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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-08
UNeRTRNsIVE HERoIsM

Everyone In the commercial room,
with one exception, had been holding
forth on his own personal bravery
and presence Of mind. Everybody,
with the same exception, had re-
counted at least one hair-rising cpl
sode in which he figured as the en-
bodiment Of cool courage.
At last the silent exception was
asked if he had never had cause to
exert his present of mind.
"Only once" he replied, yawning.
81 had dropped into circus to pass
away a couple of hours. It was a
bright little show, and the perform
ing elephants were particularly won
derful.
Suddenly there was shrek from
the women. The biggest elephant
had savaged his keeper, and was
making straight for the most crowd
ed part of the building where hap
pened to be sitting, by the way. There
was stampede Of frightened people.
The shrieks of women and children
filed the air; strong men tainted, and
pandemonium reigned supreme.
The silent ones listeners gasped.
But am proud to say" continued
that gentleman, that kept my head,
and, in consequence, escaped I'M
hurt"
What on earth did you do?" some
body asked.
81? Oh, just kept on running be-
hind the elephant!"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16
Devil" Trapped
In Umbrella,
Dies j., Greek

As soon as the criminal 10 captured
Chief MeDuffie plans to add to his col
lection of thumbprints one of full
hedged Chinese devil. For the time
being the devil is lost owing TO the
carelessness of the Chinese who cap
tured him. The affair, started as long
ago as last week. Frequent complaints
from Nuuanu Valley anent much carry
ing-on and noise in Chinese estab-
lishment led to police examination.
When Sergeant. Kellett and his men
arrived they found Chinese woman,
who in ordinary medical language would
be said to be having Mysteries. How
ever, the Celestial S more subtle mind
had arrived at other conclusions. She
said she had been possessed of FIVE
devils and by the judieous application
of ii leaves. and tho making of much
noise on the dishpap four of them had
been scared OFT by the tine the police
,rrivod.
Kallett decided he.had no jurisdiction
over devils and left. Yesterday. the
head of the establishment, who is a
vegetable gardener, met Kellett on the
street, all smiles. lie explained that
he had got rid of the devil by the sim
lle c2pedient of opening an umbrella
under tho .Ir.rdow, making one final
chaos Of noise and when the search
lemon had jumped out Of the window
they had snapped the umbrella closed
quick and threw it In the creek.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16
COMMISSION TO ASK
CONGRESS FOR AID

Congress will be asked by She mer,
chants association through Delegate
kalanianaole, whether the national law
makers at this time favor an appropria.
ton for exposition buildings for Ha-
waii, the Philippines. Alaska and Porto
Rico, and will urge that such appropria.
lions be made so that the various eoun.
tries may appropriately house their ex-
hibits ut che Panama Pacific Exposi.
tiOn.
PRESIDENT Swain brought the subject
before the association Yesterday. Ho
said that the legislature of Hawaii had
cut down the amount asked by the Ila.
waiian Fair Commission to n flguro
which left the commission little leeway
for constructing the class of building it
desires to erect. If congress will APP
proprate sufficient money for build.
ing for Hawaii more elaborate exhibit
plan could be devised by the fair COM
mission, he Informed the association.
The promotion committee, according
to Ed Towse, intends asking the asso.
citation and the chamber of commerce to
endorse the committees request for
federal funds for buildings.
1t was stated that the present session
OF congress would consider only tariff
and currency reform and that all mat
tiers under the head of special appropri-
atoms would be deferred until fan. The
association, however, decided to 90 on
record in favor of president Swain IS
suggestion and passed resolution
which will be forwarded to Delegate
Kalanianaole.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16
REPORTS WILL SHOW
HOW! MONEY WAS USED

What was done with the subscrip
tons, amounting to $7ss2, made during
the past twelve months to the Y. NJ. c..
A. will be learned at the annual meet
ing which takes place tonight, when it
will be explained to the subscribers just
what this money produced in the way
of results. .
=. Supper will be served at six o clock
this evening in the Cooke Hall ana, as
soon as the remnants are cleared away,
presentation of reports will begin. Pres
ident r. II. Trent will preside, the pro-
gram being as follows:
The business; character factory.
Paul Super and +. c. Anterior.
The plant; house committee report
G. G. Guild.
Killam, y. W. Lau, c. II. Loomis and
j. a. Urice New lines. DR., w. c..
Hobby and 4. NJ. Cross.
Our customers; present customers,
Ed Towse; future customers, four
short talks; why customers buy, c. r.
Frazier.
What competitors offer. A. A. Eber-
sole.
The company's policies. r. II. Trent.
The program is definitely timed to be
completed by nine clock, short snappy
talks being the order. All who are
planning to attend must notify the Of
flee by noon today.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16
WRITER PREDICTS
SENATE DEADLOCK
Professor Griffiths of Oahu Col
lege Gets Hopeful News From
Tariff Sugar Secretary.

