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soon the in contact with this cooling IN
fuerce the rain falls the west side OF the Rockies
lust as ii did on the western ranges. 1t does not pass
over the summit to eastward however, consequently
the western slope of the Rockies is heavily imbercd
But the side is barren just the mountains to
westward are, and for exactly the same reason
When the eastern edge Of the Big Storm crosses the
Rockies it has travelled days journey from the coast
and the center is north and little east OF Van
co,1ver Island Rain is falling steadily the western
slope Of all the mountain ranges from the Rockies west
to the coast north and south range that reaches
from Middle Southern Oregon up into Canada five
or six hundred miles, total distance OF perhaps a
thousand miles north and south. In Eastern Montana
the wind is now blowing north in Idaho it blows
in Southern Washington it blows northeast, and of the
coast it blows south Northward of the center in
Canada it blows westward, shifting southwestward
as the center passes inland and all of these wind dircc
tions are caused by the whirling motion OF the storm
The second day the reaches Lake Superior,
where it the cool air that hangs over tins
great inland sea, and at the remaining vapors car
ried down from Bcrng Sea by the Big Storm begin to
fall as rain again. These rains occur westward from
Lake Superior and Lake Michigan 1t is just here that
the big white pine forests stood before the sw1nls
came, you will remember. The Big Storm travels on
eastward to Lake Huron and then begins to swing
norhward On the third day it is north of Lake Erie.
Seattle is now getting clearing weather and north
northwest wind 1t is still raining little in the Cas-
cade Mountains in the Cabinet Mountains and
probably blowing and showing in the Rockies, and
raining from st. Paul to Chicago and across to Salt
Ste Marie
A southeastern is blowing on the Atlantic Coast
from Cape Hatteras to Boston. Tomorrow it will blow
from the west then from the southwest, as the Big
Storm swings northeast and goes out into the Atlantic
by way Of the St Lawrence River
TT has taken the storm two days to come down from
Nome to Seattle, and four DAYS to travel from
Seattle the mouth of the ST. Lawrence River, where
it goes into the Atlantic menace to North At
lanc shipping Thus it takes the Big Storm SIX days
to travel from Boring Strait the Atlantic and takes
it three days to pass any given point on the route,
which that the whole whrng OF air IS tray
cling eastward at about the speed the average
fast train So YOU leave Seattle III one OF these
storms and travel clear Boston New York in
continual rainstorm cloudy weather you pass
through the different and dry belts. Sometimes
the rain continues entirely the route showing
what OF the Big Storm can bring
In the winter the Big Storm comes in off the Pacific
as wind and Seattle and it gets colder
as it travels eastward the Also
likely to be twenty to twenty-lvenilc southwest
wind at Seattle, thrtv-tve-rnile wind at Spokane,
and possibly forty to fifty miles on the Montana and
Dakota plains. The temperature at Seattle will be
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from thirty-cght to fifty degrees above zero and
will drop steadily the storm goes east giving Spokane
possibly zero weather, and Medicine Hat low
twenty to forty below zero; in which the tcmpcra-
turc in st. Paul Chicago, Detroit, Boston, and other
points along the viii hold pretty close to that Of
Western Montana, which is slightly warmer than
Medicine Hat. New York will he somewhat warmer;
but it will be fcarfully cold, and much suffering will
result, as ii always does in any big city
Thus the Big Storm is a menace to humanity and to
shipping as it passes. But without it all Northern
America would be desert, for il brings all the snow
rain that forms the water supply for the Missouri
Mississippi River the Columbia River, and the Sis-
katchcwan River systems. and these the three big
rivers Of the continent The Ohio gets Of its water
from the Big Storm and from storms that swing
northeast from the Gull OF Mexico. The Yukon derives
nearly all its from the brought by the Big
Storm, and every forest Of any size the continent
depends on and is caused by the moisture from Big
Storms that follow another along the storm track
described here All forests worth the name in the
United States on the western slope Of mountain
ranges in this track, except the white pine that
grew west Of the heads of the Great Lakes which
directly in the Big Storm path.
The only other forests in the country the yellow
pine and cypress lands Of the Southern States witch
get their moisture from the Gulf storms and the
