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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-16
INCOME TAXIS
BIG SOURCEOF
u. S. REVENUE

An increase of $S5,5S4,44o.11 in the
1914 collections of the internal rev.
enue department of the United States
government is noted, according to the
preliminary report submitted to the
secretary of the treasury by W.. II.
Osborn, U. S. internal revenue COM
missioner. A copy of this prelimin-
airy report reached the Honolulu in
ternal revenue Office yesterday.
The report shows the effect OF the
new income tax. The corporation ex-
else tax imposed brought into Uncle
Sans Golfers the sum of $lO,67l.-
077.22, the corporation income tax
brought $32,456, ,66267 and the indiyi-
dual income tax produced a revenue
of $2S,253, ,534S0: a total from this
source, of $71,3S1 ,274.69. This is an
increase of more than 100 per cent
from this source over the revenue OF
the preceding year, the actual in
crease being $36,374,974.S5. At the
same time the report shows a de-
crease in other, or ordinary collec-
tions, of $790, ,534.74, the total receipts
from this source in the present year
being $30S,627,619.27.
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HAWAII fishing
OUGHT TO Bring
- q
!. BENEFITS-FIELD
He Tells 80 Club Local Waters
are Anglers Paradise if
Given Publicity.

It was "Fish sDay"-afd no bones
about itAat the -Ad club weekly lunch
con today. Mullet was the piece de
resistance on Herr Heydenreich's bill
of fare and the piece de resistance on
the educational program was a learned
piseatorial discussion by H. Gooding
Field. a> 49,. 49,. <....-'.
An amateur angler himself, Field has
found that Hawaiian waters TEEN with
game fish of many varieties. This
is an anglers paradise" he said, and
in the course of his paper proved 1t
by telling of the many specimens OF
the finny tribe which anglers have
caught and which in other parts OF
the world attract vast numbers OF
sportsmen. 49,.
Publicity for the fishing possibil-
tiles of the Hawaiian waters is worth
thousands of dollars to Hawaii every
week.. he said. 'It will bring splen-
did class of, tourists here and will
help advertise the island the world
over" He went on to describe some
of the best game varieties, hooking
them up for the Ad club audience in
three languages Hawaiian and
English. :
He concluded by announcing that
at 4:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon on
the roof garden Of the Young hotel a
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ANOTHER GREAT BATTLE IS RAGING
ENGLAND SAYS NEITHER SIDE YET ABLE TO CLAIM REAL ADVANTAG
M'CARN TRIAL STARTS THIS AIM
FOUR JURYMEN ARE ACCEPTED

ion In the matter ana that they were
! in position to render fair and i'm
partial verdict. --..
Attorney Lightfoot took occasion tc
=, refer to local daily newspapers in his
examination for the defense, and in
Varfably asked the Question: "Have
youNread the accounts of the McCarn
case In the daily newspapers?" and
10 you believe what those papers
, say?" 8 -. =
Counsel for the defense, questioned
largely along the line of the jurymen's
| acquaintance with Mr.. Cathcart, Spe-
c1al Assistant L. Andrews, Claudius
Mcbride and JEFF McCarn. He asked
the Jurymen whether they were pre-
JUDGED against McCarn because of
his action regarding the Mahuka site,
regarding prize fights and his atti.
tude toward the white slave act" In
one insti nee, when he asked Mott re-
garding mis- relations with Attorney
Andrews, he wanted to know If he was
member of the same political party
as the attorney; IL he was a member
Of the same political committee. He
also asked another juryman II he was
prejudiced against the district attor.
ney because the latter is Democrat
These questions were answered in the
negative. = -. Ii. ...s.
The question Of any of the jury.
men being connected with, or having
attended prize fights in Honolulu,
which was hotly debated during the
drawing of the federal grand jury
which indicted Mr.. McCarn, was
brought out on but two occasions, and
then dealt with but briefly. H.. ~
OF the four jurymen examined this
morning, all were passed for cause,
there being no reflections At the
commencement Of the trial Judge
Whitney set the daily hours for the
trial from nine until 1890 o'clock.
The jury panel drawn for the Nc
earn trial is composed of Andrew L.
Bushnell, John B. Searle, Samuel F..
Mott, Charles H. Hustaee, L. H. On.
derwood, William E. Heine, Ernest K.
Kaai, r. w. Perkins, R. g.. Moore, c.
N. Marquez, William H. Stone, Clifford
spitzer, Samuel A. Baldwin. John G.
Evans, r. l.. Auerbach, Harry A.
Franson, Carl H. .Nieper and Walter
Rycroft. .%.. r.~
Among those present at the trial
this morning were M. A. Thomas, spe-
cial assistant to the u. s. attorney.
general: j. Lightfoot, A. 8. Humph-
reys and ]. Alfred Magoon, attorneys
for McCarn; jeff McCarn, Attorney l..
Andrews, special assistant to the at
torney-general of the territory, and
]. w. Cathcart, city and county attor-
ney. y =:
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ITALY HAS HARD Time IN
PRESERVING NEUTRALITY:
TROOPS QUELL DISORDERS.
[Associated Press service by F

