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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-28

has seen The first edition was
printed December 8, the second De-
cember 6. the third December II.
the fourth January 90. And the
fourth edition is going fast--less than
two months after publications.
Hnye We an Army?
Criticism of our naaonal defense
has made the time ripe for "a care
full. conservative statement Of the ex-
act state of our military power. The
Present Military situation in the
United States" by Francis vinton
Greene. major general of tsae United
States Volunteers and graduate Of the
United States Military Academy
tScribners). accomp1ishss exactly the
purpose. It In "A statement without
ressimism or any alarmist tendency
OF the extent Of the unpreparedness
and of the perfectly Nne and pracfi-
cable methods of meeting it.
Garden Harmony.
The town wants every one who
owps property In or near 1t TO make
his grounds. however small. not only
attractive In themselves, but In har,
mony with rhe whole community. To
beautify ones plot Of ground. he IL
only front yard, Is a duty 81 the
individual to the whole community
OF which he Is a unit. THE ANA
tScribners). teaches the average per-
son how 10 improve the appearances
OF his garden so as to bring II into
accord with the spirit Of the sur
roundings and tn do this himself
without the expense OF landscape ar
chitects and skilled gardeners. and
thus infuse II with his personality.
Mr.. Cables charm of style added TO
his extensive experience make this
49, .t~~a - - ,sh f..t
From q Warden.
Edmund n. Allen. warden OF the
Illinois State penitentiary. In Joliet.
writes:
"A copy OF The Man Behind the
Bars tScribners), was recently plac-
ed in my hands, and | am taking oc-
CASTOR at this time to OK
press my very great pleasure and in-
terest in this publication.
consider this a most able presentation
of prison life and book that I'll
interested In prison and prison reform
should own"
1t will be remembered by those
who have read the book that the
prison at Joliet was The one when
Miss Taylor knew perhaps better than
any other and furnished her with
some Of her most inspiring expert.
|ences.
The Original Dickens Reprinted:
Charles Scribners' Sons have OBJ
tanned from the English publishers.
Chapman & Hall, the cheapest COM
plete English edition of Dickens yet
published The set. published In
England BY the original publishers.
OF Dickens works. Is printed with
big. bold. clear. modern type on
Opaque but light. delicate paper; It
contains each novel complete In one
volume, Ii printed from the text last
revised by the author, includes all
the authors prefaces, dedications.
etc, is beautifully illustrated By !
Cruikshank, Leech, Tenniel, etc. and
the most wonderful OF ali--its price
Is only 81 net per volume, $2s Tor
the set.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-28
BOOK NEWS

Germany Embattled" !s the title
OF a new book on the European stu
alton by Oswald Garrison Willard
(Scribners). 1t Is especially vaiua-
BILE because It states Germanys case
with extreme fairness before point
ing out why IT Is that American ira
ditions and institutions make * i'm
possible for most Americans to take
her side in the war. Mr.. Willard.
himself the son of a distinguished
German american citizen, has many
associations with Germany, which.
together with thoroughgoing
knowledge of political affairs In Ber-
lin under the kaiser's rule, make 1t
impossible for him to write ekse THAN
sympatheticaliy about the Germans
while dissenting sharply from their
recent natloEalistic and imperialistic
propaganda An especially timely
chapter Is one on the United States
and the peace treaty, in which Presi-
dent Wilson's notable opportunity to
lead the world toward peace and dis
armament IL made clear.
The Kaiser in His Own Words.
And another book Of the greatest
German part in the war Shy Pro-
fessor Christian Gauss. of Princeton
The German Emperor as shown
In His Public Utterances" (Scribners).
II is in no sense a mere haphazard
compila ton or a selection seeking
nothing but sensational passages. but
a careful. thoughtful and essentially
fair presentation of the interpreta-
ton which the German ruler has
given Of The events of his reign and
the directions In which he has sought
to guide it. Professor Gauss con-
nections and explanatory passages are
the intelligent commentary of an ex-
ceptionally thorough student of mod
1ern German history, and the book
will be found not n book of refer
ence. but 4 piece OF deeply interest
ing historical reading.
A Russian Matcrlinck.
To the Russians. accustomed for
years to realism in literature and the
drama, Andreyeffs symbolic plays
gave distinct intellectual jolt. That
me jolt resulted favorably appears
from the fact that the houses pro-
ducing the plays had to turn away
quantities of people and the printed
edition of one of his plays sold out
it's entire edition Of 900 copies on
the day CT publication, For the first
time an authorized translation into
Ghe authors own selectionp Is to be
published by Scribners. The book
will be ready February 20 tScrib-
'ners).
Our Constitution; Right or Wrong:
Is the Constitution Of the United
States an outworn instrument Of gov
eminent? Have conditions in the
country changed that 1t il no long
err suitable? Should It be abolished,
changed, revised, rewritten? These
questions are forcefully answered.
answered with keen logic and pro-
found understanding by one OF the
greatest If our Senators--Henry
Cabot Lodge in The Democracy
of the Constitution" tScribners).
Two MOntlis-Eour Editions.
The sale of the great war book BY
Richard Harding pasis~t-tN4th> tho
Allies. Observation-Disclosures the be-
lief that people are hnngering Tor
facts- personal experiences. the stc
ries by an eyewitness OF Whist ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-28
Argument About Hog Meat.

