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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-06-23
SEEKS TO SOLVE
S 0 S" MYSTERY
Pacific Mail Promises Brokers II
win Investigate Reported
Grounding Of Siberia.

LONDON, June 2.-prompted bv
vigorous complaints from underwriters
on account Of losses they sustained as
a result Of the reported grounding Of
the Pacific Nail steamer Persia on
the coast Of F'ormosa May officials
have instituted q determined inveati.
CATION in the hope Of tracing the
source Of the false as o 81, cali and.
according to the Toxic correspondent
of the London Times, the inquiry 50
far has led TO the belief that the
Oseaki wireless station intercepted ana
misread the code signal OF the 81.
IBERIA WIN Il was sent by that ship TO
the liner Persia. The Persin 3 new
code signal is ON b So and II this
was repeated II might easily be mis-.
taken for the distrss signal rs d =.
Mistake Easily Made.
The fact that the code signal "M b
s." has not yet been communicated to
the wireless stations in Japan, since
II must first pass through headqu rters
Of the International Bureau az Berne,
renders this theory more likely.
II is explained how easily the mis-.
take might be made. The "call let
tiers" Of the Persia are I'M B s.
These in the Morse code would appear
.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-06-23
American League.
BOWEL ooMpLAINT IN oHlLpRRN

During the summer months mothers
prompt attention at this time serious
trouble may be avoided, Chamberlain 8
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
can always be depended upon. For sale
by all dealers, Benson, Smith & Co.,
Ltd, agents for Hawaii. E
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-06-23
THE PASSING HOUR.

The various candidates for the mayoray of Honolulu
judged their previous records officials platforms
The latest candidate in the field Harry Murray presented
frst-class platform. . III e. 80, - +
A federal court judge has officially
not evidence contempt of when District Attorney
McCarn tears during his investigation by grand jury
here that nothing farther from intentions
be anything but respectful regarding that weeping
ed the temptation to make references leak
jury '...& f..
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-06-23

Why not compel "a shyster lawyer,
when he gets into trouble to employ
another shyster to defend him f--Chiea.
20 Record. Herald. t.H..
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-06-23
THE HIGH COST OF LIVING PROBLEM

Our high-costofyng problem is the problem of growing
moving and marketing the farm products of
+. try Golfers Weekly ,s#M ss.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-06-23

The distress call "s o s. In Morse
would read:
s o s
-
II is usual for vessels to repeat the
"call letters" several times, and IL
the Osezaki wireless station failed TO
pick up the an b 81 signal ut the
frst attempt the operator might jump
TO the conclusion that the rs D s."
signal was being sent.
Brokers Demand Inquiry.
London insurance brokers for the
Siberia are said 70 nave made strong
representations TO the Pacific Mail
steamship Company respecting the re.
cent false alarm. They have pointed
out that although the owners have no
direct responsibility, since the false
message was not sent from the Siberia,
yet IL is imperative that the discovery
IF its origin should be first charge
upon them. II is the belief Of the
brokers that the Pacific Nail Steam,
ship Company will leave nothing nh
lone that might assist in the solution
Of the mystery. ~
Although the cost of the false report
has been heavy il might have been
greater. The news of the safety Of
the Siberia arrived only just in time
for the eountermanding of orders to
powerful Japanese salvage steamer to
proceed to Kashoto Island. Had this
vessel set out on the expedition under
writer's would probably have had to
pay many hundreds Of pounds, in vain.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-06-23

The Territorial Marketing Of u Expert
Station Of produce
which
able
farmers notify the Marketing Division
sale and about when win be ready ship The shipping
Division is u
w Queen street Maunkea saeoom
queen Sts Telephone 1870 Wireless address USEP. b
- '"". ".. ~" A, T. LoNGLEY, Superintendent.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-06-23
Honolulu Wholesale Produce Market Quotations

ISSUED BY THE TERRITORIAL MARKETING DIVISION.
(Isand Produce Only .tf.5ss June TO- 1914 .
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-06-23

The distress call "s o So In Morse
would read:
s o s
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-03
DAWN DANCE TAKES COLLEGE GIRLS FANCY
VIRGINIA. WHITEHEAD.

