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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-22
DANCE
HALL BRANDED
As NUISANCE
(Continuedf rom page onel

Il NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DakS QL1Gy
public bath house at Kapiolani PARK
Mrs. Gait and Mrs. Carson we're also
!. in favor Of this idea. Dancing chey
say. they approve of when well reg
ulated
Local Option Planned.
The argument at the supervisor
meeting finally ended with the petit
tion going to the police committee
WoIter was one In favor of sending il
&c the danee-han inspectors The ar,
guments did not end until several co
vert insinuations. had been made on
both sides, Pacneco fntimating that
the dance-hall inspectors had not
properly acted on former matters as
signed to them, Markham casting a
doubt on the sincerity of the petit
TONERS, who are 20 in number.
There is something behind this,
he said. Il have been in the dance
hall lately several times and found
no trouble" Through It all Mayor
Fern kept an unwaVering stand for
the petitioners, asserting that they
We're warranted In calling upon the
supervisors for protection against
such nuisance If it made it impos-
sible for them to sleep.
AT the next meeting" said Mark
ham, replying to the mayors state
ment, the new dance hall ordinance
will be introduced. It allows for a
sort of local option, whereby residents
may prohibit a dance hall being run
in their district. When that ordi-
nance passes, the petitioners win
have their remedy by taking adyan
tage of the local option section"
The following is the petition:
I'VE, the undersigned citizens and
taxpayers of the Territory of Hawaii,
residing on Bishop lane in the city
and county of Honolulu, most respect
fully request that steps be taken to
close the dance hall now being con-
Quoted on said Bishop lane and known
as Notley's Hall, the same being a
common nuisance to the residents of
said district and depriving them OF
their needful rest at night"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-22
DAMAGED Enough.

After recent railway collision in
the midlands, Scotsman was extri-
Gated from the wreOkage by COM
panion who had escaped unhurt
Never mind, Sandy" his rescuer
remarked; fits nothing serious, and
you'll get damages. for ii. T" -. -
Damages" roared Sandy. Have
I no had enough o. them? It's re-
pairs I'm seeking the noo!-London
TitsBits. ..... 3
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-22

It is less expensive to have your
clothes made to order by Geo. 4. Mar
tin, The Tailor in the Waity Bldg,
because you will get clothes that fit
and that will be a credit to any man
that wears them; and 1t don't cost
any more than you would pay for
ready-mades. advertisement.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-22

Germany is said to have an over.
supply of foresters. SO that well edu.
Gated men have hard work to secure
even inferior positions.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-22

JOHN T. NICHOLSON. who has
spent some time At Washington on
business matters connected. with hts
various interests on Hawaii. Is re-
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-22

A. v. PETERS was numbi,re,
among the departing passengers fol
Kauai In the steamer Kinau las
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-05
Speeding up the spenders.

Louisville Courier-Journal. ANY.
thing to spend money. Everything to
show the ability to spend it. No mat
ter where 1t comes from, who put it
up, how you got 1t, the In all and the
be all is to show It; to show 1t so it
can he seen; upon the head, around
the neck, under the skirt, IL the leg is
not too lank and scrawny. And now
the Partisan dressmakers, who. like
the white slayers, are men, not won.
en-, have, we are told, invented new
and costly fashion for women for the
coming summer hand painted
dresses, with charming pictorial de-
signs recalling famous masterpieces.
Historic landscapes and even impress
sicnist pictures are to adorn the
gowns OF those able to pay for them.
Geet How can you wonder that the
new girl, before she engages herself in
the giddy. gilded bonds of matrimony.
demands ten thousand year" and
the first years income in advance?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-05
Killing the Monorels.

When the Iowa legislature killed
the bill which provided that candi-
cate for Office in this state could have
his name printed on more than one
ticket the members had earned their
salary. Any man who is too cowardly
to designate the particular party with
which he desires to af1liate-he is IN
ft for the Office to which he aspires.-
Indiana Advocate-Tribune
To all of which We say, amen, Ii
was the best way to kill the mongrels
in politics who are nothing political.
~, who are one thing to one man and
another to someone else, just so that
they can catch the votes.
If man wants to run for office. let
him be man or a mouse or ring
tailed monkey This thing of trying
to catch the voters coming and goln ],
is out of style.-Mt Pleasant Free
Press.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-05
The Tax on Money.

