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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-24

5 The contractors engaged in con-
structing the new water reservoir at
Shafter have commenced the excaya-
ton for the basin and are we'll down
below the surface. The reservoir will
be CT 100000 gallons capacity and is
located on the hill and adjoining the
present reservoir for the local system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-25
.PELL CITY GETS THE NEXT CONFERENCE The MethOdists Adjourn at Childersburg-Denny
 Breaches

Childersbnrg, March 24.-tSpeciai ' The third and last day of the Talla . cega district conference of the Meth. odist church concluded its work and adJourned at D. m. today and will meet next year at Pell City Commit tees on temperance. education, Sunday schools. Epworth leagues, ordination and licensing boards reported work in these departments as progressing
 Rev William Bradford was received from the Baptist church and recon menoed to the annual conference. Bishop Denny preached again today one of his characteristic sermons from John, twentieth chapter.
 Delegates to the annual conference to meet at Athens November, next, are E. H. Hammett, & W. Pace, c. Y. Me Elderery, J. M Roe and A. l.. Heath: ]. '. Lyle, artenate Rev. Craig of Selma addressed the conference in the inter est of the orphaneg and Rev. !. W. Norton presented the claim of the s,,- peranuate home. Rev. c. Wolford, field secretary of Sunday schools, delivered. an address tonight on this branch of work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-25
WAR IS TEACHING AMERICA ID MAKE HER OWN PRODUCTS Enormous Potash Field In Seaweed Along the
 Pacific Coast SWAMP DRAINAGE
 TO ADD MILLIONS How Zinc Manufacturers Were Shown That Most Valuable Product
 Was Going Up the
 Smokestacks
Fly HOLLAND

New York March Especial )-Edl- son, who has beeh compelled to resort to his knowledge of chemistry and to his facilities for many kinds of manufactur- ing to make at home commodities which heretofore he has relied upon Germany to secure, is reported to have said that while there Is no doubt that the United States can manufacture many of the commodi- ties which heretofore Germany has fur nished us yet when the war is ended we shall find it commercially imprac- ticable to do that unless these commodities are protected against Germany by the tariff schedules.
 The fear that when peace comes Ger many may re-establish in the United States great markets for certain chemicals which she has so skillfully manufactured does not appear to affect leaders in American industry, although they doubt less have in mind thoughts similar to those said to have been expressed by Edi- son.
 Domestic industry should be consider ably quickened if the intense concentra- ton in laboratories and in manufacturing plants upon problems involving the com mercial utilization of waste products and the manufacturing here of chemical com snodities of which Germany has hereto fore enjoyed the supremacy are success 1,fl All over the United States the com mercial use of waste products and the saving to industry of waste lands is now in progress, according to reports received in this city. Ex-Senator Burton of Ohio, in the final words spoken by him as sen ator, urged such action as would put to profitable commercial use the neglected water powers of the United States.
 Those who read his address carefully did not fail to observe that he is also in favor of such action as will make of com mercial availability large tracts of land which are now waste land Recently re- port has reached this city that in the state of Minnesota the reclamation of at lea st 1,000,000 acres of naturally very fer tile land is to be undertaken this year. as much as S1,000000 to be spent in the year In securing this increase of fertile acreage to the agriculture of Minnesota. The contemplated reclamation may cost $6,000.000. Today this land is a swamp sim liar in area to the great swamps of south eastern Virginia and southeastern Geor- gia, although not so extensive as the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-25
PLAN TO ENTERTAIN
 RIVERS COMMITTEE

Chattanooga, Tenn, March 24.-(Special) ) conference of members of the Tennes- see River Improvement association and representatives of commercial bodies of north Alabama towns in the Tennessee valley to consider plans for entertainment of the members of the Senate committee on commerce and the House committee on rivers and harbors during their joint visit to Chattanooga and trip along the Tennessee river from Knoxville to Flor ence was held in the office of John A. Patten, president of the improvement as- sociation, here today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-25
JEFFERSON SEARCY
 GETSJA|L SENTENCE
Is Convicted of Embezzle- ment of Funds of Gull
 man County

