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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-29
CoNQUERING THE FLOODS

Science, conqueror of many Ills has been
called upon to conquer the floods that have
racked Ohio, Indiana and several other states
recently.
The most substantial suggestion for prevent
ing a repetition of the immensely costly and de-
structive floods is that of national board of
public works, with cabinet officer at its head.
The national drainage congress, which met two,
weeks ago in ST. Louis, threw aside all of it's pre-
viOus plans of discussion to deal with the prob
lem of floods suddenly made vital and pressing,
and the suggestion for the public works depart
ment was the result. Ex-Gov. David r. Francis
and Col George w. Cocktails, the canal builder,
have each been mentioned as possible heads of
the department in the Wilson cabinet. Such a.
portfolios of course, would have to be created by
act of congress. ..s.~
Engineers have estimated that the Mississippi
river could be deepened and widened and it's wa
tiers otherwise controlled so as to be safe from
floods at an expense of $60,000,000. Property
worth two or three times that amount was de-
stroyed in the recent disaster, to say nothing of
the lives lost Experts agree almost unanimous
ly that several of the large valley waterways
should be deepened and the dykes strengthened,
but the work is beyond any state and there is NO
national provision for it. The haphazard pork
barrel scheme of river and harbor legislation
furnishes no method of permanent relief, for it
is political, not scientific. Nor is the federal
governments regular engineering work of broad
enough scope to handle such a comprehensive
improvement scheme. Not until the task is put
on a sound footing effective preventive work
be planned and carried through.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-29
EDITOR

words being picked up easily en- route at all the
Intermediary offices mentioned. :.
'"The man who is responsible for this tri-
umph," says the Montreal Witness in reporting
the event, sis John Colt, chief electrician of the
Commercial Cable Company since it's organiza-
ton in 1874, and the rights to the invention have
been acquired by the Commercial Cable Com
pany which has taken out patents all over the
world, This invention surpasses anything that
has been added to the submarine cables since Sir
William Thompson lord KELVIN and Crom
we'll Marley first made the practical operation of
lOng-distance submarine cables possible fifty
five years ago" s
1t is stated that even the great Edison failed
in an attempt to apply the land-wire system to
the cable. Some years ago he took automatic
Morse arrangement to England and in the course
of his experiments tried to send the dot and dash
code through cable about 1000 miles long,
coied in a tank. When he signalled dot it
came out On the tape at the far end in a mark
twenty-eight feet long. Mr.. Edison laughingly
confessed his failure saying, 81 thought that dot
was never going to end"
!. As the Commercial Pacific cable is a member
of the Mackay system along with the parent
Commercial owning this new invention, the
probability appears strong that Honolulu will
before long he in position to be thrown into
direct wire communication with Washington, as
well as the great commercial centers of the
mainland. What this would mean in great
emergencies is something whose Importance can
only be imagined. Think of the commander of
the land forces here, or the admiral of the Pa
eff, fIaot herU in CONVERSE tiOnal torTcl Inv wire
without the delays of relaying messages, with
the supreme military and naval authority at the
capital. ~.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-29
APRIL %, 1913
All hare seen teaches me to trust the Gre
dtor for all hare not sccn.-Emcrson.
GOOD men At THE HELM

General satisfaction will I've felt with the
makeup Ct the public utilities commission as it
is proposed And particular satisfaction will be
felt that Secretary Of the Territory MOtt-Srnith
has been chosen by Governor Frear to head The
commission.
This paper has had gratifying occasion sew
eral times in the past few months to call atten-
tiOn to Mr.. Mott-Smith's achievements in prog
ress work in this territory. The latest comment
of this kind, if memory serves correctly, was
called forth by MOtt-SmitEs announcement of
his intention TO retire from public office That,
at the solicitation of the governor and at the
dictates of his own strong public spirit, he has
reconsidered his determination, is distinctly to
the gain of the territory. He has been called
upon in several instances to take hold Of and or
ganize public departments and each time has
made good. a good MANY years ago he took off
his coat and SAILED into" public work with an
energy and exuberance of spirit that brooked no
Thought of defeat. And his strenuous efforts
have kept his coat off ever since.
j. n. S. Williams is practical railroad man,
who recently gave up an important position be-
cause he felt that he had earned for himself a
vacation and the right to get away from the har-
ness for awhile He is independent of means
and of character.
A. ]. Gignoux is type of rising and pro
gressive young businessman, a former president
of the Merchants Association and fairly fitted
to speak for Hawaii's diversified business inter
ests. Every one of these men has essentially the
Viewpoint of the average citizen, and that's a
good deal. incidentally, Mr.. Gignoux leavens
the commission with a Democratic flavor.
The first two years of the new utilities com
mission Will be trying They viii be largely ex.
perimental But the membership of this import
ant body should largely determine its ultimate
success, and the makeup as is now proposed
will, we believe, meet very general favor.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-29
CLIFFORD CONCERT
PROGRAM READY