Kimball, S. D., Graphic: Taxation
of money and credits" in the ordin-
airy acceptance of the term, Is vision
airy and impractical and utterly i'm
possible of enforcement. You might
as we'll try to tax balloon once it
Is liberated and becomes the play
thing of the winds. Mortgages, both
real and personal. can be taxes and
the taxes collected in that they are
a matter of record, but only when
held in the name of a resident of the
state in which the tax Is collected.
When such mortgages are taxes. how
ever, the mortgagor should be exempt
from paying taxes on the property the
mortgage represents. No one can deny
the justice of this One trouble that
has always existed under the system
of assession property at one-fourth or
one-third its actual value and at the
same time assessing money, credits,
book accounts and mortgages has
been that there was no way in which
the latter could be assessed at one
Inlrd or one-fourh their actual Vaiue.
If A owns farm valued at $1,000 and
gets a loan of $4,000 on it with which
to buy cattle, and his farm is assess
ed at $4,000, a law could be devised
whereby he would pay the tax on
$4,000 and the mortgage the tax on
the $4,000. But the disadvantage OF
this system is that it would be an
easy matter for the owner of the
mortgage note to shift it into other
hands whereby the state could not get
it, thereby depriving the community
of the tax on 1t, and instead OF re-
ceiving the revenue from the $1,000
of valuation 1t is Justly entitled to it
receives it from $4,000 only-and Its
last condition becomes worse than
the first.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-05
CITY PIannr,Inn.

1
CHICAGO, May 5.--Scores OF mun,.
clpal experts from many large cities
OF the country, authorities IN munini.
pal buildings, and prominent archf-
tects today opened conference al
the Hotel La Sale, which will CON.
tinue three days, and during which
city planning and city building viii
be discussed. Members of the con.
ference and specially invited guests
attended a luncheon at noon. Later
they toured Chicago in autos and IN.
spected the city's public buildings The
formal conference begins tonight
when Frederick Law Olmsted. fellow
OF the American Society of Land.
scape Architects will discuss "A civ
Planning Movement" The aetna,
work involved in city planning will
be discussed tomorrow by vfrpi,
Bogue of Vancouver, b. c. Edward NJ
Bassett of New York, will take nm tho
legal side of the question. The tasl,
OF getting public support for a CITY
planning movement and the cost Of
me wonderful boulevard system in
Kansas City, will be explained ~
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-05
WARN FLOOD DIS
TRICTs.

:. Boil all water and pasteurize all
milk used in the districts now suffer
ing from food and storm, is the warn
ing sent out by the Journal of the
American Medical Association. The
immediate havoc wrought to life and
of storm and flood, for following in
their wake will stalk sickness and
death from exposure, the unavoidable
lack of food, medicines and care, and
disorg anized sanitary conditions, with
polluted water. Naturally, says the
Journal, we may expect large
amount of pneumonia and other con-
gestive diseases in the afflicted areas,
as the results of exposure on the part
of the survivors. Little can be done
TO avoid these, but epidemics of some
infectious diseases can be successfully
guarded against. Where beverage
and water systems have been affect
ed, the slogan for several weeks must
be boil the water and pasteurize the
milk. With the breaking OF dams and
sewers and the flooding of water sup
plies whether of wells or reservoirs,
the water is bound to be polluted, and
typhoid fever is almost certain to be-
come widespread unless the simple
Of boiling the water is i'm.
nediately adopted. This should be
continued in every household for
weeks and perhaps months until dang.
er from this source is past.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-05
Secretary Rryan,s Mission.

