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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-07-02
Secure the Playground

.THE city should, by all means, secure long
L term lease of the various properties offered
it for public playground use, if means cannot be
found to acquire the property outright The lat
ter would be much the preferable, while in acquir
ing the property the city would be making ar
excellent investment inasmuch as there is every
reason to suppose the land will increase in value
There need be no argument about the usefulness,
OF children's Fairgrounds That has been demon
>trated first at the Beretania street Fairgrounds
opened up and maintained by the Free Kindergar
ten Association and later at the Paama play
grounds, opened and maintained by the Palama
Settlement
Honolulu should rest content to have this
work solely supported by private philanthropy,
however ungrudgingly that is given. This is a
nru porous community and should take care of its
own pressing problems, which include the creation
and maintenance OF an orphanage and a poor
farm" one end OF the list and the free play
grounds on the other.
NJ any rate, Honolulu should take advantage
the reasonable offer now made to it for the sale
of the at present leased parks. Buy if at all pos
>Ible; lease on a long term agreement if that is
the best that can be DONE securing an option to
purchase. T'c Bishop Estate, which makes the
Offer, NAV net repeat it,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-07-02
Unfeachable Open Roors,

THIS week the state department formally noti-
i fed Japan and China that the United States
would not recognize any agreement between the
two oriental nations which would prejudice Amer
lean commerce In China, Japan must not shut
the open door" even with Chinas sanction, de-.
clared the American note delivered in duplicate at
Toxic and Picking. 49,.
With such adcclaraton of policy, none in Amer
lea will be found to disagree, but what does the
government of the United States intend to do in
addition to writing notes: 1t is all very well to
insist upon the "upcn door,, but what benefit is
that doorway to be- provided the avenue leading
to it is shut ~ - g.
Washngtons shipping policy may have been
framed to mean something else, but it is working
out in practise to hasten the elimination OF Amer
shipping in the Pacific so lar as the Oriental
carrying trade is concerned Recent Legislation
throws the trade OF the Pacific into the hands of
the Japanese, with their subsidized steamship lines,
and it is rather far fetched idea to suppose that
the Japanese government is going to allow its sub
,idized steamers to divert to the United States
trade with China that can be done by Japan.
The Japanese lines will be used only to carry
American raw products to Japan for manufacture
for the Chinese trade for the carrying Of Amer
lean manufactures to China. whether the door be
open or closed The United States has few ships
of its own to transport its goods and these few
20 heim" driven out Of business. When the Pacific
is clear for the Japanese steamship lines, in which
the government is interested through it's subsidies,
,lu N winch the Mkndo is reported to be inter
eSted personally as an investor, those steamship
lines are going to conduct their business in the
best interests Of the japanese not in the interests
of Americans That should be self-evident prop
DStion
Toxic can well afford to answer the American
r,pta Inv hat he
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-07-02
HdtUaii Loses Aqai1,

TNIlE direct announcement frorn the attorney
general that he does not intend to reconi-
mend the reappointmcnt Of Judge W. l.. Whitney
will be received with very general regret through
out Oahu not because the failure to reappoint
Judge Whitney 10 the bench will be any particular
loss to him personally, but because it deprVes the
bench OF one who has, in every essential, make
good and it deprives the Territory Of the services
OF one who has shown himself especially adapted
for juvenile court work. eE
Hawaii, by this time, has grown accustomed to
having the territorial bench made use of for the
rewarding OF deserving Democrats" but il Is
hard to predict just whom the attorney general
has in mind in this particular case The Hawaiian
Bar Association has, with the exception. we be-
lieVc, OF but one vote, unanimously requested the
reaPpointment of Judge Whitney. but of course,
in these days of feeding the hungry and clothing
the naked such thing as bar association recon-
mendation goes where.
The best we can do Under the circumstances is
to hope that the worst is not yet to come.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-07-02
The Country Ouer

