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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16

INSTEAD of having a disastrous ef-
 feet on American motor car traoe' 1 the present European war is atorolns auto factories of this country "iuu' range of activities, especially the con- cerns manufacturing trucks me Wal cloud now enshrouding the continent mas necessitated the temporary nscoh'ih- nance of the automobile industry in the countries involved in the manS-sioeo quarrel and now these foreign govern ments are looking to the factories or the United states for necessary conveyances' of course. the war, to some extent, will have some effect on American export trade. but the loss will be so widely dis tributed. say the motor car manufac- turers. that have large interests abroad, that it Is believed none of the American concerns will suffer any serious embar- rassment.
 To the manufacturers who have had little time to create a large foreign trade, the war will be of no concern, for the output of these companies is disposed of almost entirely in this country Most of the factories doing business in Europe have in their catalogs cars for pleasure and commercial uses, and so while the demand for cars of pleasure will be se- riously curtailed, the demand of the for eign governments upon American dealers for motor trucks will aid to alleviate the losses incurred.
 The American trucks have been proven to be among the best that are manu1ac- tured and on account of their reliability and stability it is only natural that Eu- ropean countries are adopting trucks made in this country for transportation facilities
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
Germany Making Tops
le Providence Journal.

From the Providence Journai.
 sonneberg, Germany continues to main tain it's supremacy as the worlds great top shop, according to a current consular report. Toys to the value of more than S24,oo0o00 last years were by no means a negligible item in Germany's s export trade. Some s6,000,0o0 worth additionally is dis tributed at home.
 The Sonneberg district alone produces one-third of the grand total. or abount as much as the entire production of the United States though our docestic indus try has doubled within a decade or so It Is estimated that toys in domestic trade and commerce all over the world have d value of nearly S55.0e.000. Young America buys more than S6.0Si.c39 worth from Ger many. as well as .'consuming'' most of the home product. It might he egzgcst-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
Several Orders Already
 Placed From Europe

Orders by several governments nave already been placed for large shipments and these will be rushed across the waters as soon as possible. The Federal Motor Truck company booked several or ders from European governments. OHl- cials of one of these cabed to Martin Pucher, general manager of the Federal company, inquiring how soon shipment of 100 trucks could be made. The Federal manager states that he is not at liberty to announce the name of the country from which the message came but he asserts that this nation already has 42 trucks in it's army.
 The Mtchell-Lewis company has also closed a deal for several cars with the Russian government to be used in the present crisis. The cars are intended for the transportation of Russian army officers in maneuvers against Germens and Austria.
 The Russian war office Is said to be very exact in it's requirements and the fact that it selected a car of American make testfes to the high esteem that foreign CTS hold for Uncle Sams products.
 Rather than feeling depressed over the unsettled conditions, Manager Pulcher of the Federal company Is highly grati1ed with the success being met by cars of this country in competition with Euro pean trucks.
 "Amerlcan trucks are being chosen over European trucks for war service because of their differences in design and con struction" said MT. Pulcher. The trucks made in America are of standard tread; their road clearance is high; their wheels are high and shod with solid rubber tires and they are peculiarly adapted for n1oun- tain climbing
 "Foreien- made trucks. for the most part are of narrow tread and their road clearance is low. With the roads as smooth as they are in those countries tread and clearance do not cut such a figure but when 1t comes to travelling crossroad-as is necessary when a truck accompanes an army-the situation is all together different.
 Because automobiles are contraband of war. some difficulty may be experienced in delivering cars unless special arrange ments are made by the contracting gov ernments for receiving them on this side of the water. especially as the warships of England, Germany. Russia and France are proving on commerce on the high seas
 The Maxwell. company Is among the first to be inconvenienced through this A shipment of 1915 Maxwels, consigned to Tsng Tau, China, has been held up fin Vancouver from whence they were to be shipped by boat to China.
 Tsing Tau is German province and the action of the Canadian government in withholding the shipment has special significance. The German army in China is concentrating at this point and 1t is evident that Great Britain will take every precaution to see that no exports leave her shores that will prove of benefit to opposing war factions
 Export business. however, is in rather unsettled state just at this time. because uncertainty exists as to what the next few weeks will bring The probability Is, though. that the situation will settle down somewhat in short time. It will be known which nation or group of na- tions controls sea traffic and exporting will then be Anade possible under certain limits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
Advises Young Men to :
 Go Into Auto Business

