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East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1914-01-23

New York women thrt .l 10
wear mourning if equal suffrage
is denied them. Then for the love
OF Mike kill woman suffraga in
New York. The women oil that
state dress too gay anyway,
Evening star., 1914-05-05
SAYS INSURANCE TAX
AFFECTS POL|CYHOLDER
Speaker at Underwriters Banquet
Declares It Hits 25,O00,000
Persons.
Edward A. Woods of Pittsburgh Says
America Alone Imposes
Such Tariff.

That the taxation Of life insurance in
the United states directly affects .o.opl.-
G1D persons was the declaration of Ed
ing the members and guests of the Dis
trict Of Columbia Life Underwriters As
s0ciation at the annual dinner last nisht
at the Raleigh Hotel.
The speaker said the public is often told
that sucn taxes 10 not affect the policy
holder ANY tyro in economics knows
that the consumer ultimately PAYS" he
saids st'hut in tine case Of life insurance
peculiarly only the policy yhoider can pay.
The aiority Of the greatest life inSur-
anGe companies are purely mutual and
there is 40 one else bat the polcSholder
who can PAY. other companies a-e strict
IL required 10 transact their life nsiIr-
restricted dividends 10 stockholders. so
that every loss or expense must fall upon
the policyhold,is.
1T is an added cost which must be
considered iii the calcula tion of premi-
INN or refunds, like any other expense.
Moreover all classes of companies are
taxed alike. and taxes merely mean an
increased cost to the policy holder.
Mr.. Woods said that America alone
Of all governments in the world.
either civilized or heather. taxes
life insurance He declared that the
taxation Of gross income from sales is
unusual He said that tn" taS paid
on a retail drug store is sat. whereas
In" amount Of the rate life insurance
companies are taxed would be $l.ii6.
Evening star., 1914-05-05
Family Restored to Grace.

In consequence Of this disgrace the
privilege Of providing the car for Holy
Saturday was of course withdrawn from
the Pazzi and transferred TO the guild of
foreign wool merchants. Later the PaZZi
were hardened and regained the right
which they exercised until ,St.i. when the
head of the family wished to discontinue
the ceremony. But centuries had en-
deared 10 the people the spectacle of the
dove carrying the sacred fire. They had
come 10 REGARD i as highly SNmboilcal
Of Florentine prosperity, the farmers o.
the surrounding country considering the
fights of the dove as an auSury for good
or had harvests. according the fire
works ignited or failed 10 respond. II is
interesting 10 note here that In forme:
times if anything went wrong with the
dove. of course always a mechanical de-
vice. the person in charge of the ar
rancements was imprisoned. NOWADAYS.
Il a hitch occurs the contractor merely
fails 10 get his money. The chances are
always strongly in fGNor Of perfect per-
fnrmance. in these circumstances.
When the Pazzi of 1S'i3 asked to be re-
relieved of the ancient privilege the an
thorities decided that the family could
not Withdraw To discontinue the cere-
rloay would surelN cause public dscon-
tent and the officials wished to arouse no
trouble. So the next year q compromise
ras effected and the pazZi endowed the
dove with an annuity Of 21s lire or $40.
and turred the car and its equipment
over to the city. which now has charge
Of IN. performance. The municipality
bpu2ht a three-s,oricd building. removed
doorway and thus provided shelter for
Evening star., 1914-05-05
Taxes Rapidly Increasing.