n ,DVERTISIN(i matter that is intended prim-
~ ary to reach the farmer is rapidly disappear
ing from the American countryside, according to
writer in the Breeders Gazettea progressive
agricultural periodical. The farmer is reached in
these DAYS by vendors of commodities in other
ways. The rural delivery postal system brings
him circulars, catalogues, magazines, and, of
course, his regular daily newspaper. lie is more
bountiiully supplied with advertising matter in
general than ever before, and, we believe it may
truly be said by d better kind Of advertising mat
ter
But there is another and an even more satisfac-
tory explanation for the decline Of the rural road
side advertisement, adds the Christian Science
Monitor. The American farmer has grown out OF
liberation OF it. The writer referred to- is right,
think, in saying that the farmer is coming to
value the beauty about him ard to see in the cour-
tryside something more than a site for billboard
stands He is no longer willing, rule to have
his barn roof his fences his gates, the fine
old tree in front of his farm converted into cheap
advertising agency.
This is the best part OF it. Laws for the proven
On of the Disagreement of nature, say the least,
are difficult OF enforcement in democratic nation.
If the American farmer is set encouraging those
who plaster the country districts with advertising
signs it is difficult to see how he can be moved
by law from the error of his way Legally, he has
a right to use the roof of his barn the front of
his home as a billboard. Not much is gained by
threatening him. He is seldom inundated into
doing anything he does not wish to do. But if he
is learning to respect nature, to appreciate the sim
pie grandeur of rural scenery, to that he has
no moral right to permit the Disagreement of his
land even though he hold it i'll fee simple, then the
light against the Waysde advertiser is as good as
won.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-07-02
Splendid Work

A RECORD for straight forward dealing out
n Of justice has been set by the Oahu board
OF license commissioners. The members, sitting
as quaSi-judicial body have gone to the bottom
OF nasty state of affairs in local wholesale and
retail liquor CIRCLES have brought light facts in
which the community is much interested and have
dealt out justice accordingly without fear favor.
Nothing within the reach Of the committee was
allowed to be suppressed, irrespective of whom
was hit. In deciding upon its OF action.
following the introduction Of all available evidence
the board acted impartialy with all considerations
but strict justice to the individuals concerned and
to the community laid aside.
Oahu is to be congratulated on having COM
mission OF this kind, composed of men of the
standing and fearessness of the Present commits
sioners to oversee and regulate the sale of intoxi
eating liquors in this city and envrons.
1t is safe to say that the lesson which has been
taught the liquor men at the recent session of the
board will be remembered. The day of msrepre-
sentation the day Of "frenzed finance" in the
realm of booze, the day of the irresponsible has
gone, for the immediate future at least.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-07-02

he iilIO Tribune remarks that there are those
Hawaii quite ready TO tell the President how
should act internationally who would not dare
resume to suggest to a plantation manager how
o do anything.
The next thing is to find Bartlett and bring him
ock. We venture to suggest that he will have a
amber OF interesting incidents to disclose ii he
er again sees the sunny shores Of Oahu The
an who is sent after Bartlett might also bring
loogS back to Honolulu, thus cutting down over
read expenses
The New Nork Nation points out that seldom
as public man been given such all opportunity
} give his country joy by keeping skill for a while
now confr"nts William Jennings Bryan. In
gard to the German notes, the same journal re-
arks that it would be unbecoming OF Bryan to
Scuss them, even il he were as competent to do
as he is inc mpetent.
The more information that "leaks out regarding
he federal grand jury investigation into alleged
rltlsh recruiting in California the less substance
nere appears be in the allegations. 1t would be
ther ridiculous to suppose that anyone would in
uce enlisted army and navy meL to desert for
TNlCe abroad and then snip them y way OF New
Ork, clear across the continent, when the Cana
ian line is handy. 1t is further rather rdcu-
DuS to suppose that hundred thousand dollars
!aS spent in Cafornia, when the amount
t money spent on recruiting in Canada would
ring ten times the number Of men. Recent events
ave shown how easy it is to get "eyidencc"
hose attIdavit> regarding the Lusitania guns for
lstance, and the cooked up testimony concerning
lie building ct submarines in Seattle. That there
|ere recruits for the British army sent from Cali
1rnla Is very probable. Some forty or fifty have
een sent from Hawaii, too. but there has been
% violation ct neutrality. There no occasion
n any breach "l the law here, and probably NO
more ON the Coast.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-07-02
Age of Efficiency

