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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-20

throughout the tarr1tory have been
enlisted In the campaign. and have
urged their pupils to assist by saving
their pennies and donating them to
the fund
The suggestion put forward by Mr..
Kelley regarding q Christmas ship
from the United States to Europe,
soon became q nationwide movement.
the final chapter being completed with
the arrival Of the news that the navy
department has designated q ship to
carry out the purpose Of the move
ment 70
The following message, regarding
the choice Of q ship, recently was sent
to Mr.. Kelley by Jesephus Daniels,
secretary OF the navy:
II take great pleasure In informing
you that have arranged to send an
American Warships the vessel to be
selected later, to European waters
during the latter part Of November,
for the purpose Of relieving the North
Carolina, and have further arranged
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CLOCK QUESTION NOT
YET SETTLED BY THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Various companies and concerns in
Honolulu which are large employers
Of labor have been invited by the sub
committee of the time committee Of
the Chamber OF Commerce to take
part In a discussion regarding the
feasibility Of advancing the hands Of
the clock half hour or an hour To
this end. local companies win send
representatives 10 special meeting
OF the subcommittee which has been
called for 3 O'Clock on the afternoon
Of October 81 In rooms or the cham
Der.
The representatives Of the compa-
mics win be asked to give expressions
pro or con the proposed project Of
changing the clock. Among those
companies which will be represented
at the meeting are the Rapid Transit
Company. Lord Young Engineering
Company, Honolulu Iron Works. Oahu
Railway and Land Company and Homo
lulu Planning Mil.
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HONOLULU FOLKS
AID in WORK OF
CHRISTMAS ship


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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-20

Join bowling club It the Y. n. g.
A. this Meek.--Adv.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-20

for this ship to carry the Christmas
cargo 81 useful presents which the
90 odd newspapers Of this country rep
resented by you, have so thoughtfully
COLLECTED from the generous people Of
our own country
1t is q beautiful spirit which has
prompted this portion Of the press Of
the United States and the people who
have responded to their appeals to
lavish upon the distressed little ones
|of European countries these tokens
/ or liberality. This unselfish enterprise,
feel confident. hespeaks our own
gratitude to God for peace. which now
prevails within our own boundaries
and at the same time breathes forth
the universal prayer from the hearts
| Of our countrymen that the distress
/ OF nations across the waters may soon
/ be ended
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-09-25

Attorney a sulelde.-Dr. Carl Otto.
an attorney OF St Louis and candidate
at the last primaries for the circuit
bench. ended his life In his offices in
a downtown office building by shoot.
ing. Mr. Otto was an accomplished
musician and an authority on English
literature.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-09-25
GETS PREACHER IN HIS NET
Judge DiVebiss Fines Rev. W. r.
Brown of Richmond, Ray County,
for Tax Dodging.

The Rev. William T. Brown, a Bap.
list preacher of Richmond, was caught
IN the tax dodging net pat out by
Judge Frank p. Divelbiss. Mr.. brown
was indicted by the grand jury for
making false returns on his tax lists !
Later he pleaded guilty before Judge
Diyelb!ss and was fined $3.50, TWELVE
other indictments for tax lodging we're
returned by the grand Jury, r. WI
Babcock banker and capitalist of
Lawson, and William Buist, wealthy
retired farmer and money lender oil
Orrick, also were arrested on chargeI
of tax dodeing, They gave bail forI
their appearance in court.
In all forty indictments we're re-.
TUNED by the grand jury. FEnher|
sensational Developments are expect.
ed when the indictments becumeI
known. Judge Diyelbiss has carried
on a rigorous campaign against theI
tax dodgers in Ray county Several
wealthy residents Of the county in
dicted by former grand juries have
been fined by Judge Diyolbiss.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-09-25
OPPOSING ARGUMENT.