Culman, March ial)-Jefferson D. Searcy, former treasurer of eullman county, was convicted in the circuit court today of embezzlement of the funds Of culman county and sentenced to seven years Imprisonment by Judge Brickell searcy pleaded not guilty.
 The case of Searcy attracted consid- erable attention throughout the state. It was alleged that Searcy went to Birmins- ham to deliver some bonds to a bank there and that he appropriated the money paid him for the bonds and fled to the middle west, He was traced for several weeks by Birmingham detective agency and finally arrested in Illinois
 Searcy for sometime was confined in the Jefferson county jail and there is at present a charge of embezzlement pend ing against him in that county as a result of the dedication. Searcy was defended by B. NJ. Allen of Birmingham and r. E. St. John of Cullman. The state was rep resented by D. c. Almon and A. A. Grif- fifth, circuit and county solicitors, re- spectively.
 Another important case was closed to- day with the conviction of Joseph IT. Kramer. assistant cashier Of the German panh' on cndiBe or empezHlement. lie was sentenced to seven years in the pen itentiary by Judge Brickell.
 The case of Kramer is unusual in that his uncle. who is cashier of the bank. left for Germany short time before general hostilities broke out in Europe and has not been heard of since Kramer pleaded not guilty to embezzlement but offered no evidence save character wit nesses to substantiate his plea. It is cur rently believed in cullman that further sensational developments in the case may be expected at any time.
 Kramer was represented by Erie Pettus of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-25


 Exports Of corn and oats also ieaped upward by millions of dollars last month, and for the eight months period. and in February cotton shipments showed an in crease Of approximately s20000.0o0 over the same month year ago. Total cotton exports for the eight-month period, how ever, Tell below the 1914 figures by more than Sao0.ooo. .ooo the respective amounts be- ing: For 1914, $49S. .s10, ,s59: for 1915, S24S- 94, 1ss.
 some idea of the part American beef IS playing in feeding the men in the trenches may be gained from the fact that exports of fresh beef increased last month 10 $1IS13 161 from $513,S45 in Febru- ary the preceding year. while during the eiSht-inonth period the total export was Ss7 100000 greater than in 1914, Canned beef valued at S,264, 20 went abroad last month as against S24s.7e6 a year ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-25
See the North Star Reftigerators
 "The Cork Filled Kind"

When you examine a North Star or Sanitary Re frigerator you will want one so much that ice saving will be only one consideration. These Refrigerators are ornaments for your dining room; are beautifully finished inside and out; easily cleaned and sanitary, and keep your food in perfect condition. From lining to varnish they are built for lasting service. Between the walls granulated cork is packed-keeps all the heat out and all the cold in-that's why ice mets so slowly in a North Star or Sanitary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-25

agree that the fee system should be ahol- ished and that the county solicitor should be paid q salary of at least SSoo year and not allowed to engage in private practice Present arrangement of the courts appear to be satisfactory. but the jurisdiction of the inferior court should be extended No change should be made in chancery practice. The salary of cir cult judges was said to be fair Cir cult and other judges, 1t was said, should work nine or ten months each year.
 Some suggestion was made that the su- preme court judges should be appointed by the governor and confirmed by the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-25
ANNISTON

Anniston March 24.-(Special ] Judge Thomas w. Coleman of The city court has not yet given his decision in the matter of the state of Alabama vs. Perry F. Wharton, an attorney who is charged by the Alabama Bar asso- citation with conduct unbecoming an attorney. The jury which heard the evidence in the case rendered thei, verdict at a late hour Tuesday aft very favorable to the attorney.
 The case was tried Monday and given to the jury Monday afternoon hut owing to the illness of Juror Rob- ert Hall a verdict could not be reached until Tuesday. The proceeding was an unusual one, in that the jury was not allowed to pass upon the guilt of in- nocence of the defendant but was in- structed to decide if certain facts sub mitted to the jury were true or other wise. While finding in a number ol instances that the facts submitted by the prosecution were true. the jury said that MT. Wharton did not have an ulterior motive and did not attempt to influence the verdict of jurors in the case out of which the prosecution of Mir. Wharton arose.
 Governor Henderson on Wednesday afternoon appointed J. w Harris oi Calhoun county to succeed Tillman Turner. MT. Turner recently resigned to accept the presidency of the board of county commissioners, to which place he was appointed by Governor O'Neal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-25