Mr Woods declared this to he a rap
idly increasing evil Taxes are now
three times the rati" Il premiums they
We're in 1860, In 1871 twenty states
did not :aN premium income: now
every state but one does. The taNes
in 1890 aggregated s.. 600. 900; now over
$4,000. ooo-and only consistent Nigi-
lance IN opposing many of the 2.oe" or
more bills affecting life insurance each
time legislatures generally meet pre-
tents the evil from being worse Inc
vast funds Of widows and orphans are
tempting and seem easy money TO busy
legislators pressed for appropriations
by their constituents. when policy
holders vino pay rhe tax are lndlner-
cnt because uninformed. and then
hla me the companies for not cheapen-
ing their insurance.
nal societies be everywhere exempted
he asked. is il crime to transact
life insurance on the legal reserve
plan is il not because fraternal and
interest in their organization; 's il
not time for life insurance policy
holders to do likewise. and save 4
large portion of that s1S.000.0G0 2 year
Of life insurance companies as alert in
lonkin. after the interests Of them
selves and clients as frafernal orders
Why Is ii easier to get a bill tErouSh
10 raise an already excessive tax on
tho policy olde-s Of the largest anG
safest life insurance companies. some
with millions Of policyholders. than io
impose the slightest tax upon prom
incnt frcternal orders. or farmers mu-
tual fire Insurance companies "
agents and pnlicyholders ever knew
thal they paid the taNes. would moi
this tan evil diminish or cease
senator sherman Of Illinois urged the
necessity Of forming the policyholders
into one hig constituency apd making
il safe for a member Of Congress to
stand for sane insurance regulation.
Evening star., 1914-05-05
Gun Gives the Signal.

f:recisa,v al noon the gun 1T the
arsenal was heard \ shout arose
.rhere came Ia the cars a pccUiiaE NJ
z;n.s sound and suddeniy cut oi u"
cathedral doorNay shot quaint Ht.!e
figure. speeding along the M!E+' e'ii.i
ting smoke and sparks. " M ~
wooden spool, checacd. advanced 90 'ha
car With a great sputterinS pHt, ana
then swiftly reversed ana spllt1h.
sparks from the other end, Went haeh
, into the Iuomo. Everybody was stand
ing on tip toe. y shot sounded. thrA
three more Tire great heiis IN h" Gam
ranle Of Gio;t" pealed forth It's eau i"
nj! the other bells. in tloienc" 70 irea"
the silence the% had observed sine'-
Maundy Thursday ounder penalty - .
fine Of ten crowns in til" o!,: days. anf!
on every hand came the tones o; Dig ana
little bells
riI Th.. crackers went cff u series Of
four After a fsw minutes 4 fuse srut-
tered at the ton and ''pinwhceF ahoa'
tvo feet i'm diameter began TO "hiEI
with d queeJ little figure n co!Grctt
paper in the center doing c!fcHiaf
dance When this had banged Itself out.
with much nose the finale came ~ tht
explosion of the lever circuit 81 cfatk-
ers a great tearin" sound that mast
have heen heard throughout Florence.
Pits Of tom colorod rdper from the car
f,oated over. the hc$'iS Of thr ne"p!e
, who hogan 70 norc ano'lt ttfem. =
climbed on tie ta. ard eNtt".it.sis'.a '!lts
stnolderiEs fG#es md r. nc.S "i:h re-
moved the StaEtd:d Of In .piuwacel,
ana then tEc oSen %rr. htHt1hi a,su re
haliessst! and G.ow the ear dc"u the
street in front %. rs making :hcir Wa
amazingly through the doase ;hfous.
'Scoppio dc Care was over. the
success OF the croGS WIS as$ur';tt. Th"
sacred fire burned once more On tl'r
s-ruci. u, q flint frcm he holy s.puichr.
a; Jerusalem. Thus vas a custom q
Evening star., 1914-05-05