The opponents of the so-ealled
"FuIl Grew Bill' say it ought to
be voted down for tho following
reasons:
CD There is already a state
law authorizing the Public Ser
vice Commission, if in its judg-
ment the service requires it, to
compel the railroads to do that
which the voters are now without
information, such as is possessed
by that body, called upon to do.
(2) Owners of the railroads.
especially, are interested in hav-
ing the trains properly manned.
Proposition No. 8, providing an
increase in the number of brake
men upon railroad trains, is un-
necessary and therefore unjust
to the railroads which have to
pay for such increased labor.
Any such unnecessary burden
placed upon the railroads will
have to be borne, not by them,
but by the patrons Of the roads,
passengers and shippers. Ser
vices of brakemen are not needed
10 couple and uncouple cars, as
automatic couplers are now pro-
vided, and the law requires that
all trains shall be equipped
with at least So per cent air, with
large penalties for failure to OBJ
serve such law. Being so equip
ped one conductor and and
brakeman are alone necessary to
give the engineer signals for the
proper handling of cir brakes,
which are controlled wholly from
the engine. A third brakeman
would be practically without du-
ties to perform.
Some of the States have enact
ed statutes requiring this in
creased force, but in certain Of
:he States. such legislation, al
though proposed, has been de-
fested- dedicated, too, since the
enerous character Of other legis-
lation has well nigh brought the
railroad companies into the
bankrupt court.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-09-25
Legislative Commission Says
State Is Behind Times In
Treatment Of COnviCts.
WILL ASK CHANGE IN LAWS
After Tour Through Eastern Prisons
Members Say Methods in Use
Here Are Obsolete.

Inc methods Of discipline and gov
ernment used in the Missouri penuen.
tiary at Jefferson City are obsolete
That is the way the state senate penal
commission feels about It after visit
ing the principal prisons Of the East
The commission visited prisons in
illinois, lndiapa New York, Ohio
Massachusetts, PENNSYLVANIA and seY,
eral other Eastern states. They will
meet shortly in Kansas City or 81
Louis and prepare a report for the
legislature.
I'VE found Missouri to be far be-
hind the times in the conduct of its
prison" Senator Casey said. In fact,
| believe that every member who
made the trip to the various prisons
believes most radical change Is
needed in the conduct of the Missouri
prison.
Everywhere throughout. the East
We found the lockstep abolished. That
isn't much to the person outside, but
1t means much to the convict inside.
We found most prisons-the largest
and better ones-conducted on the
honor system. Sing Sing, which gets
the toughest criminals in the world, Is
so conducted. So is the Pennsylvania
prison.
AT these prisons, the convicts
make rules for their own government
rules that keep discipline In the
prison-and then the prisoners en-
force them. In the prison at Phlladel.
phia there isn't an officer with a club
or a weapon. If prisoner breaks
the prison rules, he Is given key and
sent to the punishment cell. Ii is
lighted. There are no dark cells in
the modern prison system. The con.
yict has the key. When he believes
be has been punished enough, he un.
locks the door and walks out and re-
ports and apologies for his miseon.
duct"
The senate commission will make a
report 20 the legislature advocating
radical changes In the prison system.
The legislature also must provide
some new system of keeping the con.
viets employed, as the present con-
tract labor system must be abolished
under the law. The legislation to be
drafted VIII be among the most i'm
portant measures to come before the
legislature.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-09-25

/ A bolt OF lightning which
struck the Johnson county court
house in Warrensburg during a
storm last week burst the four
dials of the clock. A peculiar
ity was that it destroyed the
Roman numerals "II" on the
face of each dial. The dials face
to the four points of the compass
and are separated by distances
of twenty-five feet.
West Plains Gazette: In the
Federal court at Fort Smith, Ark.
last week Jack Burns was con-
victed of white slavery and SEN
fenced to twenty years imprison-
ment. He stole or eloped with
Nina Smith, aged 10 years,
daughter OF ). 5. Smith, Of Thay-
er, Mo. The child at the time
was making her home with her
grandmother, Mrs. Mary Clop.
ton, in Fort Smith.
The editor of the WarrensbuFg
Democrat sees little to be thank
full for in this vale of tears.
"My grscious!" he shrieks in
complaint, sit looks like things
never happen to hit just right.
Last year sugar was twenty
pounds for cart wheel and we
had no peaches. This year
peaches are plenty and sugar
has gone out of sight. Darn a
poor man, anyhow"
All but 3 small fraction Of the
domestic cane sugar in contigu-
Gus United States comes from
the southeastern quarter of
Louisiana. Production in this
state in the last few years has
exceeded 100000, and $4,000
short tons annually. And yet
sugar has doubled in price be-
cause we can't get any more fruus
Europe where we didn't get any,
anyhow. Fanny, isn't it.-Stan-
berry Headlight.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-09-25