pncrics of Maine which get most Of their moisture
from the Big Storm; though not all, is derived
from the Gulf storms sweeping northeastward.
TIMBER is not has it ever been anywhere in the
world, of moisture. Instead, timber, and
all other heavy vegetable growth we'll is the direct
result Of moisture, and steady, continuous supply OF
moisture that, notwithstanding the theoretical
servationst who says should save timber to
save water supply Nothing could be farther from
the truth, for the simple that timber is ire
nendous of moisture, and the supply Of moisture
comes over certain fixed routes that definite storm
tracks which existed ages before the first tree blade
OF grass grew the soil that the storm track
crosses.
The Rocky Mountains in Glacier Park, Montana,
directly in the path OF the Big Storm ten thousand
feet high yet the strata perfectly fiat, and fossil
seashcs exist the very top Of the range showing
plainly that these present mountainous were once the
scaled. When they above level there were
certainly trees growing them; did trees
there until moisture from the Big Storms had washed
the surplus salt from the soil And the Big Storm
the job, travelling the route the day the first
land came up Of the sea; for its depends
the trend of the shore line, which in turn
governs the of the currents that give their
moisture the Big Stoun.
Plainly, then, the moisture came before the first tree,
and has wcrcd every tree that since. Plainly,
also, the appear where the moisture falls, and
vanish where the ceases else they would grow
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everywhere along the line Of the Big Storm and
leave a thousand miles east OF the Rockies treeless
plain, as is the If abundant rain fell OF
the mountains it does west Of them, the timber
would be there; for ii follows the moisture clear up
the line, and the summit where the high
SHOWS supply sufficient moisture along the side of
the crest. The trees sop where the moisture rain
belt stops every time, showing plainly that they a
result and a Of moisture would have
believe.
A MOTHER false idea is that timber prevents floods
by retarling the melting of the SHOWS The facts
exactly opposite The Big Storm brings 10 the
timber and the barren land alike That which falls in
the timber is like thick level blanket and the timber
shades it. This is not melted by the but
stays just it falls until the air up enough in the
spring melt. Then it stops melting
night day, and this the whole volume Of water
to rush down to the rivers, which rise to torrents and
then to big floods on the lower reaches.
1t just these conditions that caused the famous
annual @June rise in the Missouri River in the old
stcamboatng days when the traders depended on the
June rise for water to float the sternwheel steamers
that hurried up from st. Louis to Fort Benton every
year this very flood that never came till June. The
snow that fell the plains all along the Missouri did
not supply this flood water: it from the high tim
bcrcd valleys of the Rockies where it melted by the
June air because the timber shaded it and it
could not be melted by the The that tell
the plains all along the river blown by the winds
into deep drifts in all the draws and low places and the
ridges left bare just they every winter
This snow, which and is drfted into deep,
pact bodies exposed to the full glare OF the but
the surface presented is small So it melts slowly, and
a continuous stream steadily from every drift
until it is gone On the plains these drifts much
smaller than they in the high, wind-swept guches
dbo7e timber line in the mountains. Here the wind
blows often high eighty to a hundred miles
hour and it cleans al the off the exposed ridges
and piles it into the gulchcs Also, being from the
westward, it drops it the side of the peaks,
where they break off sharp enough eddy in
the wind.
1t is in such places that the wind builds the SNOW
cornicc that every mountain is afraid of; for
is a top-heavy OF piled to eeward by the
wind against the very top of high mountain wall that
right angles to the wind direction Some OF these
corices weigh many tons, and everyone Of them
lets go and slides down in roaring avalanche
the it up the least bit These slides gather
all the they to, and carry down into the
guches, where it piles up the deep drifts that the
wind has piled there already 50 that snowbank one
hundred feet deep, from fifty thousand feet
wide and from a few feet a mile in length is
not the least bit uncommon in the high mountain
gcfes ADORE timber line. They never occur beioao
Continued page IS
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klyo Maru WIN not Enter Port.
PASSENGERS ARRIVED