tage of potash. There is now good reason Tor surmising that as science showed how 10 secure and utilize the inexhaustible sul- sulphur deposits of Louisiana so that now We lead the world in the production of sulphur it Is also going to demonstrate that We possess, in an indigenous salt water product which grows like hay in the sense that it reproduces itself every year. ample supplies of potash
 It is only few years since the mana gers Of great zinc manufacturing plant Tn Illinois, not far from St. Louis, were taught by science that the most valuable part of their product was wasted. The fumes from the smelting furnaces carried through great smoke stacks certain uual- tiles given off by smelting and it was only necessary to capture them and treat them in accordance with the methods science taught to secure vast amounts of acid which is specially valuable for fertilizing purposes. For years that quality was wasted. The late James D. Laying, who made a special study of the subject, al- though all his life he was better known as railway manager than as capital ist engaged in large industries, estimates that many millions of dollars worth of this acid had been wasted before it was discovered that the fumes contained really the most profitable quality. So also the managers of one of the great steel indus tries located at Buffalo were informed by George Westinghouse and others that they were permitting to escape from their smokestack vast quantities of material which could be utilized for heating and power producing purposes. Science showed these managers how to attach apparatus to the smokestacks and then operate the apparatus so that a considerable percen- tage of the heating material needed for operating these works was thereby se- cured, although for years it had gone to waste.
 Research and invention of the kind sug- gested by these two examples are now in- tensely occupying some of the ablest chemists and men of science of the United States, so that we may be able as one re- suit of the European war to make profita : ble saving of products which were hither- to being wasted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-25
SEED GIVEN OUT
 AT CIVIC CHAMBER

Over 1000 packages of government seed have been distributed by the Chamber of Commerce within the past few days. the seed having been furnished by Sen ator Frank s. White and are given to all who call for them.
 Secretary Radcliffe stated yesterday that the present supply had been exhausted but that another batch of the seed would probably be secured within short time and be distributed in the same way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-25
JUDICIARY BODY MEETS IN GADSDEN Lawyers Are Examined on Proposed Legal
 Reforms

Huntsville. March 24-(specaL)--rh committee on judiciary of the Alabama legislature examined several of the law yers of Huntsville today on proposed ju- dietary reform. both local and general. Nearly all members of the local bar were examined, we'll as one from Jackson county.
 The opinion is almost unanimous among members of the Huntsville bar that the courts in this county should be retained as at present Without exception they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-25

senate as are federal judges by the Pres ident and Senate. Senator f.usk of Mar shall is acting chairman of the commit tee and with him are Senators Lee and Milner and Representatives Blackwell. Brlndley, Thompson. Davis and John. They left for Gadsden this afternoon. The committee Is making an effort to get into every section of Alabama In the shortest time, and only one day Is being spent in each county visited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-25
Big Cotton Shipment

Guin. March M.-(Special.)-T largest single sale of cotton made here this sea- teton, the largest merchant here, sold 500 bales of cotton to Howell Cotton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-25
INCREASE IN
 UNITED STATES EXPORTS

Washington. March 24-Breadstuffs worth 57.os1,s2s were shipped abroad during the eight months ending Febru- ary 2s, compared with S115. 2l5,s ,sSl for the same period of the preceding year. The Greatest increase was in wheat exports, which rose iron. s67654. sos year ago to s22s. 205,142. For last month alone the breadstuff export totalled se2. .s75, ,95e, com pared with SHE. 2s5 in February, 1914. and the wheat export increased from $s.ss3,- ss5 to ssS, s.ssS.
 These statistics announced by the com merce department do not show the des- unation of shipments. but it is known tue great bulk of these exports went to feed the soldiers and civilian populations Of the heuigerent European countries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-25