clad in red and white jerkin and hose,
closed til" procession.
We saw III. little line leave the church,
cooking from our windows. unfortunately
unaware then that TINS was the begin
ming Of the celebrated HOLY Saturday
ceremony, tie climax of which We plan
ned to witness al noon The route
taken by the bearers Of the fire has not
varied in all the years. 1t is not the
most direct way 10 the cathedral. but
no modern spirit Of short-cuttinE has
served to alter it. Those in charge ot
street Shrines which abound here. are
permitted to stop the procession as il
passes and light their tapers from tie
HOY ire. Al the cathedral the fire is
received by the Archbishop of Florence,
who at haif-past II begins to celebrate
mass.
Meanwhile another phase Of the cere-
mony is IN preparation. the true ''Scoppio
de- Caro-" We saw this from the van
tace point of standing room on the steps
of tine Bisallo logsia built in l:i.'2 for
the reception of foundln.s. We held
tees. choice places-ail available windows
II loss than fabulous prices h9d been
taken h.f fore we reached F1orence-for an
hour and a half vastly entertained hE
the steadily swelling crowd and TIE pro
ccedin@s in front of the cathedral
To explain this feature Of the program
must refer 10 tlorentine history. Vt
some uuresorded time tne Pazzi family
pro, osed that when the fire had been
brought 20 the Cathedra! II should ne
made manifest to the people by a spec
tacle. In some way the idea dere.o2ed
until it was arranged that precisely at
uooa a dove should tlr from the cholr 10
the square before the hao;ist. bearing
in its heak a fame. which lighted ire
works The precise evolution of the 'Scop-
pio del Caro- of TO-DAY is uncertain. but
evidently the PaEZi who grew greatly
in wealth and power. took pains TO elah-
crate the scheme as a means of demon
stratinE their proud nosition. IT ore
stage they claimed and gained the priv
ilese Of having half Of the fireworks dis
charged in front of l!eir own palace, Some
time before l;1s the car itself was de-
yeloped In that year the PazZl fell
from grace through the unvfse anb-
tons of some Of the family. who con
spired AGAINST the Medici killed one of
them and severely wounded another in
TIE Duomo itself and We're in turn
sorel" punished. The entire family was
banshed and severa! of the conspirators
We're hanged from the windows Of the
EecCio Palace.
Evening star., 1914-05-05
HOW SACRED FIRE
ISL|GHTED YEARLY
Florence Has Witnessed Cere-
mony for Centuries on
Day Before Easter.
LEGEND SAYS FLAME WAS
CARRIED FROM JERUSALEM
Crusader Said TO Have Ridden Back
ward Entire Distance From
the Holy City.
,.aG Correspondence II The star

S'aT Gn5rt- -roudensc II The star
FLORENCE. arrH l. This is Easter
morning. and the bells are ringing joy
fuzzy all over Florence There is one
within twenty yards or my window. tile
bel ~ the Church of the Holy Apostles.
on of The oldest in tEs city. said to
have been founded by charlemasne 1t
IS no, visible from tie Lunsarno on
winch the hotel faces. bat fronts on a
Tiny street opening through 4 passage
way upon this comparatively modern
t!lorouslfare along. the river.
This church, now loudly proclaimin.
me resurrection is identified with one ~
TIC most Interesting Easter ceremonies
iH am Italy, part Of vn.cn We witnessed
YESTERDAY. and for which tourists come
IN numbers and the people Of all neigh
boring Tuscany pour into tie city This
IS The ceremony Of reiishting tie sacred
tr"s which have been extnguished
throughout Lent.
Several traditions IRE cfted 10 give the
or.@iH uf the Florentiur Easter spectacle.
known as the "SCdrTio del CAIRO, or
sNpi"s'"u of the ear. which grows out of
tnt ancient eastern custom of blessing
tie holy fire on Easter eve. One legend
fl5r$ that an ancestor If tie wealthy
aud powerful Pazzi family oS medieval
"ays. being on crusade. snent Easter
az Jerusalem and there ijghtcd q tar er
~ thr sacred fame within the holy
sepuleher, n" brought this light to Flor
e@re. riding backward on lis horse the
'Hsre distance 50 that the wind should
NOT eXtirguish it,
DESPITE the efforts ar the devil 10 blow
7 "ut he succeeded in his mission on
The WaN the people thought him dement,
81 and cried at him. 'Pazzo. vazzo"
''mad. mad ). which gave rise to the
Evening star., 1914-05-05

Retail dry goods store pays $40. he
said. whereas AT the rate insurance
companies are taxed they would pay
Evening star., 1914-05-05
Urges Sane Legisla ton.