A, CURIOUS thing is this worldwide agitation
"A against the sale of alcoholic liquors. Rus
sia stops the sale of vodka, Germany restricts the
manufacture Of beer, France shuts down on the
sale OF absnthe, and England seriously considers
the prohibition of all liquor traffic. These some
of the larger manifestations of the movement
against drinking says William Allen White the
widely known editor and author. But in every
country the ban Of insurance companies is upon
theadrinking man. The railroad employee all over
the civilized world today must be nearly
teetotaer that the old glad life of unrestricted
booze-hghting has passed from him forever. The
coming OF steam and electricity has done many
things to change the face Of civilization, but by
speeding up machinery, steam and electricity have
changed the face OF skilled labor more than any
thing else They have bleached linn out. The
hard drinker can't hold his job in any factory
today where efficiency methods are used
Is men in the machine rooms have had to stop
drinking, the increased speed they have generated
has compelled faster pace in the Office Otic,
men all over the world dropping liquor Ten
years ago bad form consisted in rying too much
liquor into the days work at the Office Twenty
years ago bad form expressed itself in being drunk
during working hours. Fifty years ago pro-
tracted spree irowned upon. But today the
man who breezes into the Office after lunch with
the aroma OF beer a cocktail about him. is view
ed with suspicion, if not with alarm Personal
liberty is getting more of jolt from the customs
Of civilization than it is from the laws in the local
option and prohibition States. For as a matter
Of fact, the law merely follows public opinion The
change in the constitution of State comes only
after the habits of a considerable MINORITY not
/, majority-have changed.
1t is not prohibitory law that is closing the brew
cries SO much it is the wise hale man in the
factory and i'll the Office who quietly decides with
out putting on parade after his decision that
he will cut out the booze. When he and his neigh
bors meet to talk 1t over, the town goes dry and
the State. when enough counties are dry, itself
moves out Of the wet column. And the liquor deal
ers' association views with alarm, and blames its
troubles upon the prohibition cranks. They are
glad OF the honor conferred. But they really don't
deserve it.
Among the local institutions which have achieved
good results the Honolulu School for Boys ranks
high. Its past record has entitled it to permanent
place in our educational system and it is hoped that
the endeavor Of its trustees to establish an en-
dowment fund will meet with the success it de
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-07-02
A MASTER REMEDY.

TN"mherlam' Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy is master over
camp, collie, dysentery, aud all mites
final pains. One dose relieves, q see.
nd dose is rarely necessary to effect
cure For sale by all dealers. Benson,
mith Co., Ltd, agents for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-07-02

The government Of the United States Is contending
for something much greater than rights Of prop
erty privileges Of commerce It is cOntendiny for
nothing less high and sacred than the rights Of hu
maniy, which every government honors itself in re-
spectng and whith no government is justified in re-
iening behalf Of those under its and author
ity Only her (the Lusitania) actual resistance to
capture refusal to stop when ordered to do for
the purpose visit could have afforded the command
or Of the submarine any Justification for much
putting the those board the ship in jeo-
pardy. 1t is upon this prin iple Of humanity
ns well upon the law founded upon this principle
that the United States must Standardization Note.
to Germany June TO- 10 r"
IINLESS it be shown that the Canadian liner
~ Armenian. sunk yesterday while route
from Newport News to a British port, was actually
under charter to the British government, every
thing which President Wilson said in his first note
regarding the sinking of the Lusitania and repeat
ed as above quoted, in his second note, yet un-
answered, must apply.
THE principle of humanity" means fair warn
ing to ship and her crew. chance for life before
being struck an unseen blow, the difference be
tween the killing of foeman and the numbering
OF a non-cQmbatant, and that principle appears to
have been wholly lacking in the sinking of the
Armenian and the killing of twenty Americans in
her crew
Upon this principle the United States must
stand" declares the President
Upon it every traveller and sea,nan has a right
to depend" says the American note.
The reply to the first American note was the
OF the steamship Nebraskan.
The reply to the second American note appear,
to be the sinking of the Armenian and the drown
ing of twenty unwarned American seamen.
If it develops that the Armenian should be class
ed British government transport her destruc
ton in the way she was sunk is justified under
the stern rules OF war. But if the facts show other
wise, the incident can mean nothing but freaL
with Germany
And this is certain-so long German sub
marines continue to attack unwarned shipping tn,
danger always remains that the United States will
be forced into war to uphold her rights. Either
that, President Wilson did not mean what he
said and the American nation is -;epared to an
nounce to the world that she is unwilling or I'M
able, or both, TO defend her citizens and her rights
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-07-02