In reply to a letter of inquiry from
here under date of April |, Wilbur f..
Wakeman, treasurer and general secre-
tary of the American Protective Tariff
League, writes to Professor Griiliths OF
Oahu College stating, under date Of
To-day, the United States senate is
practically mt tie on the tariff question
but no one can predict accurately what
may be done 't1;fIl'tss E ss'3iiR ist'
This statenienf hears out tile more
hopefuli forecasts contained in the ca
bles and wireless reports OF the past
few days. The huge volume of cor.
respondenee that has been coming back
here in reply to letters sent on the
tariff subject to business. men has been
mostly rather gloomy, but the fact that
a man so thoroughly in touch as Mr..
Wakeman should say nearly three
weeks ago that the senate was "prac-
ticaHy a tie'' indicates more progress
in the fight than was generally hoped
for.
Professor Griiliths' letter to. Mr..
Wakeman was a. result of request
made at a public meeting Of the Sugar
Protection Committee in March, that
the professor take up the matter of
sugar tariff with the American Protec
tive Tariff League, and try to secure
a pool of the members, of congress if
possible from the league, which is a
great national organization, thoroughly
in touch all the time with all legislas
ton affecting the tariff,
81 think the representation of your
people will be very effective before the
finance committee" says the letter to
Professor Griiliths. This agrees with
ex-Govrnor Carter's last letter stating
that it would be well for the people of
Hawaii TO keep up their campaign of
protest and argument against free su-
gar. sd
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16
TRADING STAMPS
IRE DENOUNCED
Merchants Association Begins In
vestigation Tending to End
So-called Evil.

The "green-eyed monster Of com.
mercialsm invaded the meeting of the
merchants association Yesterday after.
noon. IF, after legal advice is secured
and found favorable, action may be
taken TO rid the community of the
"beast." The association dealt again
with the "green stamps nuisance, the
question being brought up by w. VI.
MeInerny. He said it might seem a
trifling thing to many people and yet
to him it was microbe which had
crept into the community and was be-
coming not only nuisance but source
of alarm. He believed if there was a
movement to nip the evil in its in
fancy, Honolulu would be better OF, he
said.
The small Oriental merchant is doing
much in the ''green stamps business,
it is said. The merchants are almost
compelled to buy green stamps to give
their cash patrons as matter of pro
lection to their business, simply be-
cause other merchants carried them, was
the claim.
1t was said that in Spokane the only
way in which the stamp system could
be curtailed was by the passage of an
ordinance which ran the license Zee up
to $4,000 At this figure the green stamps
men acknowledged themselves beaten.
Mr.. Mclnerny said this was sufficient
evidence that the green stamps men
made money, while the merchants lost
and the housewives, who were deluded
into purchasing goods only from green
stamps stores, really paid more than
usual.
Mr.. McInerny cited the case of
Portuguese storekeeper in the Punch
bowl district who said he was really
n financial sufferer because of the green
stamps craze.
1t was stated that the Chinese Mer-
chants Association had asked the mer-
chants association to help them in
their fight against the green stamps
business.
Ed Towse said that bill presented
to the legislature at the late session to
kill the green stamps business, failed.
Another member of the association
stated that there appeared to be law
on the statute books, which if enforced,
would not only tcurtall. green stamps
business, but kill it. The Legislature
committee was on motion, authorized
to investigate the matter, employ coun-
sci if necessary to ascertain whether
test ease could be favorably conducted
under the present law. iir ~
1t was ALSO stated that the green
stamps men use women as, 'cappers"
to go around to stores of Chinese which
have no stamps, purchase goods and
then demand stamps. On receiving
none, they state they do not want the
goods and will purchase elsewhere. The
merchant, in desperation, then lays in
a stock Of stamps. H'.l.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16
PLEADS GUILTY To
M|STREAT|NG WARD
Chinese Woman Admits Mistreat-
ing Child Left in Her Care;
Released on Probation. ,a,