In preparing the program for the
violin recital he will give at the Young
Hotel on May 9Th. John Clifford, the
young violinist who has made name
for himself both in California and in
this city, chose the most popular Sc
lections for that instrument and ones
that are familiar to lovers of violin
music. One of them, played by the
majority of violinists, is The Air for
the G String" by Bach. Another mel
ody, one that is familiar to all musici-
ans is the Hungarian Rhapsody" by
Hauser. The program also includes
Veraccini's Minuette. Sinding's "Vog-
lein in Hahn" and Reis's "Adagio" and
"Gondoliera"
Mrs. G. X. Tackabury, well known
here. will sing an aria from La
Refine De Saba" by Gounod, 10!
It's the Hour" by Frederick Logan
and Godard's "Berceause" (Jocelynl.
Mrs. L. Tenney Peck will be at the
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-29
REVOLUTION IN CABLING METHOD

While steady advancement has been made
in wireless telegraphy, the march of invention
has not halted with regard to metallic circuit
telegraphy. just two weeks ago on Sunday last
revolutionary achievement was accomplished
in submarine and land telegraphy in conjunc-
ton Up to that time cable messages we're trans
mitted by different method from that of land
telegraphing Instead of the Morse code being
licked off on a sounder, which the operator read
by ear and which was recorded on the tape in
disconnected dots and dashes the message was
traced in a wavy line by a siphon pen on the
tape, the j0gs in the line being translated into
dots and dashes by the receiving operator. The
marking is like that seen in the instrument re-
cording the temperature in the weather bureau s
kiosk on Hotel street This is the system that
was in vogue when Honolulu first had cable
communication, and is the system employed in
all cables today 1t is an Improvement on the
original method of reading the messages in
flashes of light upon a mirror in a dark cham
ber. .."..
The achievement above mentioned will prob
ably lead to a complete change in the mode of
submarine telegraphy, bringing it into direct
conjunction with land telegraphs On Sunday,
Apfll ID, cDte HlCSS1Se was IfdIlSlnllleu uiEeCt
from London to Montreal, where it was taken off
the Morse soundcr by the receiving operator. 1t
had to be transmitted by land line from London
to the cable station en- the coast of England,
thence by cable to CansO, n. s., and from thence
10 the G. p Il. office in Montreal over about 900
miles of land wire The land lines on either end
we're linked up with the cable and the message
was sent through on one electric circuit, so per
fectly as 70 draw from the assistant general
manager Of the c. z. Il. telegraphs the remark
aWhv. Ris as firm and strong as though the
man sending the message were only the other
side46f the road
This was not all. After the new invention
5od heen tested thus far, Toronto, several hun
drad miles farther west, was added to the circuit
4bpn Victoria, b. c. and finally the Pacific cable
station at BamfieId on the far side of Vancouver
island, London talking clear through and MS
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-29
LETTERS ON TIMELY TOPICS

1.-THE Star-Bulletin invites free and
frank discussion in this column on ali
legitimate subjects of current interest
Communications are constantly receiv-
ed to which no signature is attached
This paper will treat as confidential
signatures to letters if the writers so
desire, but cannot give space to
anonymous Communications
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-29

Once more the wife Of General Dem
lei f. Sickles. with whom he refuses
to become reconciled has made an
agreement with the bank officials
whereby the foreclosure sale Of his
Fifth avenue home has been post
poned.
The prelates who will administer ex-
treme JUNCTION to the Pope in case he
can not rally from his critical condl-
ton are in readiness at the Vatican
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-29
piano and win share honors with Git.

piano and will share honors with Gif-
ford and Mrs. Tackabury
Although 1t has not been decided
as yet there have been many re.
quests made that Clifford shall play
Beethoven's Minuet as an encore.
When he rendered this selection In q
concert here some time ago he re-
ceived the praise of many local mu-
sicians. Seats for the recital are on
sale at the Hawaiian promotion COM
mittee rooms In the Young building.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-29
DON'T KILL THE FAIR BILL
Continued from page one)