ASSOCIATED Press Federal wireessl
ROME Italy, Sept 16-Italian troops have had to be
called out suppress violent demonstrations against neutrality
AUSTRIANS LOSE HEAVILY
ROME Italy, Sept 16-News received here states that
General Dank the Austrian commander whose army
ported surrounded and in desperate plight before large
force Of Russians has finally joined with General Auenbeg
SO miles north Of Proemy They lost per Of their joint
forces in their recent battles and skirmshes
AUSTRIA CLAIMS BIG VICTORY g
VIENNA Austria, Sept 16-The Austrian general staff
says the army of Seans which has invaded Hungary has
been defeated along the entire front.
SAYS GERMAN RETREAT IS CRITICAL
PARIS France Sept 16-The Paris Matin says that the
retreating Germans mark time and fight second per-
haps third battle in order to their retirement and pre-
vent disastrous congestion of their immense forces
JAPANESE AERoPLANE DROPS BOMBS
TOXIC Japan Sept 16-0icial announcement says that
an aeropane has dropped bombs in the German barracks at
Tsingtau and returned uninjured to the japanese
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FIRST VESSEL WEST
THROUGH BIG CANAL
Is LOCAL ARRIVAL

q = q = q :! s: . :: :: 8. q q q q 4 /:
= The first commerciaf cargo to :
= pass from the Atlantic to the Pa
:. cific through the Panama canal
. was carried in the American-Ha- :
:: waiian freighter Missourian
:: which this morning arrived at
:: Honolulu. -" -. "
= Captain William Lyons, master,
= was loud in his praise of the ef-
q ficiency displayed in the handling
= of large vessels at the new wat
:: erway. Thb Missourian was nine
:; hours in passing through the ca ;
:: nal, one hour and seven minutes
= being spent in the series of three
8: big locks, at which time the Mis-
= sourian, representing displace-
:: ment Of $4,000 tof1s, was raised
= 80 feet in six minutes.
:. There is never a hitch in the .
3, handling Of vessels at Panama ;
8. canal,' stated Captain Lyons.
:: Aided by six electric towing 10 :
. comotives no, time was lost in
!: trayersing the canal proper and ;
. Gatun lake. From the time of
:: arrival at the Atlantic terminus
:: until quitting Balboa the vessel :
:: was in charge Of competent pi-
q lots" ~.
q Captain Lyons stated that
:: slides continue to bring tons of
. earth and debris into Cucurache,
8. although the dredges keep the :
y channel free from obstruction.
{: The American-Hawaiian' Arizo- :
. nan followed the Missourian in :
:: the canal, the latter vessel draw :
. ing record depth Of 80 feet The :
:: Missourian completed its passage :
. from New York tb Los Angeles :
:. in II days. !
q After its discharge Of main
:: land cargo the Missourian will :
:: remain in the islands for ten :
:: days to load 11.000 tons Of sugar :
{; destined for New York -. :
8; . :; = :. :; :. . = . . = = = q :
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GIRL
in TURKEY SEES
PLANS FOR WAR