Oakland, CaI.-"The dawn dance
an innovation created and practiced
here daily by Miss Virginia White
head as a beauty aid and early morn
ing tonic, promises to become the
fad among the fair co-eds of the
University of California, of which she
is a graduate.
Every morning Miss Whitehead
climbs to the roof garden of her
home and goes through a maze of
graceful terpsichorean intricacies-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-21
Hayden.Watson Co., artistic
floral work. Obs O st. Main 800.

tbOhoh Ooo ~ 6bs oVVs
THE Man From Brandon" and
THE Burglar" both light farces,
were presented in the Lincoln
Park High school auditorium last
night by the newly organized
Lincoln Dramatic club. The
players carried their parts ex-
ceptionally well and were greeted
by encores after every act. An
audience of 800 attended.
Transfer and moving; prompt
service. 0O1 Tacoma ave. Main
461. Advertisement"
Members of the Parent-Teach-
ers' association of the Whitman
school will meet next Tuesday
afternoon in the school auditori-
UNI at 3:15 o'clock. A piano trio
by the Misses Mayme and Pearl
Young and Mary Gates will be
feature of the program. Tea will
be served.
Decorations, Him.. Florist. 8. : a X.
Advertisement"
Thomas Carstens, president of
the Carstens Packing company,
last night announced his pur-
chase of the Empire Packing COM
pany of Spokane. The Empire
company is fully equipped pack
ing plant, and the deal is said to
involve approximately a half mil
lion dollars. Carstens announced
that he would not move from Ia
coma, but would maintain central
offices for both packing plants in
Tacoma.
Forty-two girls from the Vista
tion academy, with four of their
teachers. visited the Belgian re-
lief station yesterday at oil Pa
cific avenue, leaving substantial
food gifts. The pile of eatables
is growing and will be added to
the huge amount to be sent starv-
ing Belgians.
George T. Reid and Frank s.
Baker have been chosen as two
of the speakers for the Optimist
dinner at the Commercial club
next Wednesday night. A third
speaker is yet to be chosen.
Racing through the fog, his
bathrobe popping in the wind, Pat
Sullivan, an escaped patient from
the Northern Pacific hospital,
was captured by a police officer.
He was recently struck on the
head by tree.
Whitworth college has given up
| its fight for the return OF the
Mason library and the suit
brought by the city council for
$4,000 has been dropped. The
library wa sloaned to the college
by the city through Allen G.
Mason on condition that 1t revert
to the doner when the college
moved away. Whitworth Is now
in SDokane.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-21
POLAND is ANOTHER Belgium; COUNTRY
DESPOILED BY RAvAGES U1MANY BATTLES
BY w. III. NEVISON
(By messenger to Athens and mail
to United States.)

tDy HcBScnkcf 10 AtHcmb anu ufaA
to United States.)
PETROGRAD, Russia, Oct. 20.
Poland Is another Belgium,
Constantly recurring visions Of
the ravages wrought by the waves
of troops. both Russian and Ger
man, fiji the Observers heart with
horror even after he has left the
territory far behind. Piilage and
plumber, starvation and despair
sum up the outrage on another in
nocept people.
Things may have been terrible
in Belgium but among the poor,
destitute Poles they are likely to
be worse. The Poles as class are
far from being as well-to-do as the
Belgians and famine already holds
them in its grip.
Scattered everywhere over what
was a peaceful farming section
are remains OF property of varied
description. Houses are ashes.
Trees are knocked to pieces by
shells. Pastures are broken up
into trenches, mounds and en-
bankments. Every road is filled
with refugees wretched folk
pushing on to Warsaw, the popu-
lation of which has been swelled
a dozen times by the influx of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-21

United States Attorney Elmer Il.
Todd, upon being recognized by
the court, demanded to know IL
the government intended to offer
evidence upon the claim made q;
to q written agreement, and i'm
mediately the government re
Piled:
"Yes, written evidence Of the
claim made will be offered, and
also it will be shown that the card
taken from the pocket of Jen Cow
after the latter was found hanged
in his room in the Alki hotel was
written by Chin Kim, and that
Attorney Place had employed
Hartvig Norman to secure the
names of the Chinese witnesses
who would be used against Tape
on the smuggling charges against
the former interpreter at the Sc.
attic immigration station"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-21
You'll Find
= 1t Here r