A., J, IN loo, ----1
MIS- An sun pleaded guilty before
Judge Robinson iBrthe circuit court
yesterday, through her attorney, Leon
M. Strauss of having cruelty beaten
Hung Wah, a male ward. On motion
of Second Deputy City ATTORNEY A. NJ.
Brown, sentence was suspended for thir.
teen months, during which time All Sun
will be on probation. The case was
appealed to the circuit court from Il
decision rendered by the district court.
An extension of time until MAY 81
in which to file their bill of exceptions
was yesterday allowed the Riverside
Portland Cement Company nv an ngroe.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16
RECEPTION IN HONOR
OF Miss REsTAR|CK

In honor of Miss Margaret Restarick,
fiance of Reypold McGrew, reception
was given yesterday afternoon from
three TO seven O'Clock by Mrs. Charles
Bryant Cooper, at the old McGrew man
sion, Lunalilo and Hackfeld streets.
Honolulu and army, navy and marine
corps society was well represented, the
home being thronged by hundreds of
handsomely gowned women who braved
the inclcmcnt weather.
Miss Restarick, who is the daughter
of Bishop and Mrs. Henry Bond Res
tarick, was gowned in a pretty white
frock, Mrs. Cooper wearing hand
some gown of white charmeuse with a
white chantilly lace overthess.
Mrs. Cooper was assisted in .receiv.
ing by Mrs Restarick, Mrs. A. A..
Young, Mrs. A. Berg and Mrs. J. Wal
ter Jones. Mrs. Herman Focke poured
coffee and served punch.
The drawing room was decorated in
pink La France roses, white calla lilies
being used in the reception rooms.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16
ACCUSED WOMAN
REMAINS SILENT
Margaret Byles, Accused by Gov
eminent, Will Be Taken to
Coast on the Sonoma.

Making no effort to fight oxtraditiOn
and maintaining a strict secrecy, Miss
Margaret Byles, who was apprehended
in this city last Monday on charge
of having embezzled $971.56 from the
funds of the postonice at Benny Doom,
California, will leave on the Sonoma
today to answer to the federal authori-
ties in San Francisco. Yesterday Mar.
shall Hendry gave final iniunctions to
his office and has made every prepara.
ton to depart with the woman aud a
woman deputy on the Sonoma to hand
Miss Byles over to United States Dis
trict Attorney James McNab of San
Francisco.
"My duty will end once have put
Miss Byles into the custody of the fed
eral authorities in San Francisco said
Hendry Yesterday Miss Byles is still
steadfast in her silence and / have no
more grasp of the case against her than
when | received cable warrant from
MeNab last Saturday. Miss Bylcs has
made no attempt to fight the extrddi-
ton and seems willing to 90 to Cali
forna to learn the nature of the evil
dencc against her. She nor her friend.
have been able to furnish the $500
bond fixed by the commissioner aud she
has been in my custody since Monday
Miss Byles recently RESIGNED her po-
sitlon AS postmaster of Benny Doom,
California, to take, as she stated, an
extended vacation. While the alleged
dofacGtion in her accounts is supposed
to have occurred January IL o6Hbhis
year, no knowledge of it was learned
until after the woman had departed for
Honolulu. She was apprehended in this
city by the United States marshal last
Monday Mt the home of friends in Bere
tania street, where she was being en-.
tertained as guest.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16
FIVE-PASSENGER AUTO
FOR MODEST ROAD CLERK

Mail Special to The Advertiser.)
HlLO, May l2.-The county again
possesses an automobile, or rather the
district of South Hilo does, for the 9th
err supervisors Jisclaim any knowledge
of the matter. The purchase of the
machine, a fvepassenger Ford, was
conducted with the most extreme mo-
desty, for not word was breathed
about it at the meeting of the board,
and it was bought with the same charm.
ing lack of show which attends the pur-
chase of a keg of nails. 1t has been
provided to furnish transportation for
the road clerk,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16
JUST IN TIME
Some Honolulu People May Wait Till
It's Too Late.