Minneapolis Journal: Secretary
Bryan's mission as peace envoy in
California apparently was not happy.
He went with four alternative plans
for modified br delayed action, and
apparently all OF them have been def.
nitely rejected by the legislature ann
governor. The state is resolved to
rid itself OF the threat OF Japanese
land ownership and Japanese colonies
of unassimilable population.
The administration seems to have
believed that law modelled on the
Illinois alien law or the federal alien
land law would suffice. but It has
reckoned without knowledge OF the
deep seated antagonism to orientals
that has been bred in the Californian
by bitter experience.
The secretary, speaking for the
president, made the point that Cali
fornia, II she must pass land legisla.
ton OF this character at this time.
should so far conform to diplomatic
language as not to include the words,
Ineligible to citizenship" This the
president considered was equivalent
to actually naming the Japanese ana
Chinese in the bill. This point does
not appeal to the Califofnlans at all.
They demand that the situation crea-
ted by Japanese attempts at setting
up exclusive colonies be dealt with
specifically.
The problem evidently is out OF the
hands of the national administration.
It's weak efforts have resulted In It's
being snubbed by single state, which
knows what it wants, and what it has
the power to do.
Secretary Bryan's mission is thus "a
failure, so far as coercing or cajoling
California is concerned. Other nations
would have had more respect for us
if it had not been undertaken, for It
has brought into the limelight a fea
ture OF the federal system which thew
do not understand and which seems
TO them a weakness. We cannot ex.
plain TO them how state can come
near upsetting treaty and how the
government may yet be powerless TO
do anything but advise. Our system
is doubtless good one for ourselves,
but il is puzzler for foreigners.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-05

Great Britain, or rather the British
Empire. owns the largest share Of the
earth. The figures are as follows:
British Empire, In square miles, H.
371,00o; Russia, s,66o,00o; Chinese
Empire, 4,24s.000: United States ICON
tinentaD, 100000; Brazil. 100000.
These five nations own two-thirds of
the world. 1t must be remembered
that to the area of the United States
as much as 100000 squqare miles must
be added to take in the newly acquir-
ed possessions. In wealth the United
States is far in advance of any other
nation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-05
Disappearing Party Lines.

Marengo Republican: When We
come to elect a legislature a wear
from next fall our prediction is that
party lines will be lost sight of more
than ever before. No Republican can
be held in line on the plea that Cum-
MINIS is to be reelected by the leg.
lsiature and no Democrat can be held
IN line on the plea that the Democratic
nominee is to be elected by the legis-
lature, for it will not matter a fig
whether the legislature is Republican
OF Democrat now SO far as the cleo
ton OF senator is concerned, for the
people will elect the senator here
after. When we come to think of II
We VIII be choosing member of the
general assembly now for other reas-
ons. OF course those OF us who have
always been Republicans will much
Trefer voting and assisting a Repub.
lican into the Office, and vice versa.
out other questions are going to cut
q bigger figure than ever before. For
instance the question as to ability and
character will much influence many
Then many will be Influenced as to
whether the candidate is for or
against the five mile limit. law
for If the liquor men get the next
legislature the act passed this session.
which is to take effect after the ter
of the present petition of
consent which runs two years vet.
VIII be repealed. Then others will be
voting for or against a man because
be is for or against woman suffrage
for it will be up again next time. or
because he is for or against tax re.
form, or permanent road building. or
many other importast questions that
Will be coming up. We are entering
new era marked by more political
independence than for the last fjfty
or seventy-five years. The nonpart-
san Judiciary act marks that fact as
we'll as the primary election laws and
many other apparent things in politics
Perhaps It will be just as well. It is
here, anyway.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-05
0 $4,000, and finally in 1918 to s2o,.

to $4,000, and finally in 1913 to s2O,.
900.
The State Historical society Of Iowa
is an institution devoted to research
and publication, and in this respect
it is not excelled by any similar In
stitution in the United States. 1t pub
fishes a quarterly periodical. known
as THE Iowa Journal of History and
Politics" Besides that 1t issues every
year three or four substantial vol
umes containing biographies of Iowa
men, monographs on various phases
of the political, social and economic
history of Iowa, and other miscella-
neous historical material, such, for
instance, as the history of the Hol-
landers in Iowa. and the history of
the Amana community. These pubrr
cations are distributed to the public
libraries and to the members of the
society, who now number more than
five hundred persons scattered all
over the state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-05
Mr.. Rryce's Departure.