F. B. Stearns, president of the stearns company of Cleveland, advises young men to go into the motor business for golden opportunities await those who are energetic and ready to take advantage of them.
 Get into the motor car business. young man, get into the motor car business. !" is his advice, and it bids fair to become as famous as Horace Greeley's famous expression: "Go west, young man. go vest when the success that has been achieved by many young men only few years out of college is taken into con- sideration.
 The great purchasing power of the American people and the absolute need for motor cars sti1 offers an unlimited fleld which has hardly been scratched" " says MT. Stearns.
 He points out that 100000 cars are sold annually. The total investment in mo- tor cars last year was over s4o0, ,o0o0o0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
More Auto Dealers Will
 Meet Tn Detroit This Week

Another big meeting of motor car deal CTS is scheduled for Detroit this week. On August r and IS hundreds of Lozier representatives from all parts of the country will eongregate at the Detroit factory for the purpose of receiving in structions for the ensuing year and to hear the plans of the Lozier company for 1915.
 In view of the interest that has been taken in the coming conference. officials of the Lozier factory are of the belief that the attendance this year will break all previous records.
 An interesting contest has been inau- gurated by the Lozier people for the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
Influence Of War Being
 Felt Tn Auto Industry
Foreign Governments Buying American Made Trucks Which Than Overbalances Loss of Export Trade-Ameri-
 can Tires Being Proved On the Battlefield
By ASA RorNTREE. JR.

gash in one of the threads. General Blanco gave the tires credit for carrying hlm safely out of the danger zone.
 Later when it seemed that Uncle Sam must invade Mexico, a report of the part these tires played in the above scrimmage came to the ears of Capt. AL fred Aloe, depot quartermaster of the United States army in Galveston He im- mediately got in touch with the F'irestone company and although he did not want
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
American Tires Being
 Proved On Battlefield

American automobile tires are proving their durality on the field of battle. Just before the Mexican war cloud darkened the horizon of the United States war de- partment General Lucio Blanco, com handing the constitutionalist forces in Mexico drove his war car through the thickest of the Matamcros battle This car was equipped with Firestone Nom Skid tires. The tires were badly mutt lated by the hail of bullets iron. the fed crai sharp shooters, but the touch fabric vas not penetrated. although ball from
 one of the machine guns cut broad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16

ga that an appetite for playthings is a barometer of national progress
 the imagination is pleasurably stag esreu Dy the thought of 20,000 tons of toys .r. gar annual imports from Germany-just ,nihk or the 10000. coo harmonicas annual s proouced in the factories and cottages ol the Black forest region, as reported by "ul s. consul at Stuttgart This is the
 noulh organ" of course, not the har- ,no1iea that Benjamin Franklin invented, .'os us sudhy called musical glasses" Har- instruments the world over rosr,fastIv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
Bull Trees Two Women

FIpm the Portland Oregonian
 Banks. Ore.-A bull in an orcbard forced two matrons of Banks ta ne,ch ,,n the limbs of separate trees for two hours today. The women, Mrs. Edward uol,en- bough and Mrs. M. Darrow, were in quest of cherries in the orchard of Post master William L. Moore
 When they saw the bull they ran to a tree. IL proved large enough for one only and the other ran to A tree savsrs, yards distant. fighting off the aninfH with her parasol. which she completely ~tse. ed. Men later rescued the women.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16