Some Honolulu People May Wait Till
It's Too Late.
Don't wait until too late.
Be sure to be in time.
Just in time with kidney ills.
Means curing the back
Before backache becomes chronic;
Before serious urinary troubles set
in.
Doan s Backache Kidney Pills are
what you need.
Here is testimony to prove their
merit.
A. j. Adams, 242 Rose St., Roseburg,
Oregon, says: "My back ached for
hours at time and when the trouble
had in some degree abated, felt drow
sy and miserable. For weeks | could
not work and if stopped, sharp
symptoms of kidney complaint made
their appearance and my condition be
came serious. My limbs and muscles
ached, my sight was poor and dizzy
spells annoyed me. Often / had to
catch hold of something to keep from
falling. Finally | tried Doan IS Back.
ache Kidney Pills and after taking the
contents of three boxes | felt like a
different person. slept better, could
attend to my work and was improved
in every way"
Doan's Baekaehe Kidney Pills are
sold by ali druggists and storekeepers
at 80 cents per box (six boxes So, SOY
or will be mailed on receipt of price
by the HOLSTER Drug Co., Honolulu.
Wholesale agents for the Hawaiian Isl
ands.
Remember the name, Doan IS and take
no substitute.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16
HANDSOME SUM FOR
! CH|LDREN'S HOSPITAL

Turning over to Treasurer w. O.
Smith Of the TKauikeoluni Children S
Hospital the sum of S2l56.30, Mrs. f..
W. Macfarlane, chairman of the fair
committee that recently arranged an
elaborate fete in benefit of the hospital,
closed the books of q successful under
taking. The sum was the balance of Il
total figure from which had been de.
Quoted the $500 expenses of preparing
the fete.
The Sunbeam Sunday School class also
contributed $l450.GO and the Honoka.
wal school, Lahaina, Maui, the sum Of
$500, bringing the total received by
the hospital up to $3Gl5.l0.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16
REASON FOR DARKNESS.

salvation Army officers, IN response
to an appeal from a child, visited n
Baltimore tenement in which a little
girl was acting as the mother of three
children younger than herself The of.
icers noted that the windows were
closed and asked the little girl why she
did not let in the sunshine. "Well,
You see, - she replied, "the children
want ia 90 out TO play and they have
no shoes. So if the room IL dark they
think II is night aud do not ask to
90 out. -
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16
AMERICAN FOOD AT
CHINESE RECEPTION

Six auto truckloads of supplies were
required to handle the refreshments
which were served at the reception
given by Consul Chen Ching lIo, rep
reSentatiye Of the Chinese Republic in
IonoiuIu. where American and Euro
pean foods aud beverages were given
preference over Oriental dishes. The
Sweet shop caterers had charge of the
menu.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16
POI FACTORY
TO OPEN At HILO

(Mail Speeial TO Tho Advertiser.)
HlLo, May i2.--John Baker return.
Ell last Sunday from Honolulu where
he Interested number of prominent
people in the new cooperative poi manu-
featuring plant which lie is starting.
Among. those who took. shares were
MIS- roster, Mark Robinson, Cecil
Brown and r. W. shihgle.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16
LITTLE DAMAGE is
CAUSED BY EXPLOSION

Powder that had in some unknown
manner fallen on the o. r. & l.. track
in the company's yards near its wharf,
exploded under sugar ear Tuesday
night, doing no damage except slight
spreading OF. the rail and chipping the
flange of the wheel. Police investiga-
ton yesterday revealed nothing except
possible carclessneSs or thicvery on the
part of some workmen unloading the
liilonian s powerder cargo.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16
RECENT ORDER
PLEASES BANKS
Cashier Tenny Peck of the First
National Comments on Secre-
tary McAdoo's New Plan.