New York Evening Post: Mr..
Bryce's farewell to America which
all Americans hope will not be final
cannot but leave us all with height
sened admiration of the man and RS
newed thanks to him for all that .le
has done for this country. Through
out the six years that he has been
ambassador, he has displayed friend.
liness and q tact without a flaw While
Loyalty serving his own government.
he has been on the best terms with
ours: and has rightly interpreted his
chief mission as being that of repre-
senting one people to the other The
keen interest which he has continued
to take in all that makes for our ma
tional progress, and the helpfulness
and reasoned optimism which have
marked many of his addresses on our
public affairs-as they marked his
speech at the Pilgrims dinner In his
honor last night-have placed US re-
peatedly in his debt People have
listened to him gladly all over the
country because they have believed
him entirely sincere and eminently
sagacious. No foreign country ever
sent to us a more intelligent observ-
er. His official dispatches, during
the period Of his being at the British
embassy at Washington. must OF
course long remain guarded In the ar
chives; but when they finally come to
be open to historians, they viii surely
find them as instructive and perhaps
as racy as those of the Venetian am
bassadors. In voluntarily retiring.
Mr.. Bryce lays down an Office which,
as far as the wishes OF Americans are
concerned, he might have continued TO
fill as long as he lives. Departing, he
must be conscious of being borne.
away on a mighty volume of gratitude
and god-speeds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-05
barrel of Portland cement wi

A barrel Of Portland cement will
consume about $50 pounds OF lime
stone and 100 pounds OF clay or shale
A plant making 1000 barrels day
will therefore use, in the course Of
an ordinary year, about $4,000 tons of
limestone and $4,000 tons OF clay or
shale. Assuming average density for
these materials, a 1,0o0-parrel plant
will use up almost 1000 900 cubic feet
of limestone a year, together with
250,0o0 cubic feet OF shale. AS the
investment in plant is heavy, 1t would
be folly to locate cement plant, un-
der ordinary circumstances, at a point
where less than 20 years supply OF
raw materials is in sight. A thous.
and-barrel plant, therefore, should
have 20,oo0.oo0 cubic feet Of lime
stone and 100000 cubic feet of CLAW
or shale on its properties.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-05
THE IOWA PIE.

y j.
President Wilson is not an Ole
hand at the game of politics, but 1t is
not impossible that he may handle
the delicate question of Iowa patron
age without giving either the origina
Wilson men or the original Clark mer
legitimate excuse for loud complaint
says the Sioux City Journal.
The original Wilson men scored
early with the appointment of Jerry
Sullivan to fine berth in the federal
customs service. Then came the ap
pointment OF Judge Van Wagenen to
the northern district attorneyship
without waiting for an Endorsement
by the organization. Now comes the
appointment of Louis Murphy (origin-
al WILSON, to the revenue collector
ship of the northern district, with the
belated Endorsement of the organiza-
ton. But simultaneously with the
Murphy appointment the organization
scores with fat batch of postoffice
appointments. The otter Iowa feder-
al appointments are still on the
knees of the gods. There is vague
understanding that the president re-
serves the right to make appoint
ments in the department of Justice
without advice from the organization.
The president might exercise this right
regardless of the organization recon-
mendations for attorney in the south
ern district as well as for marshals
Even so. it might he argued in behalf
of the administration that no invidi-
Gus discrimination was intended. So
long as it was left In charge of the
postoffices and the federal appoint
ments outside of the department Of
Justice it could hardly be claimed the
was being ignored in
the interest OF the ,rigfnai Wilson
men.
An interesting point remaining to
be determined with reference to the
Iowa federal appointment slate re-
lates to whether the president is to
give the republican senators the privi-
lege OF virtually vetoing the recon-
OF the democratic state
If the organization
should find It's effort for party inter
est reversed by veto power not at
all committed to democratic interest,
that development might be found to
contain more dynamite than the clash
ing between the original Wilson and
1riginai Clark men
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-05

In fascinating way Mr.. Bancroft
in "Retrospection" tells the story of
our acquisition of the Panama canal
zone: how Nicaragua and Colombia,
each in turn. backed out of their
agreement and demanded more; how
the state of Panama then declard in
dependence Of Colombia, and granted
the United States the right of way for
an inter-oceanic canal, 30 long desir-
ed by all the world. And now Colon.
bia wants pay for Panama. most
absurd claim, and just Ike Spanish
Americans to make it, and yet not SO
absurd but that Americans can be
found who would give 1t considera-
tion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-05
AROUND THE CORNER.