swamp lands in Louisiana Within a
 few years much has been learned about
 the engineering methods needed for the reclamation of swamp lands This is now
 so highly perfected that some of those
 who are competent to make estimates feel
 assured that this reclaimed land in Min
 nesota-whieh should be ready for ag- riculture within the next 10 years-will
 then be found to have a market value oI many millions, perhaps as much as
 S100, ,00c 600. "' Louisiana has taught the lesson neces- sary 10 learn If there is to be reclama- tlon Of swamp lands. For about l5 wears the reclamation of Louisiana swamns has been In progress and has so far succeeded 1 thar swamp lands which few years ago could be bought for few cents an acre now command at least S125 an acre. JJlti- mateiy the greater part of the swamp iands or Louisiana will be reclaimed, and
 as these lands are of extraordinary fer tility they will when cultivated yield rich returns not only to Louisiana, but to the country. The swamp lands of Minnesota Tor Which reclamation work is soon to begin, are comparatively small when sim liar lands of Louisiana are considered The Minnesota reclamation will involve about 100000 acres, whereas Louisiana
 has nearly S0,000,000 acres which sooner or
 later will be entirely reclaimed.
 AHOtHcI DeNelOpment
 As one immediate effect of the Euro
 pean war, men of science in cooperation
 with men of capital are now busly oc- cupied with the problem which involves production in the United States of potash and to so great an extent that hereafter
 We need not rely upon Germany for this chemical vital to our agriculture. It may be that this emergency will show to the country another resource hitherto neg lected which may create wealth fully equal to that produced by the gold fields of Alaska. Science seems to have per-
 fected appartus which will make it pos sible to harvest under the ocean vast
 amounts of l<elp. That apparatus would
 have been developed at the present time had it not been for the recent contro-
 demonstration of how exclusively we have been compelled to rely upon Germany for this commodity. In President Taft's ad-
 ministration, at the time of the potash controversy with Germany, there was serious consideration of the possibility of detaining in the United States or in it's territorial possessions an ample supply of potash. The Secretary of agriculture MT Wilson, caused exhaustive investigations to be made both from the point of view
 of science and that of physic which jus tfied him in saying that upon our Pacific coast certain forms of sea vegetation could if science would show it could be done, yield potash each year considerably in excess of the amount we imported from Germany Science appears now to have shown how this can be done and the open ing of the Panama canal to navigation will greatly facilitate the commercial use of this hitherto neglected product. This l sea weed contains considerable percen-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-25
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Palisadian., 1915-05-15
Had "Lark Feuer''
Pretty Grantwooders
Have Romantic Outin2

Two well-known young society
buds, of Grantwood, took that some
times contagious affection, clark
fever" last Friday evening and after
wondering what to do promenaded to
Palisade along Palisade avenue to
Bluff road until they reached Abbott
boulevard. They then turned back
and went on to their Grantwood
homes as they came.
The reader will say, "Well, there's
nothing startling in that"
So there isn't.
But hist!
One of the girls was a boy That
is, in appearance and garb. There
was pretty little black moustachio
pencilled on the upper lip-very
dainty looking and cute-and the
dark suit was of the latest cut. His
G. , companion wore no mas
querade, but was her usual pretty
self, and when "Palisadian" reporter
who saw that they looked '1osted"
and spoke to them, proffering his
services as guide, she said, "Thank
you, sir, but my escort will see me
home quite properly" And che" did.
Palisadian., 1915-05-15
Jersey City Boys
Steal Ice Wagon,
Caught Selling 1t