Toe champions of Proposition
No. 10 give the following reasons
why the measure should be
adopted.
This Bill affects only counties
having towns of $500, or more,
population. 1t so amends the
present Local Option Law as to
enable such counties to vote as a
unit on the dramshop question,
as counties having no such towns,
as well as the City of st. Louis,
are now permitted to do. The
measure rests upon the unity Of
interest and life of the town or
city and the county in which it
is situated, A town or city is as
inseparable from its county as
the hub is from its wheel. The
influence and consequences, po-
litical and social Of the town sa-
loon are shaped alike by county
and town. The patrons of the sa.
loon are from the whole county;
the political influence therefore
extends to the whole county; the
tax burden impo red thereby rests
upon the whole county. Justice
demands that the people affected
by the saloon socially, politically
and financially showId have u
voice in determining its exist
ence. The majority should rule.
Those who are taxed should be
represented.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-09-25
IN MAD RACE FOR FREEDOM
Runaway Boys From 6oonviIIe Re,
form School stage Regular Movie
Thriller at Sedslia.

Escape from the reform school az
BoonyiIle, a wild ride through the
night on a stolen engine, pursued BY
detectives in another engine and In
imminent danger Of being hurled into
a wreck through a dispatcher's orders.
was the experience recently of four
boys, stlll missing from their Boon.
vile home
Seven boys were in the party that
evaded guards and LETT the school,
Three were recaptured. According tG
the authorities the remaining -four
went to Sedaiia. Engine No, 70S, one
Of the largest used by the Missouri.
Kansas 4 Texas Railway, stood IN the
Yards here with steam UP. Soon rail-
road employees noticed ii was moving,
Another engine was quickly Obtained
and with detectives aboard started in
pursuit.
But the race was one-sided. No,
IUS, bearing the fleeing lads, quickly
drew away. As the engine neared
Boonville 1t whistled for the draw
bridge over the Missouri River. Dis
regarding Danger signals the engine
passed through BoOnyille at a speed
Of forty'hye miles an hour The Katy
dispatcher at New Franklin tele-
graphed the dispatcher at Sedalia:
Engine No 7uS has been stolen;
have II derailed."
Orders were given hurriedly to de,
rail the engine at Pilot Grove, twenty
four miles north Of Sedalla With
whistle blowing and bell ringing the
train, travelling sixty miles an hour.
reached Pilot Grove before the switch
had been arranged, ana swept through
the town. \ mile further on 1t was
abandoned.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-09-25
OPPOSING ARGUMENT

The opponents of Proposition
No. 10 give the following rea-
sons why this measure should be
voted down:
The county unit liquor local
/ option law is yio,ative Of tine
principle of Democracy in that it
denies to the respective ccmmu-
mites the right Of local seli-gov-
ernmont in fixing their police
regulations.
1t is opposed to the spirit, if
not the letter, Of our State Con-
stitu'ion, in that the regulation
of police affairs is accorded to
each political sub division of the
State; and counties, municipal
townships and municipal corpo-
rations are each given separate
and distinct powers in regulation
and control Of their domestic af-
fairs, some rights being in COM
mon and others different, as the
necessity of the political sub-di.
vision might require.
1t is no more right to permit
the County Of Pettis (for in
stance) to have n voice in the
regulation of the municipal af-
fairs of Sedalia, than it is to
permit the City of st. Louis and
the State as whole to partici-
pate in an election to determine
whether tho outlying counties
shall be "wet" or "dry". The
strong reason why this ought
not to be done is that each local
ity should determine the matter
for itself. One locality may be
composed almost exclusively Of
Germans, who rs rule are op-
posed to prohibition in any form
and who know how to use intox-
icating beverages; another COM
munity may be all OF a denomi-
nation, or nationality, who favor
prohibition and who do not know
how to use intoxicating bevera-
ges, and they might outnumber
those in The German community.
Any rule which would permit
this majority to infict aud i'm
pose upon respectable minority
its ideas upon moral questions,
and police affairs, is not only
undsmoersio but in violation of
the true principle Of our form of |
government.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-09-25
MAY RECALL JOPLIN MAYOR
Petition In Circulation for Removal
Of Hugh Melndoe-Extravaaance
in Office Charged.