Representative Campbell Of Kansas
was another speaker who urged the
cause Of sane legislation on the insur-
ance question Representative Goulden
spoke along the line advanced hy Sen
at,r sherman and T. J. Clark Of Balti-
more. president of the National nder-
writer's Association. who also made an
address. charles + Nesbit. siIperin
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NATIONAL GUARD BULLETIN

officers
National Guard Hawaii
~ GENERAL STAFF
COL John w. Jones. The Aduant General
Mai Charles W. Ziegler Maj Elmer
(Breveted Colone)
Maj Charles B. Cooper, Surg
Maj W. Chief NJ. Capt Henry Gieson O.
(Breveed Lieut. Colonel)
Emil c. Leo L.
Aide to the Governor J. d. Dougherty,
MISREPRESENTATION OFFICE
W. C. U. s. A, inspect rlnstrueto
Officers school Monday, m.
REeIMENTAL FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS, fsT INF.
Lt-Col William R. Riley. William E%Bal,
Capt James A. Thompson Adjt
George B. Schrader II.
Arthur Nicely A.. p.
Reginald W. Warham
Maj Gustave 1t. w.
End 1t Fred W. Humphrey Chaplain Valentn Franckx (Cap
|. COMPANIES STATIONED AT HONOLULU.
Company A-Capt OSulvan, NJ.
tsa L. K Cunningham. Thursday, m =.
Company BSapt Paul Lieut.
. E Lowrey Wednesday, 1880 m. +. i
Company Capt NJ Camara 1st Lieut. R. Medeos End Lieut.
D 81 IL
Company D-Capt G.
Schaefer Wednesday, 1880 m.
No rifle practice at kakaaho Sunday
Company Capt NJ Coster 1st Lieut. John 80
Company Fist Lieut. M Houghng End Lieut. Lemon Tuesday
Company Capt B. L. K Kane End
kama. Monday, 1880 p. m. 8@G%--'-"
Company HCapt L. W. Redingon M Lieut. Lo Tuesday, go
Ahia End Lieut. E. X. Chung Thursday, 1880 p. M
I# STATIONED ON
Company I-Waluku-Capt
End Lieut. R. K Wilcox.
Company F.
II STATIONED ON HAWAII
Company M-ioCapt D. Eaon 1st Lieut. H. NJ Moehead End
J.. S.
MEDICAL OFFICERS WITH SANITARY TROOPS
Maj Knbourne. L MOrong Capt R. W. Benz
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RUSHED FOR
QUICK MAKING OF
MERCHANT MARINE
INV Latest MaiI1

WASHINGTON. - Recovering af-
ter a brief recess. both houses of con-
gress now are planning to expedite
legislation for increase of American
shipping. H.
The house naval committee has TAX
en- up the bill Of Senator Weeks anth-
orizing use of naval auxiliaries as mail
carriers, with an emergency" amend
ment permitting such vessels to carry
freight. -.-.....
The passage of the emergency bill
amending the Panama canal act to
permit American registration of many
ships flying the other flags by repeal
ing strict registry rules was the pro-
gram of the senate recently. Increase
of the American merchant marine by
100 ships is expected as an immediate
result to end the tie-up Of information
al commerce. III. +. ... .-U
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steadier of the market in case of a
protracted war, and will prevent pri-
ces from going as high as they other
wise would. although the necessity of
securing over two million tons from
outside the United States, in addition
to the domestic supply, will leave the
American market under the influence
of the general advance in world prices.
"One of the arguments that has been
put forward against the destruction OF
the American sugar growing industry
through the removal OF the import du-
ty on sugar is that it would expose
American consumers to all the violent
fluctuations that take place in the Eu-
ropean sugar market as result of
WI, speculation or crop shortages.
The present situation affords strik.
ing illustration of the truth of this
claim. IL the United States were to
produce all the sugar required by its
own people, as might easily be done
by the systematic development of its
cane and beet growing industries, the
American people would be entirely in
dependent of the rest of the world for
their sugar supply"
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SEALED TENDERS.

