.
None scheduled.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-08-11
FOR the li5tle lis
NOTICE TO CEMENT CONTRACTORS

Town of stealey heights win re-
celve bids for 100 lineal feet of cement
sidewalk, more or less. in front of A.
L. Stealey's property. Milford street
Also a retaining wall on South Baker
Ave. All bids to be in by Thursday,
Aug. 18th.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-08-11

Yesterday's Results.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-08-11

Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ. Coffmah
and daughter. Margaret, returned
from an extended visit in Denver,
Colo. and other western cities.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-08-11

The fruit crop in the eastern part
OF the state was very heavy and
buyers were there from all direc-
tions. All
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-08-11
Ten YEARS AOG TODAY
Il, ssor3sa III lie FiIss Of the Daily TeIegr-m
vistiag friends At Beveriy. o.

visiting friends at Beverly. o.
Miss Rozelle Eatill returned from
Lewisburg, this state.
John A. shinn was home from
Cairo. where Shinn Brothers we're
building a large four-story structure
for the Greer wholesale Company.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-08-11
Todav,s 0nmaa.

Chicago at philadelphia.
Detroit at Boston.
St. Louis at New York.
cleveland at Washington.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-08-11
Saturdays Results.

Chicago /, philadelphia o.
Cleveland 3. Washington l.
New Cork 6, st. Louis s.
Detroit G, Boston 3.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-08-11
Baseball

; - %~+% -
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-08-11

TomoFrow's Games:
Chicago at philadelphia.
ST. Louis at New York
;Cievland at Washington.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-14
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-14
Object Of The Contest

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