An Eastern Shoreman and a Western Shore.
man in Maryland differed about the age Of a
ham for eating purposes, whereupon General
Murray 'Vandsver. state treasurer and champion
hamologist of the Commonwealth. was called
III to settle the dispute, Opines General Van
diver follows:
First the average hotel ham isn't more than
q year off the living pork; second. hams on the
farm never get much chance to grow old; third.
no ham is fit TO eat until it Is three years old
or older, and he would rather have his five
years old. He would as soon think Of eating a
chicken just out of the egg as ham just
Topped off the porker.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-28
The Late Mr.. John p. Branch.

Editor Nfrglnian.
Str.--It seems 10 this writer that there ought
to be expression Of appreciation of the life
and character OF Mr.. John +. Branch, Of Rich
mond. who has just passed away at good old
age from this city In which he was born and
reared. and where his father MIR Thomas
branch. a prominent figure in the mercan-
tile aud religious world for number OF years.
While l lay claim to only small ability to
father. in the spirit land. was a very close
and intimate friend of Mr.. Thomas Branch
father of the recently deceased Richmond
banker. ! certainly do possess sympathetic
memory of the latter How often have | heard
lasy father speak OF the ~eider >Branrf whose
Christian character indeed precise
legacy TO his children and reared in such a home
as he had. II ID not to be wondered at that Mr..
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-28

Accepting suggestion that 1t should raise
memorial fund for poor Pete. the mule which
was scared to death in Boydton, the Chase City
Progress says:
All right; taking YOU at your word how
much will you contribute as a starter?
Why, friend, gave you the idea~--do you
think We propose to do the work TOO?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-28

Young ladies who desire to be en- regIe"
says The Nirginian, mo longer powder their
noses in public" and Bud Biggs not being
able 70 find such a place on the map says
he doesn't know any young ladies who would
Ike 10 he in any such toSn--Chase City
Progress
Prom which We judge that despite its unnum
bercd dogs. Chinese laundry and muddy roads
Chase City Is free from the powder rag
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-28

Speaking o. victories. reminds us that Paris
London Berlin. Pstrograd~a and yisnna- still
stand, although Constantinople is stumbling and
belgrade has once fallen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-28
"RecOnstrucfiOn,"