Per NJ N. s. s. Manoa from San
Francisco, due at Honolulu June 49,.
Mrs. Cassidy. Miss Cassady, e. Wolff.
NJ A. Dalton, Miss Pearl Sutherland.
Miss F. X onyon. Mrs. NJ. B. Noble,
j. ]. Walsh. VIM. Hatch r. Yates
Smith, Miss J. Kenny Cation. Miss
Florence Vance, Miss F. Sewell, Miss
X. O'Kane. Mrs. ]. W. Payne, Frank
Osborne. Mrs. j. j. Hall, Il. A. Benton,
Mrs. VIM. Morrison. Miss Gladys Rick
ara. Miss E. ]. onyon. Miss Jessie Me-
Cauley, Mrs j. T.. Walsh and family,
Mrs. VIM Hatch. Miss Emma Gill,
Mrs J. Al. Higgins, Miss K Quinn, J.
w Payne, Mrs. Frank Osborne.
Per str. w. G. Hali from Kauai
ports. ID. B. Murdoch, F. A. Alexan.
der. ]. a. Honan. J. Hirada, n. Misaka,
w Pollock. w. c. Collier, and Is deck.
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glenn JACKSON
NAMED PHYSICAL
DIRECTOR Y.MC.h.

Glenn E. jackson was unanimously
elected physical director ~ of the
Young Mems Christian Association al
q meeting OF the board Of directors al
noon today, to take the place of Fred
w. Lau, resigned. S. W. Robley was
chosen extension work secretary Of
the boys department, the place left
vacant by the promotion Of Mr.. Jack
son to the physical dictatorship.
The Japanese Y. NJ. C. A. has been
growing at an unusual rate during the
past few months since Lloyd r. Kill
lam has been delegated to give special
attention to II, and now stands ready
for an expansion movement. The
question of financing such an expan-
sion and securing larger rooms was
discussed, and referred to the Japan
csc COMMITTEES, composed OF r. A.
Cooke, F. C. Atherton and C. B. Rips
ley. with the approval of the board
that they 60 ahead with the project.
Those present at the meeting were
R. H. Trent, Robert Anderson, r. G..
Atherton. C. H. Atherton, r. A. Cooke,
Ed Towse. w. 6. Hall, H. G. Dflling-
ham. C. B. Ripley, r. J. Pratt, c. +.
Clemens, G. C. Potter and Secre-
taries Super, Larimer and Killam.
Twenty-four men ! we're elected to
membership, which makes the, total
membership 424 81 IL. r
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PIssEEGRRs DEPlRTED

Per str. Lurline for San francisco
June s.-W. c. AbIes. L T. Brown
Mrs, L. T, Brown. j. B. Castle, l.. NJ
Fishe1. w. n. Gill. Mrs. w. H GIL
Miss E chi. E. c. Gonsalves. A. +
Gertz. Miss Erna Gillberg, Miss 4. L
Hitchcock, NJ. ]. Lindsay, Mrs. H
Lengenan. Miss N. Wells. Miss P
wins. ~.
Per str. Kinau for Kauai ports
June 8. Miss Lois Myers, Jane Myers
Miss A. Makikoa. Miss D. Makfkoa
Miss A. Wright, Miss e. Kolaweola
Miss R. Kekela. Miss Z. Miller, Sam
Peahu. Mrs NJ. Cooke, .Jr., and chill
tdren, Mrs Kaiena. Mrs. H. All Sing
Mrs. T. Apana, Miss T. Brandt, Miss
NJ. Werner, Miss NJ, Keawe, VIM. Ea
make.
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.CARI. MBRIDE
CASE SET FORTH
BY JUDGE Dole
Clear Statement OF circur1.
stances and Washington's
Action Made. +.

Although declining to make public
the correspondence exchanged be
tween the local federal court and the
attorney-generaI Of the United States
regarding the McCarn-McBride at.
fair, declaring that IL is past history
and would prove 'uFiinteresting read.
ing" Judge Sanford B. Dole this
morning furnished the Start Bulletin
with a statement relating to the steps
taken by the federal court and the
encouragement in bringing the case
to It's present status, beginning with
the physical encounter in the hall OF
the federal building and concluding
with the appointment of Alexander
Lindsay. Jf., as special assistant 70
the attorney-general to investigate the
case.
Using as reference a mass OF cable
grams and other correspondence,
Judge Dole made the following state
ment:
Upon the happening Of the affair
between Mr.. Mcbride and MI. Nc.
earn, the local federal judges were
about to proceed at once in the mat.
ter OF placing the affair before the
grand jury. As the assistant district
attorney could hardly be asked to
conduct such an Investigation the
FEDERAL judges under the statute cabled
to the encouragement at Washing
ton requesting him to appoint q spec
ial assistant to the district attorney.
or to the attorney.gener for such
purpose.
in reply, the encouragement
.cabled that he first desired to have
Mr.. McCarn,s statement. He cabled
later that he was about to send q
representative to Honolniu to investi-
gate the matter, at the same time re-
questing the local federal judges to
take no definite action until The re-
port of such representative had been
received The federal judges replied
to this cable and urged hasty action.
as the territorial authorities were
about to Investigate the matter. An.
other cable then was received from
the attorney-g general containing in
structions for the attorneys-at4aw,
and asking advice which was given
favorably to such selection.
Some 10 days after this the federal
judges received another cable from
the encouragement suggesting that
Alexander Lindsay. Jr., be appointed
to investigate into the affair. Our
opinion was asked in this respect,
and was rendered fayofably. al cahla
was received June s, stating that the
encouragement had appointed Mr..
Lindsay as his special assistant to
investigate the case.
Judge Dole concluded with the
statement that the federal judges at
no time harbored any thought OF de
lay In making speedy investigation.
adding, however. that they could not
proceed without the appointment by
the attorney-general of a man to con-
duct the Investigation
Special assistant Alexander Lind
say, Jr stated this morning that,
aside from the clearing up of q few
minor details. he is prepared to bring
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To STEAMSHIP
COMPANIES