That Turkey was prepared for entry
into the European war more than a
month ago is declared in q letter writ
ten from Constantinople by Homo
lulu girl. The letter was received by
recent mail by Stanley Stephenson,
and it is written by his daughter,
Gladys, who is engaged in mission
work in Smyrna.
The letter contains first-hand news
of how war finds the missionaries in
Turkey, graphically told. Writing un.
der date of August the writer says:
Bible House, -
Constantinople, Turkey, Aug. 8, 1914.
My Dear Dad: 49, .s.,r >-. ~.
Ten chances to one you'll never get
this letter. For two weeks we've been
cut off entirely from the outside world,
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u u u " u u u u " u y y u u u u u
With the circuit courtroom graced
by an array of prominent attorneys and
trial jurymen to the number of 10,
but with a sparse gathering Of specta-
tors, the trial of United States Dis
trict Attorney jeff McCarn, under in
dictment by the territorial grand jury
On charge of having assaulted Claud-
ius H. Mcbride with dangerous wea-
pom, this morning was commenced be-
fore Judge William L. Whitney. The
entire morning was given over to the
examination Of jurymen, and indica-
tions are that the jury will have been
completed by tomorrow noon.
OF the jurymen present the first IL
drawn for examination were 8. F.
Mott, A. L. Bushnell. C. H. -Hustace,
F. E. Steere, W. e. Heine, E. K. Kaai,
Clifford Splitter, j. C. Evans, c. H.
Neiper,, G. N. Marquee, R. G. Moore
and R. l.. Auerbach. Three of the
jurors-S. F. Mott R. w. Perkins and
R. G. Moore-asked that they be ex.
cused owing to urgent business mat
ters. the privilege being extended only
to Perkins - >.... .
S. F. Mott was the first juryman to
be examined, he being passed for
cause by both prosecution and defense
after one hour and 55 minutes. of
questioning. At the conclusion Of the
examination by the defense Attorney
j. Lightfoot, one Of the counsel for
the defendant, challenged the juryman
for cause, on the ground that Mr..
lJott stated that. after reading of the
McCarn matter in the newspapers and
discussing it. he had formed an opin-
ion regarding the guilt, or innocence
of the district attorney. Judge Whit
ney, however, denied the challenge.
Upon being questioned by J. W: Cath
cart, city and county attorney, Mott
said that the verdict which he would
render would be based solely upon the
evidence brought out in the trial.
Andrew l.. Bushnell, Charles H.
Hustace and Frederick E. Steere were
passed for cause by both prosecution
and defense after brief examination
by each side. Each of these jurymen
stated that they had formed no opin-
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PROPOSED WAR
TAX Will HIT
PEOPLE WIDELY
Commercial Paper, Messages.
Gasoline, Liquors, TheaterS
to Feel 1t

LAssociated Press by Fed. Wireless.1 j
WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 16.-
The proposed internal revenue meas
ure to raise an emergency fund Of
500 o0o, 600 annually followed the gen.
eral lines Of the Spanish war tax on
checks, drafts and commercial and
legal paper, telegraph and telephone
messages, bankers and brokers thea
ter tickets, gasoline, tobacco, wines,
beer, liquors, etc.
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JAMES A. SULLIVAN,
NOTED IN AMATEUR /.
SPORTS, DIES IN N. 7

TAssociated Press nv Fed. Wireless. ]
. NEW YORK, N. ", Sept. 15.~-James
A.. Sullivan, secretary Of the Amateur
Athletic Union and one Of the best.
known men in the world Of amateur
sport, died in hospital here today.
He was operated on last Monday for
ltestinal complications,
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SECOND GREAT BATTLE IN
FRANCE BEGUN, RED LINE OF
WAR Is ITO MILES LONG
[Assocated Press Service By Federal Wirelessl

LONDON Eng, Sept. 16., 5:25 P. M. (0fficia)-The
general position of the Allies along the River ASne is very
favorable Several counter attacks have been epused The
Germans have given way slightly and their losses very
heavy. .:..
The battle-ground of todays conflict great unduIat
ing plain, nerspersed with wooded heights. The full forces
of both sides are engaged.
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BERLIN SAYS SITUATION IS ALL RIGHT

.
BERLIN Germany, Sept 16-The general staff says that
the western situation is stll favorable and the Allies no
where victorious
PARIS France Sept 16-o announcement says that
the Germans fighting today on the defensive on line
almost due east and from Verdun the battle line being
about 110 miles long.
During September IA and Is the German guard was
reinforced from the main body I'm the previous pursuit OF
the says the Paris announcement the Germans anan
doned numerous prisoners and captured multitude OF
straroers in the forts of which count is yet possible
Therefore no estimate is given the figures might appear
fantastic
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President Declines To Be Draun
Into .Atrocity" Controversies

ASSOCIATED Press service by Federal Wireessl
16-Presldent Wilson replied In
to
by DECLARING = guilty
Wilson's
opinion
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Neither Side Can Yet Claim
Decisive Military Advantage