Petitions asking that an election be,
held to recall Mayor Hugh McIndoe.
inaugurated five months ago as Jop.
Inns mayor under its commission form.
Of government charter have been put
in circulation in on effort TO obtain
signatures Of one-tlfth the total vote
for mayor In the last election, Ex,
trayagance in the expenditure Of mu.,
nicipal funds is the principal argument
cited in the petition, which is made
up of general statements This is the.
first attempt made TO use the recall
provision of JopIin's commission form
charter. About nine hundred names
will be required to bring about a res
call election.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-09-25
Dizzy2 Bilious7 Consti.
pated2

Or. Kings New Life Pills will cure
you, cause healthy aow OF Bile aud
rids your Stomach and Bowels Of waste
and fermenting body poisous. They
are a Tonic to your Stomach and Liver
and tone the genersl system. First
dose viii cure you OF that depressed,
dizzy, bilious and eonstipated condition.
25c all Druggists.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-09-25
'ROUNDABOUTTHES STATE,
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Org-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen,
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.
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This is bumper year for Mis-
souri, pecan orchards. A Chari
ton county farmer cold his croE
on the trees for $3.50.
A King City woman had frieC
chicken for dinner, chicken cro'
9uette for supper, and CHECKER
pie and chicken the next day, al
out OF one little hen.
Fulton has an ld-fashioned
Judge who believes in enforcing
the Missouri law prohibiting the
sale of cigarettes to minors. He
recently fined the proprietor of
tobacco shop for that offense.
In addition to the wheat, Mis-
souri, will have bumper corn
crop; and bumper corn crop
means plumper hog crop, and
plumper hog crop means fat
ter frying pan.-Milan Standard.
They had one Of those old fash
ioned contests in Winston the
other day, in which they guessed
how many grains of corn roos-
ter would eat in three hours. The
rooster ate AIT grains and is still
in the land of the living.
Up in Shannon county they
have dandy lot of names for
their school teachers country
post office address. Think Of
going to the postoffice at Rot,
Sinkin, Ink, Timber, Gang, Flip
or Not for your weekly mail.
Yes, says an exchange, times
have changed. 1t used to be that
when a little girl was bowlegged,
and ashamed Of thu appearance
of her legs, her mother could
console her by saying that when
she became big girl they would
not ".show much" because her
skirts would conceal them. 1t is
different now.
What is the matter with Mis-
souri, With 81, 100, 413.37 in the
treasury on the first day of Sep
tember slowed awayin her strong
box; with happy, prosperous,
people within her boundaries who
will gather in great harvest of
almost everything that grows in
this year OF 1914? What more
could be desired?-Chillico
Constitution.
Henry Breashear, working at
q tie camp on Sugar Tree Ridge
in New Madrid county has been
arrested and is in Jail charged
with numbering Luther Sisk, who
also worked in a tie camp, while
they were out hunting together
on Monday, 14th instant. Bras
hear returned to the camp and
told different stories about where
he had left Sisk. A search was
made and the body found badly
decomposed and torn by hogs.
Says the White River Leader,
of Branson: "We heard recent
ly of an old lady from Arkansas
who moved up here into Missouri
but soon returned to her native
state, and on being asked why
she came back said, Wall, in
thet kentry when it gifts cold it
never gifts warm agin, an when
i! gifts hot it never gifts cold agin,
an when it gifts dry it never rains
an when it rains it never stops,
an jes' catchy couldn't stan
it,"
W. J. Martin, a Macon carpen-
ter, reports recent carnage on
his back porch. An army of
little brown ants attacked an
army of big black ants. It was
a hand to hand contest, each ant
graphing with an antagonist,
and Mr.. Martin, who acted as
var correspondent for the ChFon-
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-09-25