After stealing horse and wagon
load of ice in Jersey City, three Jer-
sey City boys-the eldest of them
only eleven years old-drove into
Union Hill Tuesday afternoon, and
began to sell the ice to residents of
the town. They were still at it when
placed under arrest by Traffic Officer
Louis Stanford, who had become su-
spicious of their actions.
The three lads were George Hol-
land, ten years old, Of 78O West Side
avenue, Jersey City; John Kearney,
| nine years old, of Garfield avenue, and
John O'Connor, eleven years old, who
| llves IN the same house with kearney.
The owner OF the horse and wagon,
| nj. q. Carlo, OF 744 west Side avenue,
Jersey City, an ice dealer, lett his
rig standing on the street early yes
terday afternoon while he went into
a house to deliver piece of ice. When
he returned, the wagon was missing.
After vain search, he notified the
Jersey City police.
were notified. Not content with hav-
ing notified the Union Hill police
through the Jersey City police, how
ever, Carlo went to the Union Hill
police in person. He was at the
station house trying to make the
police and reporter, who was pres
ent, understand what his trouble was,
when Stanford came in with the three
youthful culprits.
Stanford explained that he had seen
them at Bergenline avenue and Van
Worst place.
1t seemed strange to him, he said,
that three such tiny lads should be
driving a wagon, all alone, and actu-
ally selling ice to housewives who
wanted to buy. He asked them some
pointed questions, and, when they did
not give satisfactory account OF
themselves, he drove around to the
station house with them.
Stanford said it was really comical
to see two of the boys Juggling five
cent piece of ice to customer. 1t
was tunnier still to see the queer, odd
shape into which the ice had been
chopped.
Carlo did a regular joy dance when
the policeman appeared with the
wagon and the boys who had stolen
it. He said he would press the charge
against them before the Jersey City
authorities.
Asked why they had taken the
wagon Holland replied that they
''just did it for fun" The three boys
were turned over to Patrolman John
Melley, of the Jersey City police
Observer.
Palisadian., 1915-05-15
Big Daddy" Snake
Seen By The Editor
In Anderson Avenue

Last Saturday afternoon, while
Charles L. Logan was riding along
Anderson avenue, about half way to
Fort Lee he almost ran over a big
black snake that appeared to be about
as long as a flag pole, and a lot
bigger. According to the statement
made by Mr.. Logan, the snake, a
black runner, no doubt, was a regular
daddy" and could not have been less
than eight feet or more in length, and
as large around in the middle as the
forearm of man. The reptile was in
the act of crossing the road in front
OF the wheel, but when his little black
peppers saw what was coming, he
doubled in his tracks and made for
the woods again. He stood up about
a foot on his fore legs, took hasty
view of the situation, and was i'm
medlately prepared to act, which he
did by a lightning right -about-face
and was gone in a jiffy. Mr.. Logan is
sure he saw the snake, because he
says he is strictly temperate man,
and had taken nothing stronger than
water that day. Asked if he felt
any alarm, he said, eyes, did
First, | thought l was sure to run
over the pesky thing, and l didn't
like the idea of getting a big snake
like that all tangled up in the wheels
of my bike. And when the snake
raised up off the ground in turning
back, l was possessed of the idea that
he was going to jump at me or the
wheel, and having big pile of dog
wood on my shoulder, and riding with
one hand only, l was wondering what
kind of a time | might have. Out
side of that | was not much alarmed
but confess to touch of the squeams
that made me feel pale a bit"
Some of the boys are going on a
hunt for that big snake. Perhaps
Paul Binner can lend helping hand
and charm him into surrendering.
Palisadian., 1915-05-15
Boulevard Improvement
On Anderson Ave.

The county authorities have begun
the improvement of Anderson ave-
nue. from Lafayette avenue to Bulls
Ferry road, Fairview A gang of one
hundred men have been busy this
week grading the avenue as far south
as the Gorge road. This section will
be completed at once to provide means
of outlet for traffic through the Gorge
road to Palisade avenue. From that
point the work will be pushed rapidly
to the south and inside of a few
months both Cliffside and Fairview
will have the boulevard they have
dreamed of for many years, extend
ing it's polished and granite like sur
face through their boroughs. The
new boulevard will be a mecca to the
automobilists who will have splen-
did route to and from Jersey City and
the many ferries thereabouts.
Palisadian., 1915-05-15
Trinity Players
Coming Event

Rehearsings are the order of the
day, and night, for the Trinity Play
ers' double bill to be presented next
Tuesday night, May 1S, at Trinity
Church Guild Hall. The performance
will be a notable one. The members
of the cast have all been prominent
participants in the Comedy Club,
Frolickers and other dramatic organi-
cations.
The two plays, Destiny" and "The
Widow Scraggs," are from the pen
of local dramatist. The musical
accomplishment will be at the hands
of local symphony orchestra.