Nick Kimlinger, 1909 So. 35th
street, who was nearly asphyxiat-
ed yesterday while trying to find
gas leak in a pipe under the
Cole-Martin-Berg store, is report
ed today as, practically recovered.
Delicious Home Made Mince
Meat. Duenwald's, 313 nth st.
Advertisement"
Congressman-e c. c. Dill of
Spokane, the only democratic req
resentative of Washington at tho
U. S. capital, will be in Tacoma
the second week of December to
talk over state patronage with
local democrats.
Agates poiisbe: and mounted
In solid gold. Pfaff, Jewcler. 1147
@ st. Advertisement"
Entering through a rear wind
ow, thieves last night robbed the
home of II. Schweinler, 1856
Ainsworth avenue, and stole two
overcoats, an assortment of jew
elry, and SIS in cash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-21
New Industry
For Tacoma

Another new industry for Taco
ma.
J. w. Gray, president of the
Gray Finishing-Head company,
appeared in the city council cham
Der today and asked the council
for a site for his new machine
shop, where he intends to con-
struct appliances for planning ma
chinery.
1--WE want a piece of land 40 by
100 feet. We will erect a small
plant to start with, having a
monthly payroll of about 5000"
said Gray.
At the conclusion of the coun-
Gil session, Mayor Fawcett took
Gray to the tideflats where site
on the city's property at st. Paul
ave. and River street was shown
him. Gray will probably lease
the land.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-21
STANLEY BELL PRINTING co
n >

Twenty-Five novitiates were
escorted over the hot desert sands
of Shrinedom last night at Afifi
Temple, assisted by 900 Shriners
from Tacoma and other Puget
Sound temples.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-21
Tells JURY AMERICAN PROMISED
$1,000 FOR MURDER OF CHINESE

SEATTLE, Nov. 81. - That
Frank Fl. Tape. former Chinese
interpreter at the Seattle limit
grafton station, entered into a
written agreement with China
Dan to pay the latter $1,000 for
the murder of Lum Kong, and
that 1t was Dan who later shot
and killed Lum Kong, was the
claim made by the government in
It's opening statement yesterday
in the case charging Tape, Tapes
attorney, Victor NJ. Place; China
Dan and Chin Kim with conspir-
acy to intimidate witnesses in the
government case against Tape for
the alleged smuggling of Chinese
into this country.
The claim had the effect of
creating a sensation, all the at
torneys jumping to their feet at
the surprise given them. Former
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-21
Pc RSONAL NOTES

The Ladies' Aid society of the
Emmanuel church will meet We'd
nesday with Mrs. Hallin, 1920
South L street, at o'clock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-21

peasants from the east and troops
from the west.
Atrocities i'm Poland -.
Lake Belgium, Poland, has It's
story of atrocities. The one OF
mems tongues being cut out
seems the favorite. But l have
yet to see an example of 1t. Sure
ly no one in this mass of jabber-
ing humanity is minus tongue.
What ! did see, however, was a
boy of 20 whose hair had turned
gray when, according to the story
he told, his body was filled with
bayonet pricks by a detachment
of the enemy whom he refused to
inform regarding the whereabouts
of the nearest Russians. Then
there is the story of the three
peasants hanged to tree at
roadside, where thousands of ref
uges passed, after being accused
of spying by the Germans.
And endless stream of homeless
to pour into Warsaw
and the fort cannot care for them.
Every available warehouse shell
ters its hundreds. Hundreds more
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-21

are being sent farther into the in
terror of Russia where labor is
needed. A wretehed group they
are and frequently from among
them rises the sobs of an under
fed child or the moan of mother
or the wall of the new babe born
ON the roadside.
Many of the Poles have taken
up guerilla warfare to avenge
themselves for the loss of their
homes. Dilapidated bands, half
foot and half horsemen, with
their superior knowledge of the
country they have succeeded in
harrassing the foes and frequently
annihilating chance badns of Uh-
Ian patrols.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-21
Certificate OF
MARRIAGE GONE

