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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-30
LOCAL And GHVFlhl

The regular meeting Of the Beach
walk Improvement Club win be held
this evening at 7:45 D. m, at ]. Alex
Lyle's home on Beachwalk road.
A plea in abatement has been filed
In circuit court by sae defendants in
the case Of Eettie l. Scott against
Esther n. Pilipo and Elizabeth X.
Ptlipo. an action of covenant
Circuit Judge Whitney today ap-
pointed Henry Smith as administrator
OF the estate Of Moses Pail under tond
In the sum Of $500.
Hearing on an order relating to
the approval of the accounts Of The
estate OF Isaac Ihihi has been ccntin-
ued in Circuit Judge Ashford's court
until 9 o'clock on the morning Of
January 13, 1916.
The final accounts of the admins
traitor Of the estate Of Frank s. Dodge
have been referred by Circuit Judge
Whitney to Leslie p. Scott, master,
for examination and report.
Federal court trial jurors have been
excused until $50 O'Clock tomorrow
morning, at which time the case of
Malicio Pacaro. charged with statu-
tory effense. will go to trial
Consideration of the plan advanced
by E. A. Berndt, chairman OF the Pro-
motion Committee, to have Honolulu
stores close at O'Clock during the
holiday season viii probably be taken
up at the meeting OF the Rotary Club
this week, and also by the board Of
retail trades from the Chamber or
Commerce. x
Twenty-four children from the Kau-
iuwela school underwent q test at
the anti-tuberculosis bureau this morn
ing to ascertain whether they have
tuberculosis. The test was conducted
by DIR. A. NJ Sinclair. Beginning next
week, the bureau viii examine the
children in the KalihLwaena school.
Two cases Of marital trouble we're
cured, at least temporarily, In circuit
court today when there was filed with
Clerk Dominis notices Of the discon-
tinuance Of two divorce actions. The
first case discontinued was that Of
Robert F. Faulkner against Elizabeth
Faulkner, and the second was that Of
Louis H. Rogers against Amoe Rogers.
: &stt taaf
A declaration Of intention to be-
come an American citizen has been
filed in federal court by Miss Wini-
fred Maude Scott, q nurse IN the
Queens hospital. who is q native of
Christehureh. New Zealand. Unless
Miss Scott happens to marry an
American citizen, she will have to
wait five years before she can take
out her final papers.
Two hun, -ssts last night at,
tended q reception In honor Of Mrs.
Rata A. Mills, most worthy grand ma.
trpn Of the general grand chapter of
the Order of Eastern Star, who Is In
the islands from her home in Brad.
ford Pennsylvania, visiting local chap
tiers OF the organization. The recep-
ton was held at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. H. Williams on Nuuanu ave.
nue., and was most enjoyable
The second trial Of the case of Eu.
gene Buchanan, corporal in the 18th
Infantry, who Is charged with second
degree murder, probably win begin in
Circuit judge Ashford's court at 81
O'Clock next Thursday morning. Blu
chanan ID alleged to have shot and
killed his wife, Laura Buchanan. The
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-30

American military air craft are be.
Ing tried out by the Dutch army with
success. American hydro-aeroplanes
will form part Of the equipment Of the
Netherlands East Indian army.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-12
the chain mail for King Arthur and

the chain mail for King Arthur anu his knights
 These cireunstanees-the extraor- dinary powers of the courts. ana the attitude of certain labor leaders-ex- plain the state of the movement for minimum wage laws in America compared with England and Aus tralia. The case now pending oefore the United States supreme court 10 determine the consitutionahty or the Oregon minimum wage law will set tie sthe fate, for years to come, or effort in this field. If the law is up- held, consumers in search Of ease or conscience and social workers striv- ing to reduce all that portion of tuberculosis. insanity. vice and pre- be directly due to underpay, will carry forward with renewed zeal the crusade for wage laws.
 If the Oregon law is upheld then the Ohio constitution will loom up with it's provision, adopted by pop ular vote in 1912, uthorizing the legislature to fix working hours and wage rates and prohibiting any con- struction of the instrument itself in conflict with this prohibition. When ever the people of Ohio may care to avail themselves Of 1t, the broad wording of this clause admits men. The constitutional convention of New York state, which will meet in April, will be urged to initiate the example I'of Ohio, and to adopt a modification of the Ohio clause, to be submitted in November, 1915, to the voters of the greatest industrial state in the Union.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-12