One Of the unfortunate conditions which cam
not but effect a loss OF vitality" in the youth
Of the rising generation is that tho Southland
has Fox 10 present in The Book OF
Martyrs'' not merely accounts Of the suffer-
ines of those who died for the cause OF consti-
tutional law (for the cause OF the Confederate
States Of America nothing less) but to dis
tinctly set forth the principle for which South
land martyrs, and demonstrate the essen
TALLY eternal value Of that cause which Ia and
absolutely without reason, too often re-
ferred to The Lost Cause.
In the period closing with the invasion of the
South by northern forces. there yet existed as
a 'holy relic" In many Southern home that
small and not too professly illustrated volume
The Book Of Martyrs and the paucity OF
reading matter in those days had less to do with
It's being home text book than the fiery-bu
ing hearts of Southern women, and $ a result
almost every child born anterior to eighteen
hundred and fifty had been taught lesson
which today never enters the curriculum OF
home teaching.
Men Must Suffer for Right.
AS yet further result old, middle aged and
young men. as we'll as growing youths were
gifted by Southland mothers with hearts which
were SO tensely strong. as TO those chords which
alone vibrate sounds whose grand chorals can
not but resound through ages and ages to come
that the most faint wind OF truth brought In
slant a resonant cadence which low and sweet
as it was. charmed every ear which heard and
attoned every heart which understood
anu WneH those VAST waves or dlSsonaut CYL
called upon the Southern heart Southland was
vibrant with The Song of Right
stephen undoubtedly was given opportu-
nifty to g be reconstructed' but, although he
had seen In the death Of our Lord and Saviour
the loss of his cause. Somewhere in the desert
today lie the stones which drove that steadfast
soul from the broken and defaced body
Today there is but one great crime. The
Destruction OF the Cause: not lost, but await
ing the resurrection TO which 1t wifi some day
x1s Hnnv a.
fairest and noblest martyrs, Southern women
THE OLD GRAY DOCTOR.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-28

Funny thing Is that COMMUNICATIONS should
feel so constrained to protect American ideals
from. Americans
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-28
Deserves a Carnegie Medal.

THAT was long address that the President
made. and yet there not word about the
White House baby in tt-ChicaSo News.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-28

Newport News wants to be IN the swim. and
unearths little investigation of her own.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-28

February Q, 1915
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-14
MlNNES0TAN TO TAKE
SUGAR ENOUGH FOR ALL
SOLDIERS IN EUROPE

Sugar enough to sweeten the morn.
ing coffee of all the intrenched armies
of the European war zone, with plenty
left over, will leave here next week,
when the American-Hawaiian steamer
Minnesotan leaves the islands. The
boat is due to reach here from Puget
Sound about 6 o'clock tomorrow even.
ing. ><... 80. ..~-" .....:... ....s.""
The freighter, according to the Am
erican Hawaiian offices here, will car
ry $500 tons of raw sugar away from
the Hawaiian islands. This, in terms
of pounds is 100000, which is. to
say the least, considerable sweetness.
Of the total cargo, $500 tons will be
hoisted on board here and the remain
DER will be taken on at Hilo, Kahului.
and KaanapaIi The boat is expected
to dock at Pier I by O'Clock Sunday
evening. and from the islands will car
~ her sugar cargo to New York
through the Panama canal. This will
be the Minnesotan's first call at the
port of Honolulu. - r.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-14
ADOPTINGNOVEL
STOWAWAY PLAN
ON MATSON LINE

A new type of stowaway has been
discovered by the officers of the Mat.
son steamer Matss-nia, says the San
Francisco Chronicle of August 4. and.
as result, Captain Charles Peterson
and at least one other officer had Ia
give up their cabins to accommodate
seven persons bound from Honolulu
to San Francisco on the last voyage
OF the steamer.
When the Matsonia was few hours
out Of Honolulu on the last VOYAGE,
reports the Chronicle. seven passen-
gers without reservations. bnt with
return tickets from San Francisco. ap
piled to the skipper and wanted &.
know what are you going to do with
usg' As every stateroom and berth
was taken, the captain and another
officer were forced to give up their
cabins to accommodate the travellers.
for the tickets read. Good on any
Matson line steamer"
In the party OF "stowaways" were
A. r. Conkling who. with one of his
daughters, figured in an escapade on
the edge Of the crater Of Kilauea
shortly before leaving here; Misses NJ.
and o. ,conkling, w. w. SCARBOROUGH.
Mrs. ]. E. Prior. Miss d. Schenck and
Or. NJ. da Costa
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-14
ANDREW WEIGH TO
BRAVE NORTH
SEA Peril