That steamship-owned coal mines
are becoming popular with Australia
il indicated BY the report brought TO
this city that the weilknown shipping
company OF Hnddart, Parker. Limited.
had secured large interest in the
Hebburn ccaI Tafne-an extensive
.colliery in the Maitland district. Cap
tain T. Langley Webb. director of the
company in sydney, has confirmed
the report of the deaI. but was unabfa
to go into details. All ] can say"
said the captain. '.fs That the Hud-
dart, Parker Company has secured
large interests in the mine, and ar
rangements have been made for the
offices of the coal company, which
are at present In London, to be con.
trolIed in Australia" rr-.z~
Certain arrangements have. of
course, TO be fixed up, and these viii
take some time to complete. Mean
while the .Huddart, Parker steamers
,wili continue TO take their coal sup
plies as usual at Newcastle The
IHuddart, Parker Company hold large
coal contracts in the Commonwealth,
employing a big fleet OF steamers and
Golfers IN the Interstate trade. and
II Is interesting TO note that they
are now making further important
additions to the fleet, including a
600O-ton boat for the coal trade.
In securing these interests in the
coaI mine the Huddart. Parker Com
pany is falling into line with other
companies. the Australian
Steamships Howard Smith Company
and the Adelaide s, s. Company be-
ing among the principal lines con-
nected with coal mines in this State.
The Hebburn mine is one Of the
best In the northern district, employ
ing $40 hands, or more than any other
pit In the district II forms part Of
the A. A. Company's property.
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Light,
MAlINA MA RUN
MAY be CHANGED

Should the Inter-IsIand steam Nayi
cation Company withdraw the steam
err Manna Kea from the twice-a.week
run to Hilo by the way of Eahaina,
Maui, following the completion of its
present contract with the United
States government for carrying the
mails, which will expire about the
first of July, the elimination Of the
frequent service between Honolulu
and the island of Hawaii, will work a
distinct hardship. to the business in.
terests or this city.
IL was announced this morning that
the commercial Organizations and the
Promotion Committee would give the
matter instant attention. :.
/ President and General Manager
James A. Kennedy Of the Inter-Island,
while Inclined to remain nonscommit.
tai in regard to the return of the
Mauna Kea to one trip each week,
admitted that something might be
done unless there was a marked inn
provement in passenger and freight
offerings. -.
II requires a large sum to keep a
vessel Of the class and tonnage of the
Mauna Kea in constant service, 1t
was pointed OUT -
General Manager kennedy did
state with degree of positiyeness
that no change would be made in the
present schedule that would permit
the Mauna Kea to sail from Honolulu
on Monday. causing that vessel to
spend the weekend at this port in
stead Of at Hilo.
The scheme Is not practical and
could not lie considered" he said.
1t Is generally recognized that the
Mauna Kea has been operated for
some months at very small margin
of profit If not at distinct loss. The
vessel has been returning to this
port with very small number Of pas
sengers, and q. similar condition has
existed with each outward trip of the
vessel
1t was stated today that inroads
made by steamers In the Matson sery-
ice in carrying passengers between
Honolulu and Hilo might have consid.
cradle bearing in the Inter-Island
Company cutting down the frequency
of future voyages Of the Mauna Kea
to the big island.
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the case before the federal grand
jury at It's meeting In the federal
court Monday morning. Deputy
Marshal David Sherwood left for Hilo
this morning to subpoena Mrs. Mary
Freitas. Miss Flprinda Freltas, VII;
liam r. silva and Mrs. william r A.
Kayser as witnesses i'd the case.
There also are q number Of local
lpeople who win be summoned to give
testimony before the grand jury. Mr..
Lindsay IS Of the opinion that the In.
EEvestigation wilI be matter Of only
three or four days
The final decision OF the grand jury
lin the matter VIII probably be the
only facts In the case which VIII be
made public. The federal Judges
| have thus far refused to make pub.
lie the correspondence between Wash
fington and Honolulu and, according
| to the federal law, the grand jury
viii sit In star chamber session and
/ no facts concerning the hearings will
lbes disclosed. other than the final
lopfilion Of the jury.
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Civilization and Fauna