Connecticut pen of Reds, a Connec- necticut pen of Leghorns, and one Of the Rural New Workers "Favorite Hem pens are all tied at 16S each. A Connecticut pen of Leghorns and a pen of the same breed froIa New York are tied at 200 eggs each, A Connecticut pen Of Barred Rocks, a Pennsylvania pen of Leghorns and 8; Connecticut pen of Leghorns are all tied at 223 each. Another New York and Connecticut combination. both White Leghorns,i are tied at 229 eggs each. The StoFrs Stations sour milk pen of Barred Rocks is tied with a. Connecticut pen of Leghorns at 244. A Connecticut pen of White Wyan- dottes and a Massachusetts pen of Buff wyandottes are deadloeked at 2s4 each. A Connecticut pen of White Wyandettes and a Pennsyl- vanfa. pen of White Leghorns are paired at 292.
 The ten leading pens to date are as follows;
 Ed Cam, Hoghton, near Preston,
 England, White Wyandottes 524 IIiIlview Poultry Farm, St. AL
 bans, Vt, Rhode Island Reds 464 Merritt M. Clark, Brookfield Cen
 ter, Conn, Barred Rocks, All Colonial Farm, Temple, N. H..
 Rhode Island Reds. 3a1 A. P. Robinson. Calverton, N. Y.
 White Ieghorns, S61 Neale Bros, Apponaug. R. T.,
 White Wyandottes. S5s Sterrs Exp. Station, (sour milk
 pen), White Leghorns. s57 Pinecrest + Orchards. Greton.
 Mass. Rhode Island Reds. ass Frank l.. Futile, Southhnro,
 Mass, Barred Rocks. S4e H. B. Hitler. UnionvtIle, Conn,
 American Doniniaues, sas
 The ten leading Connecticut pens to date are as follows:
 Herrit M. Clark. Rrookneld Cen ter, Barred Rocks. 411
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-12

The commissions of Oregon. Wash ington, Massachusetts, and Minnesota have during 1913 and 1914, promul- gated wage-rates, and the difficu1ties peculiar to our system of legislation are now conspicuously manifest.
 American Laws Compared With For
 eign.
 The outstanding characteristics of American minimum wage legislation compared withS that of England, Aus traha,i and New Zealand are three: The first is its omission of men; the second is it's reference to the welfare of the people as a whole; the third, which is responsible for both the oth- CTS, is its rSubordinaHon to the courts on grounds of constitutionaHty, en- tailing the practice of placing upon American states the burden of proof that they are acting within their po- lice powers when they create state or conferences. In several states the name, s.industrial commission, ''5s or industrial welfare commission,"| is deliberately in tended to suggest that here is no apparatus intended merely to facilitate haggling between enn- of the whole of society created to serve the whole, by protecting the health and morals of women and minors.
 Many of the laws provide that the commissions or wage boards shall in cIude in their mernb ersnip repreaen- tatives of the public as we'll as of employers and employees, and some specify that Sat least one member shall be a woman.
 Despite these precautions, however, progress is for the moment halted. Until the decision of the United States supreme court becomes known, no legislature is likely to experiment farther in the new field. But this is not all. The Minnesota wage-rate es- tablished October 23. 1914, to become effective November 2S, has been met i by a temporary injunction issued by I Judge Catlin, of the second judicial district of Minnesota. on the grounds that, the questions presented are important and doubtfu1,'' and the pending decision in the Oregon case will "douhtless dispose of all the main questions involving the Min
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-12
lesota statute.'' g
 Two Sources. of Opposition.