Just around the corner this is music
soft and sweet:
The sunbeams on holiday go dane.
ing down the street
y You see path where blossoms bend
to greet you on your way
Through the misty lanes Of April to
the splendors of the May.
Though the sullen shadows Iinger you
can sing little song
While you're trudging on your jour
ney which will not be very long
Just around the corner skies are
smiling warm and blue
The corner OF Contentment street and
Lazy avenue.
There the butterflies are neighbors
and the honeybees are friends
And the wind is signing comfort
where the weeping willow
bends.
sThe clumsy tortoise plods along, not
cares where he may roam,
And when he's scarced or weary
1 shuts his shell and calls 1t home.
The grasses wave in pillows like the
flowers of the sea,
And the birds are busy nesting way
up yonder In the tree:
They are just around the corner,
'mongst the perfumes and the
dew,
The corner of Contentment street and
Lazy avenue.
Washington Star.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-05
Back Yard ! DIsease Germ Breeder.

Back Yard Disease Germ Breeder.
Dubuque Times journal: The Sioux
City Journal is using effective means
to bring to public attention the care
lessness of many people who allow
their back yards and other portions
of their property to become eyesores
to passersby, as well as menacing to
the public health. The Journal sent
Its staff photographer out and he took
photographs of many back yards
Cuts OF these were printed and the
addresses given. The photographs
showed that the back yards OF many
pretentious homes were wofeully me-
elected. We have not heard OF the
results OF this campaign, but it is
safe to assume that the owners lost
no time in Transforming their back
yards. It Is astonishing how careless
many people are in this respect.
Such state OF affairs might be ex-
pected In cities where many people
are forced to livesin squalor, but that
the family which occupies a preten-
tious home should use the back yard
for dumping ground which is sure
to breed disease Is beyond explana-
ton. Many Iowa cities have had or
are having cleanup" days. The idea
is good. but the results are oft disal.
pointing. Many who are the loudest
in advocating more sanitary streets,
alleys, ETC., are themselves the most
careless. We cannot expect to get re-
lief by spasmodic cleaning move
ments. The people must be educated.
Their civic pride must be touched.
Even more; they must be informed
in what direction their duty lies.
School children should be taught to
assist in making their city more SAM
tary and more beautiful. City off,
Gals should be given to understand
that we have laws on this subject
which should be enforced.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-05

iting relatives in this vicinity for the
past two months, departed Wednes-
day for her home at Sherlock, Iowa.
Jas. a, Thompson returned Wedne>
day from a trip to Little York, Ill
Ed Walker of Iowa, visited at the
Q. w. Huston home Thursday.
Miss Bernice Talbot, graduate OF
the musical department. of Carthage
college, will give piano recital
Thursday evening at the Trinity LII.
theran church. Miss Joy Walker, vo-
calist, will assist Miss Bernice.
: Fired Stockton of this city and
Miss Ollie Corder OF Keokuk were
married in Quincy. last Saturday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-05
GROWING IOWA INSTITUTION

At Iowa City there is a state insti-
tuition that during recen, years has
been steadily growing in prominence
and usefulness. This institution is
the State Historical society Of Iowa
1t was established by law in the year
1857 and at the same time the sum
of two hundred and fifty dollars was
appropriated for carrying on the
works of the institution This sum
was Increased to $500 in 1860. Twenty
years later it was fixed at $1,000 IN
1902 the permanent annual support Of
the society was raised to $500. m
1904 it was placed at $500 In 1907
- was increased to $4,000, in 1911