Drawing German submarines and
other perils of war the American bark
Andrew WEIGH. well known here, and
formerly operated in the Hawaiian Is
land trade, is soon to act as block
ade runner and carry a cargo Of
grain and beans from San Francisco
to to Scandinavian ports.
Reports from the Coast arriving yes
terday say the vessel has been out OF
service several months. The Andrew
WEIGH VIII attempt to run the gaunt.
let of the war zone with its precious
food cargo for George w. McNear
Inc, OF San Francisco, grain and feed.
stuffs merchants and brokers'
Just when the bark viii get away
from port George McNear, head Of
the commission firm, was unable to
say few days ago.
Shipping men along the front are
of the opinion that the Andrew WEIGH
will be added to the list of vessels
which the Germans have taken flying
the American flag, and which. loaded
With grain, beans and similar food pro
ducts, have been consigned to Scan.
dinavian ports.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-14
HILONIAN GOING
TO TRY new
SCHEDULE

Reports from San Francisco ship
ping centers state that the Matson
Navigation Company is to try ont a
new system Of steamer routing when
the steamer Hilonian leaves that city
August "a for Puget Sound.
This is, that instead of proceeding
to this port direct from Seattle, it will
return to San Francisco first and then
sail for Honolulu, making the voyage
a triangular one.
The liner has a big shipment Of
pineapples for Seattle and northern
ports, and when these are discharged
it will take on full cargo of general
northwestern freight and lumber for
the Hawaiian islands. Instead of pro
ceeding to Honolulu direct from Seat.
tie. however, the steamer will return
to San Francisco for passengers, and
possibly a small amount of cargo. II
this plan proves successful it is prob.
able that the company may extend it's
service to the Puget Sound ports.
The bark r. P. Rithet of the Mat.
son Company is due here from San
Francisco in a few days with more
than 1900 tons of general California
cargo aboard. There are also few
passengers making the trip
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-14
HOPES TO REDUCE
WATER CHARGE
7OEVEN 81

Superintendent Harry Murray Of
the water and sewer works declares
that his latest water scheme will en-
able the city to reduce the price Of wa,
ter to shipping on the waterfront to
81 a. thousand gallons, just one-half
of what the rate was four months ago,
without any resulting loss in the rev
enue of the water works department
now realized on the waterfront.
Murray figures that. provided the
price is low enough, the city can con-
meet with the flow of the Hawaiian
Electric Company, which now goes
to sea, at an installation cost OF about
$4,000. The board Of supervisors has
authorized Murray to ask the Hawai-
ian Electric Company for its lowest
price to the city for the company's
water. The company has not yet re-
piled to Murray's inquiry.
The plan also calls for connection,
at cost of about $1,000, of the Rapid
Transit well with the two wells of the
Beretania street pump. This improve
ment will not increase the capacity
of the pump nor will It result in
cheaper water, but It will enable the
city to conserve about 100000 gall
Ions of water which now go into the
sea from the Rapid Transit well.
If the Hawaiian Electric Company's
flow is piped into the city mains 1t
viii enable the city to cut of the
downtown mains now running from
the Beretania street pump. and this
saving from Beretania street viii en-
able. so Murray says, the department
to close down the Makiki pump, as
the Beretania street pump would then
be able to supply the Makiki district.
The Hawaiian Electric flow Is about
100000 gallons day.
Four months ago, at MurTay's re-
quest, the supervisors cut the water
front rate from 81 to $1.50 thousand
gallons. Murray figures that If the
price is cut to 81 a thousand the Mat
son company and other concerns now
hauling water from Pearl Harbor to
supply their ships out of tankers, from
private wells, will then use city
water
Il think that If these plans are car
ried out the sales of water on the wa
terfront will double, If the price is cut
to 81 thousand, said Murray today.
"and that means that our port will
be spoken of favorably, like Hong
kong, and without any loss in the rev.
enue derived from the sale of water
to shipping.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-14
TRANSPORT Will
SAIL At FIVE
O'CLOCK