With 400.001 new cars being made each year and 100000 cars now running, the motor car industry must have active, bright young men, says MT. Stearns
 Whether it Is in the machine shop, the upholstery department, the paint shop, the sales end or any other place in the industry, there is a wonderful opportu- nity for the young American
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
The Latest and Greatest
 Overland of All

control.
 The tires are larger this year, being 34" by 4" all around. These tires can be quickly detached from the rims which are demount- able. One extra rim furnished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16

benefit of kodakers and cameramen. Prizes aggresating $100 have been of fered for the best photographs of the Lozier light four, the contest to close on August %. The first prize amounts to $50, and the second to S20. In all Il awards he do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
INTERESTING GOSSIP OF BIRMINGHAM AUTOMOBLISTS

Biancos went through in Mexico this spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
4 Eeae, of Me 1915 Model SO Features

sy Motor 35 h. p. New full stream-line body Instrument board in cowl dash Individual front seats, high backs. Tonneau, longer and wider Upholstery, deeper and softer Windshield, rain vision, ventilating type, built-in Crowned fenders Electric starter Electric lights High-tension maeneto Thermo-syphon cooling Five-bearing crankshaft Rear axle. floating type Springs, rear, 3-4 elliptic, extra long, underslung Wheelbase, | IA inches Larger tires, 34 inch x 4 inch DerAountable rims-one extra Left-hand drive Beautiful new Brewster green body finish Complete equipment
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1914-07-18
Expert Out
For Crooked
Merchants

Trouble has begun on Maui for
the merchant with the crooked
scales, the 35-inch yard-stick, orthe
false bottom measure. The super
visors last week authorized the EN-
ployment by the Sheriff of E. w.
West, scale expert, to test the
weights and measures of thecounty,
and already the sheriff's Office has
taken on the appearance of a junk
shop with scales and measures that
have been siezed.
Mr.. West has been at work on
Hawaii for several months where he
wrought a transformation in many
a place of business. During the
month or more that he will be on
Maui he will instruct J. E. Garcia
of the Sherifi's office in the art of
scale testing, 50 that hereafter the
county will be in position to take
care of this business. All scales
tested will be sealed and marked.
The Board appropriated $3.50 for
the work.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1914-07-18
HarmonyIskeynOte-M Maui
. Delegates Play Prominent
Part.

Without a jar to break the har-
mony which characterized the pro-
ceedings throughout, the Republi
can Territorial convention finish
ed its labors shorty after midnight
on Tuesday. The sessions were
held in the Popular Theater, Ho-
nolulu.
The result of the work of the
convention is a platform that
should make the Republican party
invulnerable in the next Territorial
elections. Every plank is the re-
suit of sane and constructive think
ng, and most if not all of them are
eminently practical and may be
worked into law provided the
voters of the Territory elect the
ticket pledged to support this plat
form.
Throughout the convention there
was no hint of any factional strife
due to the rival candidacy of Kala-
nianaole and Rice for the delegate
ship nomination.
Maui delegates took a prominent
part in the framing of the plat
form. Hon. A. f. Judd was named
permanent chairman of the conven-
ton, and Chas. Wilcox, of Maui,
secretary. Senator H. B. Penhal-
low was named chairman of the
credential committee. Other Maui
committee members were-William
Walsh, rules and permanent organ
ization; G. P. Cooke, A. N. Hay
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1914-07-18
Success OF
Big Booster
Dinner Sure

Maui's secondget-to-gether dinner
is to be held next Thursday night,
at the Maui Hotel. Reply post
cards have been sent out to the
members of the chamber of COM
merce, asking them to signify their
intention to be present, and the
names Of the guests they will bring
with them. 1t will cost each one
who attends the dinner, $1.25,
which just about pays the expense
which will be incurred.
The committee which has the
matter in hand consists of H. B.
Penhallow, R. A.. Wadsworth, and
e. r. Bevins. A program of short
addresses is being arranged, besides
which there will probably be q
number of informal talks on live
topics, but an effort is to be made
to make the speech-making as pithy
and to the point as possible.
An invitation has been sent to
President Harrington of the Homo
lulu Ad Club. asking him to be pre-
sent in person, or to try to have a
number of the live wires of his Or
ganization present. H. P. Wood,
or some other member of the Pro-
motion Committee, my also attend
the dinner. The success of the first
dinner held some months ago en-
courages the believe that the comm G
one will be a most pleasant and pro-
fitable affair.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1914-07-18
Editors Walking
Challenge Taken

