davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-30
WOULD TAKE TIME
TO LOWER TRACKS

Under the liankins plan. il was
pointed out. the opening and extension
of Monument Avenue could not he ac-
complished in less than IA wear. The
tracks would be depressed along the
who'll line from Acca to the river and
no bridge at street grade could he con-
structed until the entire lowering was
complete The company's engineer
thought tina, it would require more
than year TO carry out the Haullins
plan-probahly nearer two years
on behalf OF the company's plan. il
was pointed out that carrying trains
many of them passenger and tourist
trainS-1croSS q handsome section or
the city over an elevated roadway
would be a valuable advertisement,
that would be wholly lost were the
trains shunted through a bare. yellow
cash. The practice of crossing resi-
dental districts of cities through open
cuts, the committee was told. was be-
lfS abandoned the country over, in
favor or elevated crossings This was
notably true. ii was said in recent
constructions in Washington and New
York.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-30
MAY VIEW SIMIi.AK
CONDITIONS ELSEWIItRE

Chairman Pollock suggested thar in
view or The Importance of the problem
which Is before it for solution. The
committee would do wisely to make =
trip TO several nearby cities in which
similar problems have been dealt with
to observe how the plans adopted worl,
out in practice. Such an inspection. ne
thought, would show the committees far
better than 1t could be shown by draw
ings or arguments. just how desirable
the overhead or depressed tracL svs-
lens would he as a remedy for condi-
lions In Richmond
The suggestion was favorably re-
ceiVed, but no motion looking to carry
ing it into effect was made. 1t Will
probably be further discussed Mt the
next meeting. Mr.. Hunton thought the
idea was excellent. lie suggested fur
ther that the railroad company would
be willing to enter into an arrange
ment with the city for submitting the
west END crossing problem to a COM
petent' board of engineers on which
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-30
DIR. .,nmcs r. Pnrkcr.

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.1
LYNCHBURG. VA, November 90
pr. James IT. Parker. aged fifty-threc
years, dentist, died on Sunday at
his home here. He is survived by his
wife and one daughter. Mary BLACK ford
Parker.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-30

Tho Southern Railway Yesterday re-
ported gross revenue increase for
october of si36,G0O. with gain in
operating income Of $500, 600
The report IL in ke"pnE with tho
favorable returns recently reported by
other leading systems fOr that period.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-30
AlfonNO j. Horunl,

The funeral OF Alfonso j. Borum.
thirty-seven years old, who died sun.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-01

about saloon
No. only the revenue we get out
OF it,
what revenue do you get
One hundred thousand dollars a
year.
but you say you pay two millions
q year into the saloon"
..Yes.
And you said il cost you $3.50. 900
a year to take care OF the detectives
caused by the alcohol sold by the
saloons?s
Yes
where. then, do you get any rev
enue?''
Then the businessman was silent,
and the angels face grew as sad as
the face Of God when q father walks
into the door Of q saloon. takes q
drink and then goes out and stlmbies
into the door Of his own home to beat
into pulp the most beautiful thing on
earth. And the businessman is still
silent. He has not been able to an
swer the angels question. Rev.
Charles n. sheldon. in the Advance.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-01
EUROPE TAKING
EXCESS SUPPLY
OF CUBAN SUGAR
Product and Stock 40. 600
Tons Larger Than last Year
Not Pressing Market Now

That European buying ana the
shortage OF refiners more than offset
unfavorable features Of the sugar sit
-. Z. 80 49,. 49,. 8. -. fs..4
..' = ny !, . '..e.A - 80, s.s.,;;
nikoW-iSionoa COMPANY q ~ Wan
street, New York, in their following
market letter. dated October Isl:
orr. f,rmrss. su,,,,ch dava,,.,,o; here
,a.t 8, Sa &. and c,,izn;nsfed n assnr-
,,sv az inst e she ssls - refine-
81 aoooo ha1e cnbas for ccfoher
sh;nTsnt "a 1ssc - 1141cl hes
.eontinned dnr;nS fhe ner;od under =.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-01

SUPPLYING BoozE 70 PRIsoNERs.

