Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-24

that most of the leis worn by the pas
sengers on the Great Northern, which
arrived here yesterday, came from
Hilo.
LLOYD r. KILLAM: II is inter.
esting to know that the Japanese Boy
Scouts have taken up the work with
eagerness and their efficiency Is sure
~ noticeable.
A. McDUFFIE, chief of detec-
tiyes: Having a game leg. will stay
at home Christmas. The rumor that
am going to give luau to celebrate
my recovery is incorrect.
FRED w. WEED: Lots OF people
complain they are sleepy when they
| first come to Honolulu I have found
a remedy for that and will give it out
free-if you feel sleepy, 60 to sleep.
MARSHAL ]. J. SMIDDY: The
marshal's Office is going to be pretty
busy from now until January ] in
winding up business affairs. The busi-
ness of the last Il months has been
unusually heavy
IS. SHEBA: The linotype machine
| for Japanese characters, which was
| tried out In San Francisco, proved
| to be a.success. The machine will set
Japanese type eight times faster than
1t can be set by hand
JULIUS w. .ASCH. deputy sher.
IN: What win ] do Christmas? Well,
last Christmas worked until 3, In
the morning, went home, and at 4
O'Clock was called out to investigate
murder case. Whatever do, hope
it won't be that again.
IL. M. STRAUS Gin police COURT:
/ admit that, as counsel says, j have
referred to Mr., Rath's testimony In
this case frequently. That is because
consider him a good witness. He Is
an honest man, and that's something
you don't often see In court room.
JUDGE w. L. WHITNEY,: have
every reason to believe that the
Christmas celebration furnished the
inmates of the INDUSTRIAL school al
Waialee will result in making the
boys better IN a number of ways. II
will aid in making them understand
that the public has not forgotten them.
CARL NIEPER, island. represen-
tatiye with Hawaiian GIee Club. De
troit, Mich: We all arrived well and
happy In Detroit Mich, from San
Francisco. Detroit Is some city, 75O..
600 people. 4 Cold and snowy. Some
place to do promotion work., Mr..
Henry Ford Is giving us the best the
land can produce, '>.', .ltI,--
.<sssy ,s 1865. -. 4siss g-s..
-R. j. TAYLOR. 4 The Great
Northern is helping ID make Homo
Inlu more prosperous. To see. that
fine crowd of tourists stream. down
the ganeplant. yesteyaay was to
realize that the biz inner peansf =
big lot to HonoIulu ii bard dollars
and cents. She makes the six and
seven-days steamers seem like ferry.
boats In comparison.s 80
FRED u wALDRoN: s The
Great Northern Is running like d
clock now, She came into port yes
terday az, much on time as an over
land limited train. Capt Altman. cer.I
tainIy knows what his ship can do
He Is man whose judgment in seal
manship is .unexcelied anywhere. He,
never gets excited, and always bringsI
the big liner in on time. where 1t is
humanity possible to- do so.
IL
. CLIFFORD KIMBALL; They
need. some reliable automobiles yon
that Hilo-Kilauea volcano trip. A
party of Great Northern tourists start. |
ed out for the volcano Wednesday in |
hired motor car, Before 1t had
gone very far machinery trouble de-
veloped. They changed to another
auto, and that soon ran out of lubrt |
eating oil. After. they had enjoyed
having a. few more automobiles goI
to pieces under them they finally arr
rived. Such experiences mar the en-.
joyment Of the trip. though.
SUPERVISOR LOGAN: with ref.
ercnce to the criticism Of Chief jus
tice Robertson, wish to say did
not presume to prescribe the cost Of
city hall, but simply used the figure,
$100, 900, which had been most gen.
orally heard in discussion. Half as
much again would not, L believe, be
prohibitory even for q cash down
proposition in 1917. However. do
not consider the cost altogether 4
right criterion in discussing architec-
turaI or esthetic values. The Young I
Hotel is million dollar pile, yet the
Kauikeolani building nearby, at one
tenth that cost, makes quite as pre-
sentable front In all but size. Much
Of the million going into the federal
meht, wide sympathies and keen |
insight. IF he should declare to-
his countrymen that Japan must