Sealed Tenders will be received up
to IL o'clock noon, on the 31st day of
August, A. D. 1914, at the office Of
the Clerk of the City and County Of
Honolulu. room No. S, Mcintyre build
ing. for furnishing all materials, tools
and labor necessary to construct
school buildings on the following To-
cations: +.
Ewa--Three (3l buildings.
Waipahu-Three (3) buildings.
Aiea-Three (3) buildings.
Waialua-Four (4) buildings.
Kahuku-Two CD buildings.
Wahiawa-One "a building.
Waimanalo-One % building.
Manoa-Two (2D buildings.
Kalihiwaena,-Two (2J buildings.
Kamoiliili-Four (4) buildings.
Plans, specifications and form Of
proposal may be had upon applica-
ton and a deposit of Five ($5.00) Dol
lars at the office of the City and Coun-
ty Clerk. ...-. 49,.
The Board of Supervisors reserves
the right to reject any or all tenders
and to waive all defects.
D. KALAUOKALANl, JR.,
City and County Clerk
5936-Aug. 10, 20, 81, %, "a. %, 26, 81,
'..* =. % 90
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GREAT BRITAINpS
BIDSBROUGHT ON
jump INSUGAR

Facts About Sugar." the publica,
location of the Domestic Sugar Produc'
ers, says: 1c- ~:
THE outbreak Of war in Europe has
resulted in a sharp advance in sugar
usices. On July 80, the lowest net
cash quotation of the New York rein.
ers for granulated sugar was 4.165
cents pound while raw sugar was
selling at 1923 cents By August IL
refined had advanced to cents and
raws to cents. 49,. !.
Germany, Austria, Russia and
France, the nations actively engaged
in conflict, are the chief soiirces of
Europe's sugar supply, producing to-
gether some 100000 tons of beet SUI
gar This is nearly 80 per cent of the
entire output of beet sugar and more
than one-third of the total sugar crop
of the wSld. Ordinarily Germany.
Austria and Russia export million
tons or more of sugar to other coun-
tries, largely to Great Britain. The
largest production and the largest eX-
portation is that of Germany. The
vesting of the German beet crop is
carried on largely by laborers from
Russian Poland, and this labor will
not be available if the war continues
during the harvesting period. In all
the countries involved in the war the
labor supply is drained by military
operations, and it is likely that the
beet fields may be devastated by the
movement OF troops. ss MI.
Great Britain is the chief sugar
importing country of Europe. Her
yearly importations are over a million
tons year, of which approximately
100000 tons ordinarily is drawn from
nations now involved in war. With
this soltsce of supply cut off, Great
Britain has turned to the New York
market to secure sugar, buying 10000
tons within the first few days of Aug.
ust and bidding up prices rapidly in
order to obtain 1t. While the Euro.
pean war continues it will be neces-
sary for the Britons to depend for SUI
gar upon sources of supply on which
usually they do not draw to any ex-
tent. 1t is evident from what has oc-
Cured already that they are likely to
continue in sh1rp competition for Gu
ban sugar which ordinarily comes to
the American market.
The supply of Cuban and Ameri-
can grown sugar in sight at the end
of July was just about sufficient to
meet the estimated demands of Am
erican consumption up to the time
when the crops now growing will be-
come available. Any considerable out
side craft upon this supply, therefore,
was bound to show it's effect at once
in advancing prices.
Fortunately for the United States,
in spite of the curtailment of produc-
ton in the cane and beet growing dis
tricts due to the reduction of the tar
if, We still have a domestic produc.
ton of sugar, including that of Porto
Rico and Hawaii, which should amount
to over one and a half million tons
this year. This will serve as a great
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in one of their own men. He did mot
umpire to suit anybody, and then Rose
Grams of Paia was put in He also was
unsatisfactory and at last the Shriners
put in Berger the kapeffmeister, who
knew nothing about baseball, 4 and
would only give the decisions that the
crowd hooted for. He was a good
sport all right, but the band during the
performance really suffered, for the
Shriner who took Berger's job insisted
that such splendid music as sTherell
Be a Hot Time in the Old Town To-
night" be played, and $50 Say We All
of Us" Berger kept to his job, how
ever, and so did the Shriner, until the
last inning was played. which ran the
score still higher for Wailuku.
The game was interesting but best
of all, the Kula Sanitorium made an
exceedingly handsome sum out of the
gate receipts. Fully one hundred auto
mobiles were in line. ~
The evening was spent in prepare
tons for the departure on the Mauna
Loa. 1t is said that never before was
the Claudine wharf at Kahului so
crowded with people. There was hard
iy standing room. Amid the dim of
the band, tremendous yells, and loud.
est good byes, the boat pulled of and
the Shriners' holiday on Maui was at
an end, but not until C. d. Lufkin was
handcuffed and the key dropped over
board. d. c. Lindsay, the other wild
man. was nearly captured in like man.
ner but he managed to escape.
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Progressive Disciple, Cam
paigning for Delegateship
Shows Errors Of Opposition