The marriage certificate of
Mrs. Ella Harmon, Cos South e
street was part of the loot of
sneak thieves who yesterday aft
ernoon entered Mrs. Hammon's
front hall. The certificate was
in large leather purse hanging
on hook in the hall. Among the
other articles in the purse, all of
which were stolen, were S. gold
piece. a $2h gold piece, gold
watch and two valuable rings.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-21

John A. Logan circle will enter
tain with cards in the Armory
Monday evening, at 8 O'Clock.
Mrs. Donica, assisted by Mrs Ell
lis, will be hostess. All G. A. r..
members invited.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-21
CHICAGO rs ,,~ III.
QUITE A BURG

oHICAGU-More than $4,000
voo persons, or thirty-five times
uhe population of Chicago, rode
on the elevated railways here dur
lag the first six months of 1911
an increase OF 100000 over the
number carried during the CORE.
spending period q year ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-21
$25 A WEEK is
LIVING WAGES

NEW YORK-The bureau Of
standards of the board of esti-
mate, which fixes all salaries in
municipal departments, has de-
cided that $1,000 a year is the
living wage in New York city.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-21

The Parent-Teachers' associa-
tion of the Sheridan school will
meet in the school auditorium
Tuesday afternoon at 1880. The
school Thanksgiving program will
be given, followed by a business
meeting of the association.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-21

The Ladies AID society or the
Emmanuel church will meet We'd
nesday with Mrs. Hallin, 1920
South L street, at 2 o'clock.
John A. Logan circle will enter
tain with cards In the Armory
Monday evening, at 8 O'Clock.
Mrs. Donica, assisted by Mrs. Ell
lis, will be hostess. All G. A. r.
members invited.
The Parent-Teachers' associa-
tion of the Sheridan school will
meet in the school auditorium
Tuesday afternoon at 1880. The
school Thanksgiving program will
be given, followed by a business
meeting of the association.
John A. Logan and General
Wright circles entertained Milroy
circle of Olympia at the Armory
Monday afternoon. Twenty Olym-
pia members attended. Mrs. An
CELIA Burdick gave the address
of welcome, responded to by Mrs.
Cheadle of Olympia. After din
ner Mrs. Geneva Howard acted as
toastmistress, and toasts were re-
sponded to by Mrs. Kellner, Mrs.
s. s. King, Mrs. Haskell, Mrs.
Houghton, Mr.. Claypool and Mr..
Burdick.
"a Tour of the World in Sixty
Minutes" will be presented at
Manitou Park Presbyterian church
Monday night in stereopticon
lecture by Rev. ]. A. Dodds for
the benefit of the church.
The Parent-Teachers associa-
tion of the Jefferson school will
meet Tuesday afternoon at Q
O'Clock. An attractive program
has been arranged.
The w. L. M. G. No. 67 will en-
terrain at cards on Tuesday, Nov.
"a, instead of holding the regular
business session.. Members and
friends are invited to attend the
function at the Moose hall, 18th
and e streets.
The jolly Time club will give a
dance at Eagles hall, 18th and e
streets this evening. A demon
stration of the Fox Trot" and
other latest features of the ball
room will be given.
Members of the Tacoma Bust
ness Girls club will listen to an
address Tuesday evening in the
Y w. c. A. rooms by Arthur
Finley, an insurance man. His
subject will be 1.-The Personal At
mosphere of the Successful Bust
ness Woman"
M. H. Marvin, member of the
Industrial Welfare commission
will conduct a class in Applied
Christianity" tomorrow evening
from 6:30 to 1880 in the First
NJ. e. church.
The Bryant Parent-Teachers
association will meet Tuesday,
November "a, at 7:45 p. m. An
interesting program has been ar.
ranged. There will be an oper
discussion after the meeting.
---
The girl students at the Lin
coin High school are planning to
l IAI 81, N e q
.dclls "au naturel." will be distrib-
uteG next Monday to be dressed
Later on, there will be a doll
show with prizes for the best
dressed babies"
Members of the United Singing
society will give concert Sunday
Afternoon at 1880 in the Swedish
temple.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-21
FOUR KILLED
BY DYNAMITE