70 mfny states the smuggling Of liquor to
minated Of jails, penitentiaries or asylums is q
felony. It is recognized that supplying liquor
IS men 'or women in such institutions is likely
70 breed murderous mutiny and in any event
3 utterly SCATTERING to discipline.
Ne such law exists on the statute books Of
the territory, say those who have recently
looked up the subject as result Of the allega-
tio1s concerning the administration at the
county Jail In Hawaii il is a matter of prison
regulation. If the stories are true as told by
several witnesses who have been called before
the grand jury at the county Jail, under the
present administration il is not even matter
Of regulation If there is any rule, it is laughed
at or Vinked at.
One Of the men whose stories figure in the
startling disclosures published by The Star
Bulletin said that be did not see guards and
prisoners drinking together, but that he say.
prisoners drinking from supply somehow.
sent them and also guards drinking among
themselves The prisoners in this case were
BE privileged gentlemen Of the McGrath-|
Bowers Boggs gang, who were given the free
dom Of fIle Jail hospital and made of It q very
comfortable clubhouse.
# the allegations Of liquor-smuggli to-
His gang are found BY tbe territorial grand
jury 10 have foundation, one constructive move
would Be q recommendation BY the jury to bel
brought before the next legislature, making I'll
| Ie|onious ofIense for any person to- send
LIQUOR into any Jail, municipal, county OF ter
|'.o,iaI IN Hawaii.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-01
CT 0SE ISLAND MAILS
EARLIER THAN USUAL

Effective tomorrow, temporary
change in the time of closing Of island
mails will be made. the postofioce an.
nounced today.
Mail for regular island boats will
close an hour before sailing time in
stead Of the present IS minutes. The
change will continue effective to Sat
urday, November s. inclusive.
The change is made necessary be-
cause a statistical count Of despatch.
ed island mail is being made this
week. The change in closing time
viii not affect mail intended for trains.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-01
BIG los ANGELES
PAPER MAY Send
EXCURSION HERE
Examiner Gables to Promotion
Committee About the Great
Morihern's First Trip

a cablegram received today by the
Promotion Committee from the pub
Usher CT the Los Angeles Examiner
SAYS:
Examiner Is urged 70 conduct ~
excursion on the first trip Of the Great
Northern to Eilo and Honolulu. leaving
Los Angeles November 81. 10 eniphn,
size the Importance Of Z direct steam
er passenger line between Los Angel
Is and the Hawaiian islands. The
Examiner has asked what arlangc<
meats can be made for such party
during lis four days stay b the isl
nnds. and particularly n Honolulu
and wants to know Whsf entertain
mcnts will be out during that time.
The Promotion Committee d now
seeking specific information from tbs
hotels. for with the Great NorthornD
three to four hundred regular passen.
gers. the general run Of accommoda.
lions n the larges, hotels WIN Be veil
taken up.
The message indicates that South.
ern California Is aroused over the
prospect for 4 permanent passenger
line between Los Angeles and HQI0
lulu. for which The Chamber 81 Com
merce 81 Los Angeles and other organ
,zatIons have made several campaign9
The committee h particularly pleased
because 81 the deep interest manifest.
ed By the Exou'ner for L Indicate.
that 4 brand new field Of tourist ac'
tiyity can Be opened Up.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-01

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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-01

Supervisor Kauhane' s proposition to bond
the county to finish the Judd road from HiIo to
Kailua, AS the bird flies, does not seem to
do Justice to his usual clearsheaded, practical
sense Wait twenty five years. until we get a
decent road round the portion Of the island
where people i've and move and have their
being before plunging into an uninhabited
wilderness with $4,000 mile macadam
road. Kohala Midget.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-01

Explanations continue to roll IN from the
Allies as to their landing Of troops on Greek
soil, while the Teuton sympathizers insist it
IS not essentially different from the German
invasion of Belgium. To the neutral world It
looks as if both sides forget all about interna-
tional law when military necessity stares them
in the face
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-01
EDITOR

not convincing; and the answer by President
Kruttschnift is convincing Because the
Pacific Mail has done what for eleven years it
has prophesied it would have to do go out of
business on account of the Seamen's Law, it is
attacked on the score of good faith!
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-01

Louisiana sugar men may wish to make a
fight for the restoration of the full sugar duty,
but if the sugar men of Hawaii are well.
advised they viii act in harmony with the adj
ninistration s plans to retain the present duty.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-01