Especial Star Bulletin Correspondence
HILO, August GA Nobler Am
erica" was the theme of Ex-Governor
Carriers address to the people of Hilo
on Friday night last IN the Masonic
hall The speaker did not press his
claims very much for the position of
delegate to Congress, but insisted that
the party is sowing good seed that will
bear fruit in the future. The aim of
the party, said Mr.. Carter, is to in
still in the minds of thinking people
OF the United States ideas that will
lead TO far better standard in poll
tics maintained throughout the coun-
try.
of the progressives and, at the same
tire, criticized the Republicans. He
said that the methods OF campaigning
I'm the past have been very bad. Ii
quor has played too great part In
the past and. inquired the speaker,
how could yoti-s intelligently exers
cisco the franchise when full of beer?
The great political rallies, the cheer
ing and applause and the enthusiasm"
of the Republican meetings were truly
.'sniritual" efforts. declared Carter.
Then. speaking on the part money
has played in the past elections, the
candidate told OF how leaders among
the Hawaiians used to be given money
TO distribute in payment OF votes. That
plan failed, after q while. when it
ives found that the intelligent voter
took the coin and then voted as he
pleased. Another scheme was then
tried. said Carter. and the leaders in
the different districts we're onlv paid
when the goods were delivered"
AFTER the poll closed and was de-
clared," said the speaker. IF it was
found that so votes had been cast the
right way in certain district, the
runner who brought about the desired
object was paid. say dollar per vote
Then the voters, perhaps getting moth
ing, said Where do We come IMP"
That state of affairs is objected te
nv the raogressive party. declared
Mr.. Garter. just IS much as many 9TH
or things connected with the Repub-
lican party.
Speaking Of undue Influence being
brought to bear on voters by their
employers. the candidate declared that
every man should be just as free, to
use his vote as he is free to believe
in any religion he thinks fit Going
into details. Mr.. Carter declared that
he knew Of an instance where young
man who came from the coast to He.
nolulu to fiji position with q firm.
n. n -
He had belonged to that organization
in San Francisco and thought that he
would be free to join any political or
sanitation he cered to in these is
lands. Much to his surprise, after he
Rad signed the Progressive roll in
Honolulu. he was informed BY his en-
ployer that there would be trouble II
the fact became known that the new
conner was q Progressive. The new
arrival, therefore, thinking more Of