H. NJ. Ayres, editor of Tropic
Topics, who has something of a re-
putation as a heel and toe artist,
has had his challenge for a walking
match accepted by a Maui fast step
per, and the contest will come off
sometime about the middle of Au-
gust. The event will be one of the
features of the August sports night
at the Gym. The man who is to
measure strides with Ayres has not
yet allowed his name to be men
toned, but it is understood that
the event will be one wort h
witnessing,
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1914-07-18
Big Pineapple Crop
Being Harvested

About the busiest place on Maui,
during the past two weeks, has been
the Haiku pineapple district. The
fruit is now ripening at very rapid
rate, and it is with difficulty that
the growers are able to gather and
haul it to the canneries. Teams
and men are at a premium. 1t had
been expected that the Kahului
Railroad would help out a good deal
this season by putting its big auto
trucks to work hauling the fruit to
the factory, but the excessive rains
have made the roads SO bad that
this plan has not thus far been fea-
sible. Both the Haiku and the
Pauwela canneries are working
about full capacity, and will con-
tinue to do so for several weeks yet.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1914-07-18
PACKERS DARE NOT TAKE !; 2
ALL FRUIT, SAYS DOLE
Tells HomeSteaders Production Has Increased Too
Fast-FinanciaI Burden Worries Gamers Pines
Rottinq Field On 0ahu-No Market AtAnyPrice

Declaring that the pineapple
packers of Hawaii are carrying
every ounce of load they dare car
ry for the resent season, and pthat
even with the exceedingly low
price of fruit prevailing they will
not know whether or not they are
to get out whole before late next
fall, James D. Dole, president of
the Hawaiian Pineapple Company,
of Oahu and of the Haiku COM
pany, presented the packers side
of the present situation to a large
gathering Of homesteaders and
other pineapple growers atthe Kui-
aha school house, on Thursday
night.
Mr.. Dole stated that at the pre-
sent time there are at least 5000 or
5000 tons of fruit ripening on Oahu
which no Gamer will accept at any
price, for the reason that he dare
not spend the additional $40 to $50
per ton required to put it into
cases. This fruit, he stated, has
been offered as low as S. per ton,
but that the price has nothing to
do with the matter. Hundreds of
thousands of dollars, he said which
has been borrowed to put up the
pack, must be repaid whether the
goods are marketed or not, else the
companies must go to the wall.
To give an idea of the tremen-
dous growth of the pineapple busi-
ness, Mr.Dole stated that this year.
pack of 2,25O,OOO or more cases
equals half as much as that of all
the varieties of fruit put in cans in
the state of California; this de-
velopment being reached in but IL
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1914-07-18
ManOa Brings Tourists

The Matson Liner Manoa made
Kahului port early Thursday morn
ing with 2S passengers, mostly
tourists, and $40 tons of freight for
Maui points. She took on 3O4S
tons of sugar from the central
Maui plantations and 700 cases of
pineapples, and got away for Kaa-
napali early this morning, where
she will load more sugar before pro-
ceding to Honolulu tonight.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1914-07-18
BRUTAL MURDER OF AGED
CHINESE FOR HIS MONEY
Struck Down From Behind and Body Dragged Into
npshes-Scene Of Crime Near Old MaaIaea
Landing-POIice On Trail

His head beaten to a pulp with
a heavy kiawe club, and his pock-
cts rifled of $50 or more i'll money,
Lee Ten Duck, an old Chinese egg
peddler, was found dead in the
bushes near the trail short dis
tance east of the old Maalaea land
ing, Wednesday afternoon. All
evidence points to one of the most
brutal murders that has ever oc-
Cured Oh Maui. Sheriff Glen
Crowell has taken personal charge
of the case and will bend every
energy to bringing the perpetrator
of the horrible deed to speedy
justice.
The dead man, who lived at
Keokea, Kula, and who was 81
years of age, was returning from
Lahaina, where he had taken a
consignment of produce, when the
crime was committed. At lone
ly place OH the trail he had evil
IDENTIFY been set upon, as he rode
one of his burros and drove two
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1914-07-18
A Pest Maui Doesn't Want