: icle, declares that the spiri
: shown by the ants was fine
, There wasn't a gutter in either
army. The brown ants were
! victorious.
Jackson Cash Book. There
J appears to be rivalry between
! the democratic and republican
papers Of the country. 1t is a
friendly one, however, The
democratic papers find it a very
hard matter to outrun the repub-
lican papers in their praise of
President Wilson. They all class
him amcng the greatest of Presi-
dents. From severe critics Of
the Wilson policies the republi-
can papers everywhere are al
most a unit in praising those
policies. Mr.. Wilson'S MASTER
ful craftsmanship and pagnif-
cent patriotism and superb char
acter and typical Americanism
have won the love and esteem of
every thinking citizen Of the
republic. He is looked upon as
the president of all the people.
His masterful handling OF the
vexatious and threatening Mexi-
can situation is looked upon by
statesman throughout the world
as marvel of statesmanship.
1t stands out in splendid con-
trast with that of the countries of
Europe.
Says an exchange, Missouri's
potato crop this year is estimat-
ed at 4,402,313 IA bushels.
Placed end to end it would take
a mosquito with one wing four
teen years, three months, nine
teen days, seven hours. fourteen
minutes and fifty-three seconds
to fly past them. The parings
stretched in one line, would reach
twice around the sun and eigh-
teen stars, or once around Senior
Huerta's grudge against Presi-
dent Wilson. A quick lunch
cook will be able to make the en-
tire output indigestible in nine
minutes. Golly, but some fell
lows can waste lots of time fig.
uring out small things.
Only 10 counties in Missouri
now have government land SUBJ
jeot to cash or homestead entry,
according to special report pre-
pared by Register ], H. Bowen,
Of the Missouri Land Office, for
the General Land Commissioner,
at Washington, d. G. The total
of acres unoccupied is 1898, di-
vided and situate d in the counties
named herewith: Barry SO acres;
Camden 120; Carter is; Dali
las 40; Davies s; Dent 80; Hick-
ory 40; Laclede 40; Madison so;
Oregon 40; Ozark 1856; Phelps
80; Pulaski 10; Ripley 46; Shan
non 4S; Stone 40; st. CLAIR 6;
Washington 80; Wright 40.
Last season Henry F. Schu-
pert, a farmer Rnc stockmen,
bought a bushel of marvellous
red wheat and sowed the same
as an experiment. From that
bushel he thrashed seventy BUSH
els Of fine wheat this season and
a portion of the crop weighed
three bushels to the sack and
tested 81 pounds. The seed orig
inally came from Russia Rus.
seville Rustler.
Willie Hayman, of Neelyville,
40 years Of age, was struck by
train and killed last Sunday
morning, 3 miles above' Nsely-
vile. He was a brother Of Mrs. |
Arthur Blackshsre. When found |
he was in q kneeling position,
and his braios and one eye. was
out of his bead.-Corning Times,
18th instant. /
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-09-25
Vote AS You Like-Take
Your Choice.

Jefferson City, Sept. 19.-The
7th of the series Of arguments
on the measures to be submitted
to vote at the coming election
was issued today by secretary Of
state Cornelius Roach. Those
wishing to vote intelligently on
Amendments No. 8 and No. 10,
should pre- erve this article.
The sole purpose in giving these
arguments is to furnish informa- =
tion to the voter, and the Secre-
tary of state is in no way re-
sponsible for insertions made on
either side of any subject dis
cussed.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-09-25

New heau for PythIan Home.-Mr.
and Mrs, ". j. Mari OF shelbina. we're
appointed superintendent and matron
respectively of the Missouri Pythian
home at Springfield by the board OF
managers before adjournment. They
succeed Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II. Eppard.
resigned. formerly Of Moberly The
appointments ara effective October l.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-09-25

The champions of Proposition
No. 8 give the following reasons
why the measure should be
adopted:
The "full crew" bill, which
passed the 47th General ASSEM-
bly,, and which has been referred
to the voters, will appear on the
official ballot at the general cleo
ton in November as Proposition
No. 8. This law, as passed, is
more liberal to the railroads than
Il majority Of the laws now in ef-
feet in other states, covering this
question. Full crew laws in Ar.
kansas, Arizona, California,
Maryland, New Jersey, Indiana,
Pennsylvania, Washington and
Oklahoma have been in force for
several years, and the average
number of cars is much less than
the law asks in Missouri. In this
state this law calls for an extra
brakeman ON all rainscf over 40
cars, which seems fair and rea-
sonable to the companies. II
this law is sustained by the voters
in the November election it will
mean much to the safety of the
travelling public and will expedite
the handling of all trains.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-09-25

sunile~er Saves 5oy.-Franeis La
bouh, years old, fell into a eisterR.
but was saved from drowning BY bis.
guardian, Mrs, Adel,ne. Grimm Mrs
Grimm heard the boy scream anu ran
out. pulling up tau sunfiower on the
way to the cistern.e she lowered one
end Of the stalk TO the boy. who clung
to It until she hauled him out.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-09-25

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