Nothing but the ISOLATION given by
q wide sea or high mountain ranges
will preserve primeyal fauna and
flora-the indigenous n1anefree living
denizens OF the Isolated region from
destruction by the necessary UMPIRE
meditated disturbance of natures bal
Eance By man once he has passed from
the lowest stage of sayagery. At pres
ent we are faced by this difficulty in
Africa. Not only the white settlers
have large herds of cattle. but before
their arrival the negroid natives had
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A quantity OF coal has been supplied
the British steamer Kestrel now at
the port and occupying berth at
pier IL.
With a full cargo Of sugar and small
shipments of preserved pines the Mat
son Navigation steamer Enterprise is
reported to have sailed from Hflo for
San Francisco today. ~ !.
In contemplated revision OF sail
ing schedules from San Francisco In
which the Pacific Mail and the Togo
lKisen Kaisha win participate, a bet
ter mail service to the islands, has
been predicted. ~5.az- se,j "a
Sailing from San Francisco yester-
day afternoon, the Matson Navigation
steamer Manor is due TO arrive at. Ho-
nolulu on next Tuesday morning. Ac-
-cording to advance lists. the Manoa is
bringing down q fair sized number OF
cabin passengers. u -.a -.
! Considerable progress, was .. today
made in the removal of the vast ac-
scumu1atlon OF ORIENTAL cargo tnat lot
the past several days has been piled
high on pier Z, following the arrival
of the Pacific Mail liner Siberia and
the r. K X. Chiyo Maru. ..... -.
Completing the, discharge Of the
remainder of about 800, 090 gallons of
kerosene and gasoline, the STANDARD
Oil Company steamer Maverick sail
ed for San Francisco at S o'clock last
evening. The vessel left. a portion Of
the shipment at, Kahului, Maui 49,.
The durability of island hardwood
as paving material has been demon
strated to the. satisfaction of the San
Francisco 4 harbor commission who
have entered into contract with
the Hawaii Hardwood Company for a
quantity of blocks. to be delivered
from the mills at Puma. Hawaii. to
the coast where they win. be used in
laying a floor at pier 80. The Hilo-
man leaving Hilo some DAYS ago car
ried shipment of the wood.
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lAs Z. LOVE
DAY DANCE AT
WAIKIKI Inn

Special dinner and dance win take
place tomorrow night. June IL. in
commemoratafion Of Kamehameha
Day. Decorations and attractions to
suit the occasion.
Dinner served from p. nl. TO p.
m, dance following 70 4 m.
Engage table reservations. adyer-
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Elna tagged 7l-Mamma, learned
today at school that d cocoanut has
milk in 1t. Mamma--Yes, dear. Elna
But what l didn't learn Is how they
milk it.-Kansas City Star.
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ceoralarl Q Make lnitiaI en-.

Geof0iaa 20 MAKE Iutttat Cait.
To pay an initial VISIT to the Ha.
waiian islands, the American-Hawaii.
an ffeighter Georgian, which has
been supplied with cargo from the
east as we'll as the west coast of the
United States, Is reported to have
sailed from Seattle for Honolulu. Ac-
.eording to advices received by G. r.
Morse, general agent for the Ameri.
cansH Hawaiian line, the Georgian
should arrive at the port about June
Is. The vessel will call at several
island ports TO gather a full cargo Of
sugar.
Local Notice to Mariners.
Hawaiian Islands Kauai Island.
northeast shore, Kahala Point light,
previously reported extinguished, was
relighted June 8. 1914
BY order OF the commissioner Of
lighthouses:
Al. E. ARLEDGE, Inspector.
klyo Maru win not Enter Port.
The Japanese liner Kiyo Marn will
not enter port upon arrival from
Mexico, Central and South American
ports tomorrow morning. The vessel
while bearing q large cargo. has no
freight for discharge at Honolulu. To
remain here for SUFFICIENT time for
the interchange of cables, the vessel
win ride at anchor at quarantine. The
Kiyo Maru is proceeding to Japan
and China ports. it being reported
that the vessel has a large list Of
through passengers.
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Before departing for the coast. a.
Union OIL Company tanker Sanfa Ma
ria will be discharged Of TO- bar
rels OF fuel oil