{ Our hat is in the air for Governor Pinkharn' s
pardon Of Ramos, the Filipino sent to prison
for stealing sos, while haoles Hoogs and
Abrams, whose stealings went into tens Of
thousands, marched out of the COURTROOM.
merely fined. Kohala Midget.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-01

In sailing over the sea of life, select only sea.
worthy friendship. If you select the other kind
il is bound to go to pieces during storm;
which is the time friendship is most needed
Stray Shots.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-01

Speaking in football parlance, the Tentons
have made first down in the Balkans and are
successfully directing mass plays at the enemy,
with Bulgaria on the flank waiting to catch a
forward pass.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-01
The Business Man And The Saloon
a Parable

once on time there was a busl
nessman in certain town who be-
| lieyed that the only way to handle the
liquor traffic was to license 1t. He
said It was too great and powerful
| to kin entirely and the city ought to
| get some revenue from a necessary
evil.
One evening. just as he was get
ting ready TO leave bis Office. he had
an unexpected visitor.
.Ycu will excuse me for coming at
this time, said the visitor. .bnt
will not trouble you long and I may
not come again"
.Who are yon? asked the business
man In astonishment, for he had new
er seen In an his life person so
beautiful and at the same time so
sad.
Il am an angel from heaven. said.
the visitor Il have been sent down
here TO see how the sons Of man live
IN their cities, and to ask few ques-
lions. VIII you answer sor1e OF
Them
IF am able. faItered the business
man as be gazcd IL awe at his neasen-
~ visitor.
ssTell me. then. the exact trnth. i
do not want sou to tell me what ynu
have been brought up to believe, but
the real facts. You have q thing In
this city called the saloon. What Is
q saloonz
"a place where intoxicating liquor
a eoId =
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-01
tIIIITIEIIl7IEWGI

JOSEPH NOBRlGA: Just now
BY order Of the government, Homo
lulu has many useless wireless plants.
/ hope soon thes will issue an order
which win let us have sealless wire
less.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-01

WALTER ENGLE: Now that the
new elevator Is up and working 50
well II seems too bad that the public
lands Offices are not upstairs 50 that
we could use tie elevator every time
we go to work.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-01

DEPUTY ATTORNEY GARDEN:
The police school meets for lls third
session this afternoon. We viii have
out big squad today. including the
sheriff. ad hope to brush up the men
on the traffic rules.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-01

CHARLIE CLARK: Rainy wea
Their holds up street patching worl
and we have found Il hard during The
last few days to get much work dQne
Our next strip Of work viii be o.
Pensacola. between Lunalll0 ind De
retania streets.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-01

PETER KALANI: I have enjoy.
ed my vacation very much and am
ready for work Sgain. spent > good
bit Of time fishing In the waters on
Diamond Head. getting some pretty
good catches . few times
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-01

CITY AUDITOR JAMES BlCK
NELL: / fail to see where there 4
any news in the fact that city EN-
ployes haven't paid up their taxes ant
are having their salaries held out
cont see how that could interest any
enc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-06
TAU DELTA PI ALUMNI
HOLD ANNUAL DINNER
Several Well Known Men Speak Be
fore Washington Members of
Engineering Fraternity.