been asked by either side. Members of the house
who insist tying up the fair appropriation
bill in this manner are putting themselves in
position unfortunate for the entire territory,
sincere though the dissenters may be. We don't
want meddlesome legislation. We cannot afford
to have it. We need Californias friendly assist
ance and cordial cooperation, now never be-
fore. This territory stands to gain millions of
dollars i'm tourist trade and traffic from an ade-
quate exhibit at San Francisco in 1916. 1t
would be business folly now to tie up the fair
appropriation what the California legislature
may or may not do. There is no connection, so
far as Hawaii is concerned, between the exposi-
ton and alien land legislation. These two prop
Ostions, so far as Hawaii is concerned should
be emphatically and finally divorced.
And is the legislature, are these few house
members, to force the Hawaii fair commission
in the embarrassing and untenabe position it
will be forced into by the killing of the fair bill?
The commission has gone about it's work.
faithfully and we'll 1t has labored for nearly
two years, with the assurance that funds would
be provided at the session of the legislature. It
has pledged it's faith with the exposition officials
of California; it has pledged the faith of the
territory to make an exhibit in 1915 The legis-
lature cannot in justice cut off the -appropria-
ton and Ieave the commission dangling in the
air. Such course would be worse than absurd
it would be insulting.
And from the standpoint of California's expo
sition management?
The Panama Pacific fair officials have as
signed site for Hawaii's building Hawaii had
first choice Hawaii has been treated with every
courtesy, and the exposition has justifiably adj
vertised Hawaii's participation. For Hawaii to
withdraw now would be ,graceless, inexcusable.
Today businessmen and fair-minded legisla-
tors are laboring to bring about new confer
ence between house and senate and are asking
the house cOnfereeS to recede from their unrea-
sOnable position. ".~."=*
The situation simply is that Hawaii has every
reason to exhibit at San Francisco, that any
medding part in the California alien
land situation is quite uDcaled-fOr and that this
territory cannot afford for it's exposition bill to
be killed. Perhaps before this statement APP
pears the way to agreement will have been
opened. We hope Every fair-minded citizen
must earnestly hope to see house and senate
come together this afternoon or tomorrow and
pass the fair appropriation measure in reason
able practicable form.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-29
BOY SCOUT COUNCIL.

Meeting Tuesday evening. at D.
m. adobe house. Kawaiahao ST..
May 5, 1913. Election Of Officers.
You are urgently requested to at,
tend. @. c.. POTTER.
Secretary.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-29

Miss Nell Grant. granddaughter of
Gen. U. S. Grant, has announced her
engagement to Lieut.. Comdr. William
Piggott Cronan, u. S. n
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-29

The first American submarines, having become
obsolete, are to be used as targets for the navy
The aeroplanes never last long enough to become
obsolete.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-29

Has city beautiful planning come to Il stand
still? The kind of city planning that doesn't
succeed is the kind that gets no further than the
plans.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-29

Because his wife refused to forgive
him after a quarrel, man of Han
ford, Cal, blew out his brains at her
bedside .-.... ~..@ ....
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-29

This is the time of the session when a lot of
the legislators announce their retirement from
public life. The voters reserve their opinion I'M
til election day.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-29

1t is Just possible that Secretary of State Bry-
an has gene to Sacramento to pour oil on the
troubled fEes.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-29

Anyhow, athe active harbor commissioners
will got mGhey for the much needed wharf work
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-04-02
ROAD COMMISSIONERS MEET
State Highway Commissioner Gates
InStructs Them About Changes
in Law

State Highway Commissioner G.
w. Gates met the road commission
ers and selectmen of this county at
Pythian Hall last Thursday to in
struct them regarding the require
ments of the law for the expenditure
of the state highway fund. One thing
that will be insisted upon this year
is more systematic work in the
maintenance of work already done
and Mr.. Gates made it plain that
the law must be observed or the
town would not get any of the
states money. The automobile fund
used for the maintenance of select
ed highways (roads constructed
with state money and other sections
of road selected by the state high
way commissioner has grown very
rapidly. Last year it was 81 700
and this year will be from $4,000
to $4,000.
The conditions on which the town
will be paid money will be an in
spection of the whole length of the
selected highway every two weeks
and the removal of stones and filling
of holes or bad spots during the en-
tire season. If a road commission
er attempts to spend all his money
in one or two months and neglects
the road for the rest of the season
he cannot draw the money.
He must keep the road inspected
and in good repair until snow
comes. OF the $4,000 available
last year only $4,000 was used be-
cause the road commissioners did
not follow instructions, but it is
planned to spend the entire sum
this year. If there is more money
than is needed to keep the road
in good repair it may be used for
resurfacing.
Mr.. Gates also explained that
the cutting of bushes beside the
roads had been taken from the
selectmen and placed in charge of
the road commissioner and it was
up to them to see it was done right.
The state highway commissioner
will make the requirements along
the state roads and the selectmen
along the roads built and maintain
ed by the town. He closed his talk
with a plea that the commissioners
give proper attention to the back
roads of the town and not attempt
to concentrate their work on the
main roads.
D. H. Winslow from the govern
ment Office of public roads, who
spent all his time last year in Ben
nington county supervising the con-
struction of roads there, was then
introduced and presented a series
of lantern slides showing what had
been accomplished in road building
in Vermont and elsewhere. He said
the patrol system had worked very
we'll in Bennington county and all
states are turning to the construc-
ton of gravel roads the same as
Vermont has done because the
stone roads were found too expen-
sive to maintain.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-04-02
Order of Notice Beneficial
MARTHA b. HAZEITON