"Secretary of Treasury McAdoo Is
ruling charging interest at two per cent
annually on government deposits in ma
tional banks, is no drastic departure, -
said l.. Tcnney Peck, cashier of the
First National Bank of Hawaii yester.
day. at is only the enlargement in
scope of plan that has been in oper-
alton on government inactive deposits
since 1905.
In the ease Of these special deposits,
such as the S2,O00,00O Red Cross funds,
interest Mt two per cent has been
charged and sometimes more. On the
United States bonds, which we have
bought from the government as security
ON the funds they have placed with us,
We are paid an interest of two per
cent per annum from the federal treas
ury. McAdoo Is announcement that we
must pay back to the government n
similar interest on treasury money we
use, will then work out AS wash. >
IL will mean simply that we pay the
government two per cent for the use
of the treasury funds, while they pay
us two per cent interest on the amount
of our bonds.
Local Bank Satisfied.
"Of course, the total sum of our
bonds does not cover the amount of
fullic money the government places in
our tret, so AZ last rate the federal
treasury will be the gamer by some
Thousands of dollars from us alone
From all national banks it will amount
altogether to something over n million
dollars per year. The bill will 20 into
effect June and | do not believe that
we have any logical grounds for kick
coming.'
Mr.. Peek s words are corroborated
by the fact that in 1908. under author.
ity of the Nreeland- Aldrich act. the
government began to exact interest on
its deposits held by the national banks.
Interest at the rate of one per cent
annually was charged ON special depo-
sits. On April is, 1912, the rate of
interest was made two per cent on
deposits made in national banks in the
District Of Columbia On April 90
Of the same Years notice was given by
former Secretary Franklin MacVeagh
that beginning July /, 1912, the rate
would be two per cent on all 'finac.
tive accounts, and this rate, in the
matter of the special deposits, has since
held good. luuf a't Ia.
Ruling Covers Active Accounts.
The new ruling OF McAdoo covers
active accounts of the treasury MS well
as the inactive, The interest is to be
paid the government on average month.
~ balances to be credited twice an
nuolly, on January | aud July ! of
each year. The new policy will become
effective june ], 1913.
Secretary McAdoo has also authorized
the transfer from the trcasury to these
national bank depositaries in different
parts of the country of an additional
SlO,00O,OO0 of public money, on which
the same rate of interest will apply ON
the basis of deposits aggregating Sj2,-
dI9,96l, which the banks will have on
deposit when they receive the add
tional $l0,OO0,0O0 of funds, Secretary
McAdoo & plan viii net the government
in interest, payable annually on that
amount, exactly $l,052, 9992S.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16

X \:
* (Mail Special to The Advertiser.) \;
r IllLu, May l2.-County Attor- \:
u ney Beers went TO Puma yesterday \;
4 to give advise in the ease which is \;
* agitating the most select circles 4:
X of kapoho, whore a Hawaiian has Il;
- had another Hawaiian arrested \;
y for larceny in the second degree. X
\ The plaintiff had n jenny, which X
i departed for celestial pastures. She 4;
y lett an infant donkey to mourn i;
X her loss. X
\ The defendant has in his pos X
X session such an infant, which the X
4 plaintiff claims is the issue of his X
X late lamentcd jenny The defen- X
y dant claims for il "a different fam \;
y ily tree. Beers advised the police X
:" that they We're as well qualified as X
y was he to prosecute in cases in \;
x Nolving EXPERIENCES in asnine 4;
3 geneology. X
n \:
* 4 i * !: i !: 1. x * 4: * X X X 4;
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16
CONFESSED MURDERERS
HAVE RECORD IN H|LO

(Mail Special to The Advcrtiser)
HlLo, May l2.-Deputy Sheriff Mar
tin states that out of the four Filpinos
who were arrested in Honolulu the 9th,
err day for the most atroclous murder
of Chinese family, two are well known
lllo men.
One of these was arrested in IIilo
for gambling few weeks ago, but
was found not guilty.
Martin advised this man, whose name
is Miguel, to get out of town. He
went TO Honokaa, whore he picked up
his friend, 'elcstino. and the two went
to Honolulu, whore they became impli-
Gated in the crime referred to.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16

Mrs. Madeline Dowsett Lucas of Oak
land, niece of John II. Jones of the
Mclnerny Shoe Company, is visiting
the Islands for the first time in u
dozen years. She will make an ex-
tended visit with DIR. and Mrs. j. II.
Raymond of the Uhpalakua Ranch on
Maui.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16
TENYo MARU DUE THURSDAY

The steamship Tenyo Mnru win ar,
rive at Honolulu from San Francisco
Thursday morning, May %, instead Of
Friday morning, May 90, which is in
accordance with the company's SEIZED.
ule.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16

Pretty combinations of pleatel chif.
fon aud Gordered taIfeta are being dis
played as the new summer fabrics.