Members and friends of the Wash
ington Alumni Association of the Tau
Delta Pi, q national engineering hon
orary fraternity, were present at the
sixth annual dinner of the organiza-
DR.. $. W Stratton, director of the bureau
S. W. Stratton. director of the bureau
of standards. and president of the as
ISOLATION, was POSTMASTER.
Addresses were made by ]. II. Van Wa
genen of the coast and geodetic sur
yey; G.. p Robinson. assistant chief in
spector of locomotive boilers for the
interstate commerce commission: H. l..
Jackson, hydraulic engineer in the
geological survey; N. c. Grover. chief
hydraulic engineer in the geological
survey. ana r.. Z. Brown. a patent at
torney.
Eugene C. Brown, Miss Guy Clarke
Strouse Mrs. Chester d. Mann. Miss
Helen Stuart, Mrs. G. P. Robinson. Miss
J. Augusta Bowen. Miss Flora Pierce.
Miss Emily Orme Hetfeld. Miss Lillian
Emma Walters. Mrs. Anna Pickett Cur
N C. Grover, Miss Alice Davis, Miss
Bertha o Sherry. Mrs. Arthur Adelman,
Mrs. Mary Fl. Grover. Mrs Clara Merrill
Steward, Mrs. Charles j. ONeill, Mrs. G.
w. Atkinson. Mrs. Gladys Alice Strong
HeIlman. A. Adelman. G. w. Atkinson
Brown. T. H. Eickhoff. c. S. Grover, N.
c. Grover. d. A. Quincy. c. A. Hellman
Arthur l.. Hooper. H. l.. Jackson. w. o.
Johnson. c. D. Mann. A. B. Marsh. J. N
Nelson. c. ]. O'Neill. B. ]. Peterson. J.
F. Pierce. G. p. Robinson. G. c. Stevens
r. F. Steward. S. w. Stratton. W. D.
sutcliffe. J. II. Van Wagenen and J. H
Vawter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-06
DESCRIBES JERUSALEM
AND DISPLAYS FABRICS
Mime. Mountford Speaks at Meeting
of Woman's Interdenominational
Missionary Union.

5 AT the regular meeting of the Wom-
ans Interdenominational Missionary
Union, in the parish hall of the Church
of the Epiphany, Nine. Mountford of
Jerusalem addressed the mothers meet
ing of Epiphany Church and the union
Yesterday afternoon
Mrs. {. Y. Wheeler. in charge of the
mothers meeting, brought greetings,
ia which Mrs. John Newton Culberton,
president of the union, responded.
Rev Percy Foster Hall, assistant rec
tor of Epiphany Church, introduced
Nine Mountford, who displayed in the
course of her address beautiful fabrics
of the east. into which had been woven
by the eastern women, from genera
ton to generation, their tribal his
tories and memories.
Special prayer was offered by Mrs. A.
+, Wood of St Andrews p. T.. Church
for Mrs II. Il. F. Macfarla nd's sister, Mrs
strong whose severe Illness prevented
Mrs Nacfarland from being present to
speak on the McAll mission work in
France.
Avenue PRESBYTERIAN Church spoke on
the revision of the constitution of the
ore,,jzation. Mrs H. S. Petrie Of the
I'nited PRESBYTERIAN Church spoke on
literature for free distribution, and Mrs
q. Il, Prewitt of the H Street Christian
Church on the extension work OF the
union. A special offering was taken for
rescue and industrial work in Southwest
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-06
POLICEMAN IS KILLED
BY FLEEING DESPERATE
Four Others Wounded in Delaware.
One of Whom May
Die.

WILMINGTON, Del. March t.-ln
running fight here today after a sus-
picious man whose appearance attract
ed attention, Frank Tierney, police
man, was shot and killed, one police
man was MORALLY wounded. two others
were severely injured and another man
was slightly hurt. The desperate, along
with a companion, was captured.
Willard Sharpless, one of the police
men severely injured, accosted the
stranger near the door to the police
station. The man ran and Sharpiess
pursued him, the other officers joining
in the chase. The fugitive started the
firing and the policemen responded
The chase continued for four blocks,
when the stranger took refuge III n
stable, and from behind a Vehicle opened
fire on his pursuers. 1t was here he
fred the shots which did such eNecu-
ton. ..,
The policemen responded to his tusii l.
lade and after disa pllng him by bull
let, which struck him in the breast
secured him and took him to the police
station. His wound is not regarded as
serious. ..s -.
Policeman Tierney was hurried to a
hospital and died soon after reaching
there. Horace MCDANIEL. policeman
is at the hospital. His death Is eN-
pected The desperado, who gave his
| name as Charles Monmeitz, was ac-
companied by another man, who was
arrested without trouble. search of
| Monmeltz's companion revealed four
automatic revoivers and two gold
watches.
1t is believed the men came here with
the intention of robblng bank
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-06
Shortage in Revenues.
rRA11ERs ARE COMING BACK.
Car Lines Allowed to Operate Them
From April / to July !.