LONDON England, Sept 16-A second great engage
ment between the Allies and the German armies has begun
on French soil HI
The German rush into France and back is still without
decisive results Neither side is able to claim than
opening advantage until pitched battle is won.
The German commander has shown the same skill in
conducting stubborn retreat with his forces still mainly
intact as did the Allies though the Allies have momentary
turned the tables.
The next move is German their chosen ground
The succession of Austrian defeats despite attempted
German succor is becoming verabe debacle Germany
must henceforth rely entirely on her own forces.
The story victory by the Austrans the Servians
is discounted Previous similar claims have always been
found to end with the Servans ultimately triumphant
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MONUMENTS

Granite, Marble, Blue Stone
Coping and Iron Fence.
# H. E. HENDRICK, LTD.
Tel 264S Merchant and Alakes
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The Young Peoples Society Of the
Christian Endeavor Of Central Onion
church invites its members and their
friends to a social to be held in th3
parish house Friday, September ie
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TODAY'S MAJOR
LEAGUE RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

At ST. Louis-chicaso I, st. Louis
At. observation-disclosures 8, Cleveland
Z ...-. ...
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SUGAR DROPS TO 6.o2

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. t6.-Susar,
e6 degrees test, 6.o2 cents Previous
quotation, CPS cents ..>-..
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/. :: :. :. = i. /. . :. = s.s. .

: Jurymen tentatively selected
3 to try JEFF MeCarn:
!: S. F. Mott
8 Andrew l.. Bushnell.
!: Charles H. Hustaee.
!: Frederick E. Steere.
8 All are subject to further chal-
: lenge and may be excused.
2 ::......: q
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.

:" W. IOINHI EErNNOE' \ =.
At 6rookIyn-cnieaso 2, Brooklyn
7. :. ...--: ...-.. Il
At 6osten-St. Louis 8, Boston 6.
At New York-cincinnati 1, New
York 8.
At PhiIsdeIphia-Pittsburs 2, PhiIa-
delpnia 6.
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CONTINUED on page four)
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From ssn Frsneises:

Chiyo Maru, Sept IL.
For San Francisco!
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-03

The greater the industrial activity
and the resulting amount OF CONNER
ciai paper, the greater addition will
be made to the outstanding circula-
ting notes, and thus for the first time
in the history of the country business
Will find currency expanding as the
need for it expands. The Federal Re-
serve Board began business by estab-
fishing discount rates which looked
very high until the abnormal war con-
ditions were considered. These dis
count rates varied from 5h per cent.
In New York and Philadelphia to 6b
per cent in western regions. III was
explained that the unsettlement and
uncertainties of the financial and in
dustrial world, resulting from the
great European war impelled the Re-
serve Board to make these highly can
dous and conservative discount rates.
and that they were only tentative and
might be lowered any day. 1t is graf
Tying even to be able to state that
WI HOA OILY accepts
the new system itself with a conf
dence that approaches enthusiasm.
but that there is an equal degree of
confidence in the personnel OF the
twelve Reserve Banks. just as there
is high respect for the membership
OF the Federal Reserve Board at
Washington, formerly the center of
the system. The Reserve Bank at
New York, for example, opened with
prestige, and it bids fair to grow in
the magnitude of its operations com
mensurately with the financial
strength and Importance of the coun-
try's chief metropolis. From the
Progress of the World" in the Amer
lean Review Of Reviews for Decem-
Der.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-03
Keeping Men At Work

In the December American Magazine
Ida NJ Tarbell, who is beginning series
OF articles for that publication entitled
The Golden Rule in Business" writes
under the title Keeping Men at Work -
She shows how care and scientific manage
ment can provide steady employment for
men IN place Of spasmodic employment
She gives many instances Of business in
the United States which are being oper.
ated on this principle today. Following
~ an extract from her present article:
We must organize men and women
Tor labor as for war; Watch the perfec-
ton Of the traini " and the movement Of
the masses that st this moment are meet
ing In uuspeakable, Internal slaughter in
Europe. See how the humblest is fitted
to his task. With what case great bodies
wheel, turn, advance, retreat. Cnsider
! ow, after standing men ion line that
they may b. Knocked to pieces. they
promptly and scientifically collect such
az have escaped, both friend and foe. and
Ooh amazing and heart breaking human
logicD under the safe sign Of the cross.
tepderly nurse them back 10 health.
III this can be done for War. should
we do less for Peace2'
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-03