Carrying 10 passengers from Homo
lulu to Manila and $50 tons of freight
in which officers househould goods is
plentiful. the U. s. army transport
Thomas will sail from Pier Is at !
o'clock this afternoon.
Those comprising the passenger list
from Honolulu include Lieut. Col ]. b
Mcdonald, wife and two daughters;
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Heise, the form.
er an insular government employee;
Mr. Cummins, father OF Lieut.. Cum.
minis of the 4th Cavalry; Mrs. Hast
ings and two children, family of Clerk
Hastings of the medical department;
Navy Pharmacist Saugsser and family,
the latter having joined him here yes.
terday. coming on the Tenyo Maru
Coaling was the chief activity on
board the transport this morning. 600
tons having to be taken on before the
boat sails. Freight was loaded while
coaling operations were In progress.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-14
ENTERPRISE LOSES
PROPELLER ON LAST
VOYAGE FROM COAST

Especial Star Bulletin Correspondence
HILo, Aug. 13.-In some mystic
rious manner the Matson steamer En-
terprise dropped one of the blades of
her propeller while on her latest voy-
age from the coast The loss of the
blade was not noticed until Tuesday
last, when the vessel was much higher
III the water than she was when she
entered port laden with a big cargo.
The Enterprise carries spare blades
for the propeller and she went along
side the Kuhio bay wharf while the
new blade was being fitted. The job
is a simple enough one as long as the
ship is steady, and can be put down
by the head SO as to elevate the stern.
The wen known steamer sails for
the coast on Sunday next and is taking
a number of passengers from Hilo.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-14

SOm = ftIN
The Mutual Telephone has provided
for an issue of not to exceed 100000
or SD gold coupon bonds TO be dated
October L, 1915, redeemable October 1,
1920, due October 1, 1890, and to be Sc
cured by trust deed of all its present
and future-acquired property. OF this
issue. bonds to the amount of 100000
will be disposed of on October 1, 1915.
for the purpose of redeeming the pre-
sent outstanding 100000 of SO bonds.
and the remainder viii be held in the
treasury, such amounts thereof as may
be required to be issued from time to
time for improvements of and addi-
tons to the company's plant and prop
erty. These bonds will be of demon
nations of $100, $500 and $1,000.
The company, being desirous of ac-
commodating the holders of the pre-
sent bonds as far as practicable, Of
=fers to sell to such holders, at the rate
of S101.50, bonds of the new issue to
such amounts as may be desired and
as may be practicable in view of the
denominations of the bonds but not
exceeding the amounts of the present
bonds held by the holders thereof res
pectiyely. Accordingly, the undersign-
ed will receive applications until and
including August 81, 1915, from the
holders of the present bonds, each ap-
plication to set forth the numbers and
aggregate amount of the present bonds
held by the applicant and the amount
(par valued of the new bonds desired
by the applicant.
Applications will also be received
until and including August 81, 1915,
from the public for such of said propos-
ed first 100000 of the new bonds, if
any, at the rate of s101.50, as may be
available for sale after accommodating
the holders of the present bonds as
hereinabove set forth, the application
in each case to set forth the amount
(par yaluel CT new bonds desired. In
case applications are received from the
public in excess Of the amount OF
bonds so available for sale, the CON-
rany reserves the right to apportion
such bonds among the applicants in
such manner as it may deem equitable
and to reject any or all applications in
whole or in part .-@ -, L.
MUTUAL TELEPHONE COMPANY,
BY J. A. BALCH, ~~.
..... Treasurer.
Honolulu. T. H., August Is, 1915. r."
6241-Aug. 1881 inc. .:s-s
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-14
SHlNY0 MARU TO DOCK
HERE MONDAY MORNING

With 20S1 tens OF cargo and f39 pas.
sengers, mainly steerage. for Honohl
lu,; the T. K. K liner Shinyo Maru will
dock here from the Orient about 10
o'clock Monday morning, according to
radio advices received today by Castle
& Cooke, Ltd. e. ~. .s..+= Fl.
The liner will leave here for San
Francisco at 8 or 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning. Most of the cargo consists
CT japanese provisions. rice, groceries,
dried vegetables and other Nip7onese
eatables .-..s-..
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-14

NOTICE TO PRESENT eoNpHoLD.
Frs AND OTHERS CONCERNING
APPLICATIONS FOR NEW BONDS
OF THE MUTUAL TELEPHONE
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