a species of flea, which is said to
be causing heavy losses to poultry
men on Oahu, should cause Maui
fanciers to be very cautious about
bringing in new stock to thisisland.
So far as is known the pest has not
yet been introduced here. 1t is
understood that the flea reached
Honolulu in shipments of chickens
from California, 1t is difficult to
combat.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1914-07-18

years, against the many years of
growth of the Coast canning in
dustry.
The surprising thing to Mr.. Dole
is difficulty has been ex-
perienced i'll moving the pack, but
that the crisis did not come long
ago The fact that Hawaiian pine
apple is the queen of all fruit put
i'll tins is the only explanation for
this phenomenon.
Mr.. Dole admitted that the cost
of growing pines is about SIS per
ton, and that the homesteaders
with contracts, who get this year
S11.25 per ton, and those without
contracts, still less, if they sell
their fruit at all, have heavy loss
to face. He stated that he had
been a homesteader himself and
that he wished to see the Haiku
settlers succeed, and that the
Haiku Fruit & Packing Company
will do everything it can to help
them make good.
Mr.. Dole went at length into the
history of the pineapple develop
ment i'll these islands. He claimed
that every effort is being made to
extend the market, and declared
from personal observation, made
during his recent trip to the main
land, that Hawaiian pineapple is
being sold for less in retail stores
all over the United States, than
almost any other fruit, and that
unquestionably this fact, together
with the quality of the product, is
creating a. greater demand than
ever before.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1914-07-18

Lose But
WinFriends

Not for a long time have Maui
fans had the opportunity of witness
sing three such really interesting
games of baseball as they did in the
series played with the All-Students
on Saturday, Sunday and Monday
last. Nor did the fact that the local
team took two out of three of the
games, contribute to this feeling OF
satisfaction. For the two teams were
more evenly matched than usual, =,
and both played good class of ball.
With the All-Service games, it was
a case of virtually professional
team playing amateurs, which never
makes a satisfactory game. More
over, the very best of feeling main
tanned, and the banquet at the Maui
Hotel on Monday night, added the
final touch of friendship. 1t is to
be sincerely hoped that this will not
be the last opportunity Maui will
have of seeing the student aggre-
CATION at work.
J The visitors won the first game
by score of 13 to 8. There was
some good work in this game but it
was more ragged than the two fol-
lowing ones. Scholtz and Meyer
pitched in this game for the locals,
while Bal was in the box in Sun
days and Mondays games. Bal
and Cocket wore the mask on Satur-
S S3,r while Clement filled the positi-
- ..,(oll in the last two games. Balls
work in the box was of a high
order, and there was a noticeable in
crease in the ginger of the team
while he held down No. 1 position.
Soares was missed behind the bat,
but Clement played avery creditable
game,
The score of Sundays game was
Maui 4, All-Students 3. For Mon
days game, Maui 5, All-Students 8.
The Students were weakened by
the loss of one or two of their best
men, who were not able to come on
the present trip, but they did well
nevertheless. Baldwin, Gay, and
the two Wadsworth boys, playing
with the visitors, are all Maui boys,
and received a great welcome.
The banquet Monday evening
was a most jolly affair and the stu
dents left for Lahaina afterwards
much pleased with their visit.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1914-07-18
Boy Scout Leader Coming

Boy Scout Commissioner James
A. Wilder will be over to Maui
next week for the purpose of in
specting the various scout patrols
OH this island. He will visit all
sections where patrols have been
organized, and give a general
course of instruction to scout mas
ters in scout work, tramping, etc.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1914-07-18
Pennsylvania Due Sunday

The American Hawaiian Steam
ship Pennsylvania is expected at
Kahului some time Sunday morn
ing OH her first visit to this port.
She will take away 1916 tons of
sugar and 5000 cases of pineapple
for the Atlantic seaboard, sailing
via Straits of Magellan.