STATE OF VERMONT, District Of c Caledonia rs.
The Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict aforesaid: To the heirs and all persons
interested in the estate of Martha b. Hazel
ton, late Of Barnet, In said District, deceased,
greeting
Whereas, application hath been made 70
this court in writing, by the Administrator
of the estate of said deceased, pra wing for
license and authority TO sell the whole Of
real estate Of said deceased to witt One acre
Of land more or less, with a dwelling house
and outbuildinRs thereon, situate in Barnet
in the County Of Caledonia and State of Yer
mont, representing to said Court that IL
would be beneficial to the heirs and all per-
sons interested in the estate Of said deceased,
into money.
And bringing into Court the consent and
appreciation in writing, of all the heirs to
said estate residing in this State. and setting
forth the situation of the real estate.
mWhereupon. the said Court appointed and
assigned the 18th day fApril A. d. 1913. at
the Probate Office in st. Johnsbury in said
District. to hear and decide upon said appIi-
cation and petition. and ordered public
notice thereof to be given to all persons In
terested therein by publishing said order,
together with the time and place of hearing,
three weeks successfully in the CALIFORNIAN,
a newspaper which circulates in the neigh
borhood OF those persons interested In said
estate, all of which publications shall be
previous to the day assigned for hearing.
Therefore. you are hereby notified to APP
pear before said Court, at the time and place
assigned, then and there in SAID Court TO
make your objections to the Rranting of such
license, If you see cause.
Given under my hand at St. Johnsbury in
said District, this 25th day of March A. u.
1913.
WALTER P. SMITH. Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-04-02
A Holiday on warships

The most sensible suggestion we
have recently seen regarding the
construction of warships is that of
Winston Churchill, first lord Oh the
admiralty, before the English House
of Commons. He proposes that the
naval nations of the world cease
building warships for a year and
the year 1914 be regarded as a hol-
iday year in warship construction
He makes very true statements in
the following sentences
I'VE see ship types of every naval
power superseding those of the pre-
vious year with remorseless persist
ence. Scores of millions are being
absolutely squandered without any
result, and the pace and scale of
everything is increasing without
any real gain to the relative posi-
ton of any of the competing pow
ers. We are in the position of half
a dozen manufacturers who are
each year scrapping and renewing
their plants without adding either
to the volume or the profits of their
business. Can anything be more
stupid or wasteful?"
No other branch of the govern
ment has cost the naval nations SO
much as the race for naval suprem-
acy. Hundreds of millions of dol
| lars are spent annually in the con-
struction of new ships and soon af-
ter their construction some new
/ idea is evolved and the newest ships
become back numbers. This is true
in all naval countries because one
nation no sooner discovers an i'm
provement than a rival nation at
tempts to surpass it. These ships
are not used in actual warfare but
are exhibited at different ports and
after a short existence relegated to
the scrap heap.
If all nations would refrain from
building warships for a year it
would make no difference in their
naval standing because no one
would get any advantage. 1t
might slowly dawn upon civiliza-
ton, if given a short rest, that it
can we'll afford to rely on the ships
it now has for police duty until they
are worn out. If war should come
the nations could put up very cred
liable battles with the ships al
ready built. 1t would be a great
world boon if the naval nations
should get together and agree to
stop their program of showing off.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-04-02
A Cheap Fertilizer For Oats

Farmers having a light, sandy
soil, or whose farms are fair loan,
but which have been exhausted by
long-continued cropping without
much fertilizer, will find it still pos
sible to raise fair crops by the use of
Fertilizing Salt This kind of fertili-
ger appears to give especially good
results on Oats. 1t not only makes
the straw sitter. consequently max
ing the crop less liable to lodge and
rust, but also keeps the ground
moist and so insures a better catch
when grass seed is sown with the
Oats.
A very desirable Salt for fertilizing
purposes is sold by c. S. PAGE, HYDE
Park, VT. 1t is more valuable than
most cheap salts, as it contains more
or less refuse matter which comes
from the hides on which it has been
used. The price is only $500 per
ton, f. o. b. Hyde Park, and the
freights are moderate, especially on
Is ton carloads. This price is soc
less than last year and is likely to
be only temporary. Orders there
fore should be placed as early as pos
sibIe. Prompt shipment can be
made and full particulars will be
given on request.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-04-02

against them. Flimsy wooden struc-
lures are not sufficient and the
thousands of homes now destroyed
should not be rebuilt unless they
can be constructed to withstand the
destructive elements of the section
The American people always re-
spond to the calls for aid but is it
quite right for the people of that
great and prosperous section to
make repeated calls on them to help
defray the expenses of their mis-
takes?