The Armenian placed herself in the position of
belIigerent when she attempted to escape the
attack Of a German submarine and the sinking of
the ship was justihabe act of war. 1t is crafty
ing to be able to ote that the players of the great
international game are getting back somewhere
near the rules. The German commander acted
fairly and the British commander is the first man
to say
No wonder the German government suppressed
the Socialist organ NOrwaerts. In a recent issue
that paper described the German Americans and
their organizations as "bourgeois elements which
had heretofore only been able to work together
to- defend their beer stems from the prohibitions
lists.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-07-02

The net result OF yesterdays no-quorum meet
ing Of the chamber OF commerce was to demon
strate that four out of five of the members of the
promotion committee agreed that as an executive
II. p. Wood had failed and should be replaced;
that the regular audit and the special audit of his
accounts showed glazing errors of omission and
commission; that he has not attempted
PLANTATION OF these errors; that he took advantage
u( the fact that he had lease made out in his
own name ON behalf of the promotion committee
and then charged the committee $225 to cancel
it, and, last but not least that eleven Of four
teen members OF the chamber present endorsed
and kUkuaed his actions. 1t a noble victory
for efficiency and a splendid example for the cham
Der of commerce to set the rest Of the community
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-20
sTAGELOVE MAKING
RESULTS IN WEDDING.

3CLARKSBURG, W.. Va, May. 20.---.
Al second marriage resulting from the.
enactment OF love scenes inia musical
comedy, Maid in. Clarksburg, Z recent-
ly staged here by. prominent young so
ciety folks of this city, for the sElks
became known with Sthe announce:
1nent that ]. William Shinn and Miss
Elizabeth Boyer were secretly mar.
ried last night. at the First Episcopal
parsonage. h They played the part Of
a loving couple with unusual realism
while singing duet in the. play The
bridegroom is a son Of John a. Shinn,
mason and bandmaster, and the bride
is a daughter of Mr.. ard Mrs. H. w.
Boyer. Another marriage resulting
from love scene in the same play
took place recently, when Miss Gret-
ia Carney and Marmaduke Wells.
eloped to Oakland, Md.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-20
TRACED Occurs In Monon-
gah Mine Of Consolida-
ton Company.
RlEEE[S FLY IN dark
County and City Officers
Are In Hot Pursuit OF
Fugitive.

Astragic and mysterious shooting af-
ray inRthe Consolida::on Coal & Coke
Eompany's No. S mine, at Monongah
shortlysbefore 10 o'clock this forenoon
resulted In the almost instant death
cf az least one man and an impor.
tnnate[call for help from the company
ohdciats upon the officers of Marion
county and Monongah for assistance.
a posselwas hastily gathered and hllr-
ried to the mine, and two men were
quickly arrested, but they are not be.
iIeyed to be the principals in the
tragedy.
The Known Dead.
EUIRERIO ROME, an Italian, killed
atmostsinstantly. The body was taken
20 a building belonging to the COM
Men Arrested.
MICHAEL sDUMLEY, miner Of
Monongah; locked up in the Monont
= NICHOLAS FARRELL, a miner Of
Monongah !; locked up in the Monon-
gah sail.
peep beneath the surface of the
ground in a remote room of the mine,
where ffickering miners lamps cast
feeble light which failed to dispel the
darkness therefwas a fusilade Of shots
and Rome fell on the rough .loor Of
the mine; pierced by number OF bull
Iets3andS dying. Other miners crouched
behind coal cars and in recesses
formed by blasting out the coal to
escape the shots.
Tie binding flashes which illumi-
mated the darkness for an instant each
time a shot was fired. revealed a
roughly clad man from whose revolver
the fatal shots are said to have been
ifed. AS the smoke cleared slightly
from the ""roo::S:'' this man was seen
to level his revolver threateningly at
the men crouched behind the cars,
then he turned and dashed along a
passage and is :. believed to have es-
caped through an irregular and little
used entrance ito the mine known as
toad hole
Eheifugitfvee then ran rapidly along
Boothe,si Creek, 1t is said, in the di-
rection Of Kingmont or Boothesvil1e:
He Is describ bed 9ass sstockily built with
bow legs and black curley hair. He
vas dressed in mining clothes. A Wig
orons search Is being conducted by
county officers under the direction Of
Ptosecuting Attorney Tusca Morris
and Sheriff e. ID. Gonaway for man
named Dominick Feraro.
Coroner Frank G. Lloyd left Fair
mont shortly before noon to conduct
an Investigation in connection with
the other officials OF Marion county
and of Monougah to determine the
cause Of the tragedy and to secure evil
dence, which will lead to the arrest of
the persons who fred the fatal shots.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-20
CHAMBERIG0MMERGE
TO MEET. tonight. 0. CHI |
New Directors To Be Chosen
Telephone Consolidation
To Be Discussed.