washinston's old transportation
friend, the trailer is coming back TOT
a visit, about April /. The invitation
extended the trailer by the pupi,c
utilities commission, which looks after
the capitals transportation interests
reads from April 1 to July l. II the
visit proves pleasant one II may NC
asked to stay indefinitely.
Decision to extend the invitation was
reached by the public utilities co1ii'his.
sion at a meeting late YESTERDAY.
was the result of 4 request suorn,...u
recently by the Capital Traction On
many that the commission suspend VII.
Gmi,, the existing regulation Iequh
inc the street railways to operate CO.. 60
trailer in charge of a separate eo
The company found the expense 90 ~,
connlving with this requirement H.
great 40 the trailer went temporaiais
into the discard. AT a recent nsa.., n,,
given by the commission. the soi, ni = ~
contended that separate conouc.oiiS nf
not necessary to the safe operation " "
trailers. and presented statlstlcs IN
nroof Of their assertion. they ask ;.h
permission to operate trallers VIZ
nnen cars. beginning April l. Inc COM :,
mission decided to grant the request %
an experiment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-06
C. H. CAMPBELL IS DEAD
AT AGE OF SIXTY-EIGHT
Civil War Veteran Was for Thirty
Three Years Clerk in State
Department.

Charles II Campbell, for thirty three
years trusted clerk in the Department
of State and veteran of the civil war,
died at his home in this city. 2101 G
street. at an early hour this morning
from an attack of pneumonia
Mr.. Campbell was born in this city in
1917. and entered the army as volun-
teer second lieutenant of the list New
York Light Artillery. He afterward
was aid-de-camp to Maj. Gen. A. A.
Humphreys. commanding the I'd Army
Corps. and after being mustered out of
the volunteer service as captain was
commissioned as second lieutenant in
the 9th United States Cavalry, where
he was brevetted captain for gallant
and meritorious services during the
battle of Petersburg. Va. Mr.. Camp
bell resigned from the regular army in
1881. and was appointed a temporary
clerk in the Department of State the
following year, since which time he
has been steadily in the government
service. He leaves his wife. who is a
daughter of Admiral David D. Porter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-06
HUGO wicker sUCCUMBs.
Dies About an Hour After Leaving
Government Printing Office.

Hugo wicker. forty-three years old,
a monotype keyboard operator in the
government printing office, died yes
terday afternoon at his residence, 629
NJ street northwest, of neuralgia OF
the heart. He left the printing office
only about an hour before his death.
Funeral services have not been ar
ranged, but it is thought that inter-
ment will be in Indianapolis.
Mr.. Zwicker was native of Ger
MANY. He came to the United States
when he was ten years old and settled
in the capital of Indiana. He was
nrinter there for many years. Later
he moved to New York, where for
sixteen years he worked on various
New York newspapers. He came to
the government printing once Two
years ago last December.
His wife, Mrs. Pauline wicker, sur
wives him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-06
CHANGE TO BE MADE MARCH Is.
New Director of Census to Take
Charge of Office at That Time.

The change in directors of the census
office will take effect March Is. This much
has been decided following confer
ence between Secretary Redfield OF the
Department of Commerce, Director
william J. Harris of the census bu-
reau, who is to leave to become a
member of the federal trade commits
sion, and Samuel l.. Rogers of North
Carolina, whom the Senate has con-
firm, as Mr. Harris successor. The
conference was held in Secretary Red
fields office.
1t will take just about one more week.
working at full speed, it is declared.
to clear up large number of mat
tiers pending in the census office, in
order to give the incoming director
a clean slate with which to start. Di-
rector Harris also is anxious officially
to drop his duties as census director 10
be present at the first meeting of the
federal trade commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-06
Daniels Promises His Aid.

Secretary Daniels informed the Com
missioners he was much interested in
the District naval militia and promised
them that if an official application
were made in writing for the vessel he
would take it up Immediately and
would do all he could to get the prop
er vessel here for training the District
naval mlitiamen.
The Bailey is part Of the reserve
torpedo division at Annapolis and now
is in drydock at the Norfolk yard
She is 205 feet long and has a beam
of nineteen feet Her speed is thirty
knots, having two screws She has
two eighteen-inch Whitehead torpedo
tubes. four six-pounder rapid fire guns
and carries a crew of Sin officers and
fifty-siX men.