nesota statute.''
 Two Sources Of Opposition.
 Some opposition to minimum wage legislation has expressed itself on the part of employers who restrained as counsel against it, Rome G. Brown, of Minneapolis, to represent them be- fore the supreme court of the United States.
 5 More surprising opposition is found here and there, among, labor leaders. In the United States, Samuel Comp CTS and Hugh Frayne in the east, and a small group of members of San Francisco labor unions have vigor- ously opposed all wage board 1egis- lation for men, and have exercised a
 aildewing influence upon such effort even when confined to women
 Because in Australia, wage deter Tnfnat1ons were enforced by the Courts of Industrial Arbitration, these American labor leaders oppos- ed them as a, part of their general dislike of compulsory arbitration-a Sdis1ike rooted in their long and dire experience of American courts. This objection is, however, less intelligible when, under the newer wage laws compulsion is confined to the em- p1oyers. who must pay at least the agreed wage, though no worker need accept 1t.
 Another possiblei explanation of their hostility may be found in a calculation that in the long run, the power of the unions may be under min ed if unorganized workers can get through wage commissions such | Improved rates as have in the past been attainable only through labor ! organizations. 4ssssssass This reasoning is discredited by the facts. For in the brief experience of l Massachusetts, the conspicuous fea- tHre is the impetus given to workers | in. the candy and brush trades to form organizations where none had been before. In Australia, labor or 1 ganization seems to have kept step | with the march of the wage boards and, in England. the first labor or ganization of women in the nail and l chain industry accompanied the crea- tion of the first wage board. though | the trade is so old that women in it solemn1y told the writer, generation I ago, that their tfforbears had made
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-12
INTERNATIONAL EGG
 LAYING CONTEST.

The hens in the laying contest at Storrs are just beginning the second quarter. They have now passed the twenty thousand egg mark. This does not mean that they will lay only eighty thousand eggs during the year because 1t is expected that they will lay perhaps more than twice as many eggs in the second three months of the competition sthan in the first three. In other words there will be more sprinting in the matter of pro- ducing eggs in the coming three months than in any other period of the year. The total production for the fourteenth week was 134 eggs less than for the preceding week but almost exactly the same as for the corresponding week last year there being a difference of only eight eggs in favor of the present contest or a yield of 2.043 for the week.
 The same three pens of Wyan- dottes that made clean sweep of the first three places last week were able to repeat in the fourteenth week except that they were in a little diff sour milk pen of Whites won first and not only that but their yield of 49 eggs equals the best weekly record to date made by Windsweep Farm s Leghorns in the second week of the contest back in November. Tom second with a yield of AS eggs and Merrythought Farms pen of Colum- bians from Columbia, Conn, were third with 4S.
 It is very interesting coincident that at the beginning of the second quarter of the competition a large number of pens are exactly tied; thus a Massachusetts pen of White Rocks and a Missouri pen of White Leg horns are deaalocked at 15s each. A
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-12

H. B. Hitler. UnienvilIe. Ameri-
 can Dominiaues. Windsweep Farm, Bedding Ridge, White Leghorns. Merrythought Farm. Columbia, Columbian Wyandottes. Mrs. J. D. Beck, Canaan, White
 Wyandottes, F. M. Peasley, Cheshire, White
 Leghorns, Harry B. Cook, Orange. Rhode
 Island Reds, J. F. Byron, WiIHmantic. White
 Wyandottes, SpringdaIe Poultry Farm, Dur
 ham. Rhode Island Reds, MerTythought Farm, Columbia.
 White Wyandottes,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-12
WEATHER FORECAST

New Haven, Feb. 12-Fpre- cast: Unsettled tonight. Saturday fair and slightly colder.
 Connecticut: Partly cloudy ana colder tonight and Saturday. Fresh west winds.
 A disturbance which is passing out the St. Lawrence valley is causing unsettled weather with local rains and mild temperature in the northeastern districts. An- other disturbance which is esn- traI over Colorado is causing un- settled weather with local rains between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi river. Tho tempera enre is lower along tIle northern border of the IFssfelzn and central districts. White River. Gan., reported 22 ElegHes below zero, which makes faIl or 46 degrees during the last a4 hours.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-12
THE CRUSADE FOR WAGE LAWS. Progress Hangs On supreme Court Decision in A11niz.lslm Wage
 Case s ss-vs
FLORENCE KELLEY. 5