New directors for the Chamber Of
Commerce will be chosen tonight at
the meeting to be held in the rooms
of the Chamber in the Watson build:
ing. These new directors will organ.
ize soon after their election and choose
officers for the Chamber for the next
year.
The name of Clarence D. Robinson
has been suggested for president Of
the Chamber of Commerce to succeed
r. T.. Cunningham, whose term will
soon come to an end.
The question Of the consolidation of
the local telephone companies will be
taken up at the meeting tonight, and
a short address by H. u. Smith, Coun-
ty Agricultural Agent, is also on the
program. ~ ( y
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-20
Man Killed Nlife
Sister and Self
SEEKING DIVORCE OF
BUssANp rs SHOT THROUGH 4
THE HEART.
RITTSBURG

RITTsBURGH, May 2O.-Lying in
Wit for the wife who was seeking a
divorce from him, w. H. Kuen shot
her through the heart after she
nltghted from street car. When Miss
Gertrude Richards, a sister OF Mrs.
Kden ran, from the dying woman's
side, pen shot her, then turned the
revolver against himself, firing bul.
let into his left breast. Mrs. Kuen
died Ron ansoperating table in the Mer-
~ Hospital and no hope is held out
Tor the recovery Of Kuen. Miss Rich
ards was not hurt seriously.
Kuenshad lain in wait for his wife
for akweek, it is said. She had been
separated from him, for five months,
aud heEwas attempting to get her to
withdraw a divorce suit, which was
to have come to trial May 81. Mrs.
Knen refused to be reconclled, saying
her husband was incorporate. When
fiis attempts to see her failed, he
ioitered about semple and Dawson
streets; where she daily alighted from
g street car to return from her work
in q Market street store to the home
of James Sutton, 3442 Dawson street,
WITH whom she and her sister board
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-20
SUBMARINE SINKS
BRITISH TRAVLER
Two Submarines Thought
To Be Operating In the
North Sea.
IBy AssocIated Press. J

n :
PETERHEAD, Scotland, May 90
The British trawler Chrystalite was
sunk by a German submarine at a
point 80 miles OF Kinnaird's head in
the North sea yesterday. The crew
took to their boat and were landed
here by a Norwegian steamer. 1t ts
believed at least.two submarines are
operating in these waters.
LONDON, May 20.-A dispatch
from Copenhagen says reports are
current in German naval circles that
7sGerman submarines have been lost
since February Is, the date OF the
commencement of the submarine
blockade of England.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-20

Baron Sidney Sonnino again foreign
minister for Italy. known as ."the4 fram-
er OF Italian cabinets,4 is one Of the
men Prince Beulow, the kaiser's en-
yoy. is,trying to influence against war.
Sonnino has been a big political power
in Italy and much pressure is being
brought to bear on him, It is said, even
to the extent of large offers, to prevent
war. Greater than Sonnino in thes es-
timation Of the German nations, how
ever, is G. Giolotti, former president Of
the ministry and still looked uponsas
one Of the powerful men Of Italy. 1t
it intimated that the Germans and
Austrians have tried to persuade him
to obtain his old place as premier and
avert war.