BURLINGTON, Ia.-Four Ia
borers employed on a railroad
seven miles north of Burlington
were killed by dynamite while
thawing the explosive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-23
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 When a man quits kissing his wife be- cause he believes in germs. you can bet that the chief germ wears blonde hair and lives in flat at the other end of town.
 A firancier announces that millionaires seldom carry money in their pockets. Shux! The millionaires haven't anything on the married men in that respect.
 The reason a girl likes to wear a new silk envelope combination is because if she thought you could see it she would have fit.
 Talking about fish out of water, you should see a meic man who by mistaKe mas wandered mo the ladies' underwear department of big store.
 A wise married man will give his wife a regular allowance every Saturday. Then he can borrow the money back during the week and baw. his wife out on Friday and ask her what she did with all the money he gave her
 Most of us would rather lend a helping scot than a helping hand.
 The old tad who announces that the hoss race is fixed when he sees Ben Hur, is the same wise guy who pur- chascs the city hall from stranger for $10 when he goes to a big town.
 What has become of the old-fashioned wclkin that used to ring2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-23
The City's Affairs

The committee of 100 citizens ap- pointed recently to consider Birming- hams financial condition met and or ganized yesterday with Sydney J. Bowie as chairman. It was very representative meeting-representa- tive of the intelligence, the civic spirit and the property interests of the city.
 Birmingham has been in financial straits for years past. Its revenues are insufficient to meet reasonable expenditures. It is getting deeper and deeper in debt. Something must be done for the city's immediate relief and something for it's permanent re- lief.
 The committee of 100 agreed that Chairman Bowie should appoint three subcommittees-one to investigate the city's condition, another to report a plan for the city's immediate relief and another plan for the city's per- manent relief. The chairman can be relied upon to select good men. These subcommittees will be named today and they should lose no time in getting to work.
 Few problems are more difficult of solution than that relating to the ques- tion of taxation, but no matter how difficult the present problem may be a practical and equitable settlement of it can be and will be reached.
 Birmingham is too large and too solid city to be financially ham, pered. It may take a little time to work out a plan for permanent i'm provement of it's finances, but tenn porary relief can be and must be pro- vided for without delay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-23

most amazing yarns by soldiers and civilians, who are either the victims of their own overwrought imagina- tions or else wilfully exaggerate to have sport at the expense of the too credulous interviewer. Naturally, the more startling the story, the more it appeals to the newspaper man on the lookout for the unusual. A great many dispatches, published chiefly in Lon don newspapers, are ridiculous and lack even basis of truth.
 A case in point is the story that Germans captured in certain parts of Belgium have been reduced to eating grass. The supposed scene of this vegetarian diet, according to the best authorities, consists largely of sand dunes where there is little or no pasturage, and besides, at this time of year, frost has killed all vegeta- tion. Mir. Marshall says that this grass eating story gets into the papers about once a week. Doubtless it com forts the well fed beef eaters of Eng land to read how their enemies suf- fer for food, but the stories them selves must be sheerest fabrications.
 The "atrocity story" has been so badly discredited that it is no longer published, but many and various other yarns are printed from time to time with the result that however much the correspondents may lack the "selective faculty" themselves, it is being rapidly developed in newspa- per readers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-23
Orderly Observance of Christmas

Until a few years ago southern cities knew not what it was to have a noiseless Christmas eve. The streets were scenes of surging crowds. There was much drunkenness and young men ordinarily well behaved, became row dies for the time. The night before Christmas was made hideous by the tin horn blowers and persons of sensitive nerves were almost pros trated by the frequent explosion of cannon crackers. The police allowed the hoodlums full liberty to carry on pandemonium.
 But there has been great change for the better. Police regulations for bid the tin horn and the explosion of heavy firecrackers in the streets. The people nave been educated to a rational observance of Christmas. In southern as well as in northern cities decorum on the streets is the rule. If boys and young men are disposed to make noisy demonstrations occasion ally, the proper time is the Fourth of July. Powder and horning would not seem out of place then. The spirit of patriotism might justify a celebra- ton of the noisy sort. But Christmas is a great religious festival and it should be observed accordingly.
 In Birmingham on last Christmas eve there was the best of order. The streets were thronged with people, but the police had little to do. It should be so and doubtless will be so again tomorrow night.