In the spaciouf and hospitable home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. ~ J. Walls, banquet
was enjoyed BY the young people OF
Independence dn Thanksgiving evening.
Mrs. Walls, with the smile that never
wears out, made charming hostess 10
the twenty couple that filed into the
beautifully decorated dining room,
sight met their gaze, they least expected.
The Thanksgiving idea was ca, ried out
to the letter, even TO the red ear Of corn.
The "Puriants and Quakers'' were
there to witness the marriage of their
son, John West Purinton to Miss Edna
May Phillips. The bride a decided
blonde looked charming i'm a lace dress
over white satin. The handsome groom
became 50 excited, he worked over time
at the alter of the Knock marriage
endeavoring to place the wedding ring on
the brides thumb. The preacher had to
put him right. After the ceremony, the
guests proceeded to enjoy the banquet
referred TO.
j. III. Irving was POSTMASTER for the
evening, he referred to the fact, that we
had 80 much to be thankful for, when
we stop 10 consider our neighbors across
the water were IN armed conflict while
the dove OF peace rests on our grand
country.
Around the table seemed garden Of
Eden,
Peace grown by dearest friends
Made sweet by Rhodendron, and several
other blends.
There is go much cause to be thankful
Our Joys have not fled.
To think OF the stripes around us and
the roll call 81 the dead.
Mrs III. A. Bailey, Mrs l. w. TURNKEY
and Mrs. Thos Sheets helped Mrs Walls
prepare and serve the dinner which was
composed OF the seasons viands.
The consensus of opinion 10, that the
evening was the most enjoyable that has
been spent in Independence for some
time.
Those present were: Misses Lenora
Menear, Lucy Orr, Ethel Shaffer, Lettie
and Pearl Feather, Iva Ball, Mildred
Larew, Lulu and Mildred Turnkey, Jessie,
Emily and Dora Fortney, May KEGS,
Carrie Hart, Lillian Mildred Bailey,
Edith Menear, A gnes Purinton, Lillian
Sheets, Edna Phillips and Maude Orr.
Messrs. John West Purinton, Geo. and
Paul Larew, Percy. Purinton, Tay Sheets,
Macy Cornwell, Jas. and Albert Phillips,
Lawrence Feather, Orvill Ball, LLOYD
Streets, Guy Shaher, J. III. Irving, Owen
Lyons, Frank Turnkey, Albert Frazier,
Warner Shaffer, Lester Ranshaw, Ed
Hart and Huber Shay.
After all had eaten they went to the
10. o. +. hall, where good music and
games were enjoyed till the "wee small
hours" all seemed loath to depart. Each
one wishing for many more such even
| ings.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-03
Good Roads MEETING

MoRGANTowN, Nov. IA, 1914.
The next meeting OF the Southern An
palachan Good Roads Association will he
held at Bluefield in the month of Octo-
ber' 1910. Every county in the state
Will be requested to have an exhibit on
this occasion. This is great opportu-
nifty for West Virginia and should mean
much towards the advancement of the
Pittsburgh, Bluefield and Bristol highway
which is being vigorously pushed in some
sections. The counties in West Virginia
through which this road passes will doubt
less make every effort to have it in pass-
able shape by the date of this meeting.
When the road is completed through
west Virginia it will mean a highway
from the lakes to the gulf with the West
virginia scenery as the center of at
traction.
Prof. Russell L. Morris and Chief Road
Engineer a. ID. Williams have been in
vited to deliver lectures at the Kentucl.v
good roads school at Lexington, and also
to assist in instruction from Januarv
4-l6, 1915. Both of these men have ar.
cepted and will devote their time to the
subjects GOOD Roads Improvement"
and General Highway Construction.
Chief Road Engineer A. ID. Williams
and 5. q. Brown, city engineer of Charles
ton, are in Atlanta attending the Ameri-
can Road Congress in session there this
week. Both Of these men delivered adj
dresses, Mr.. Williams speaking on
Grades and Excavations" and Mr.
Brown on Streets and Pavements. &"
Besides these, various other West Yir-
ginians took part i'm the discussions.
The motion picture, as a means of in
struction, will make its appearance at
the West Virginia University during the
second annual road school i'm December
IL will be used to supplement the lectures
on various subjects a. well as for a com.
parison OF the results being accomplished
IN the various parts Of the country rela-
tive to road improvement and highway
construction.
There will be a picture showing the
mining, the fuxing, and the LAYING OF
asphalt-eyery step from the mine TO the
finished street Also brick making, ce-
ment making and the use of all kinds Of
road machinery will be treated in the
same manner. In short, every effort is
being exerted 10 make this session of the
road school Of the most value possible
ROBERT J.. HoGo,
State Road Bureau Correspondent