1l. $ 7 ;
 The decision of the United States supreme court in the pending case of the Dragon minimum wage law may reasonably be expected during the winter, the oral argument having been heard on December IT, 1914.
 Should this decision be averse, there would necessarily follow a di- version of energy to the task of. changing the constitutions in order that American women may be pro tected against destitution while wQrktng.sas hundreds of thousands of AHstra-lias New Zeal land, and England aIzseady are protected.
 If, however, as is confidently hoped. the decision proves to be a favorable ones nation-wide effort for the sen- actment of Statutes modeled more or mmediately follow During the year 1915, forty legislatures will be in session
 State Coihnnissions.
 A brief survey of the status of nnininl1nns wage legislation in the United States is thus timely. Such Legislation was favorite subject siens were authorized to establish wage-rates in California. Colorado, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, Wash ington, and Wisconsin. Commissions were authorized to prosecute inquiries as to the desirabfIity of such legis lation. or as to- the living wage of women and minors, in Illinois, In diana, Ohio, and Connections In 1915; New York, Missouri and Michi- gan have made public the results of such inquiries
 Utah dispenses outright with com mission and wage boards, and estab- fishes a flat rate Of wages specified in the statute for girls A to Is years of age, for minors over 16 years. and for adult women,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-12

Chester ". Writers. vlee-presidsu.i of the central Vermont Railway died of pneumonias aged 70.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-12


 AT LOOM END PRICES Women's Night Gowns, made of firm quality muslin with lace and embroidery trimmed neck and l On sleeves. Value soc. S9SC Sale Price ... Ear-H Corset Covers of extra fine quality muslin, with lace or embroidery trimmed neck and sleeves. 0AAn Value 25c. Sale price .... EACH Women's Muslin Skirts, of quality muslin. The flounee is om imported embroidery with under ruff1e. I04 ER Value $2.O0. S3oe Sale price . EACH Corset Covers of fine muslin with lace and embroidery trimming. A1E Value 21c. lA@G Sale price v.<-tf
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

the days of party politics in munich
pal government In many respects
the commission form of government
is ideal. It has tended to do away
with one thing, and that is graft.
There is little chance for sand pa
pered fingers to open the doors of
municipal exchequors and take there
from large and excellent helpings of
the public monies.
Washington, d. c., while not elect
ing its commissioners by popular
yote,-there being no suffrage in the
District of Columbia,-has been
greatly improved by it's commission
form of government. The president
Of the United States appoints three
commissioners, two from civilian life.
and one expert engineer from the
official is left charge of all engineer
ing exploits contemplated by the
government
What the commission form of gov
eminent does do is to evenly distrl-
butte responsibility, SO If something is
left undone which the people want
done, they know where to place the
blame. BY the effective and judicial
use of the recall they can see to 1t
that every commissioner does his
work to the interests Of the entire
community,-there is no shifting Of
responsibility.
In cities where the people select
their own board of commissioners,
i've members are usually appointed,
each being, vested with the care of
certain functions and branches of the
city government.
Five years from now; possibly. pre-
vious to that time,-the people in
various cities Of Connecticut will be
extremely interested in the commits
sion form Of government, if they are
not so today. It is coming to stay, be-,
lieve many efficiency experts, and if
such is true, every public minded cit
izen should make careful study of
what is being done in other cities be-
fore accepting or rejecting a new plan
for his own civic abode. Bringing
the new idea to Bridgeport will give
chance for closer scrutiny in this
vicinity.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22
Parcel Post Changes.
(Norwich Record.)

Persons who use the parcel post
facilities of the government should
bear in mind that a new rule has gone
into effect which must be observed If
the packages are to go through the
mail. The. name of the sender, with
street and city address, must be on
each package. and the word from"
must precede the name. Insistence
on the proposition would seem to be
a superf1uous requirement for pack
age which also bears the name and
address of the party to whom the
package is sent, but the third assist
ant postmaster general says 1t must
go on, and this official Is doubtless a
very wise man and knows whereof he
speaks. Also be careful to put
your full name, and not merely your
initials, on these packages or Uncle
Sam will positively refuse to carry
them for you. An additional privt-
lege is announced for parcel post
senders. They may attach sealed let
tiers to the packages, paying letter
postage on the former and fourth
class postage on the letter. This does
not reduce the cost of either letter or
package, but it insures the two
travelling together. Ordinarily the
letter might beat the package TO its
destination, IL sent separately, but If
the sender wishes the two to go to-
gether the government graciously
grants permission to send them in this
way.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22
Red Tape in Washington.
waterbury Republican,

Red tape is probably always to be
expected at Washington but the fol-
lowing anecdote now making the
round of the newspapers illustrates
how deep rooted it is today:
The McAdoo administration of
the treasury department is develops
ing some real financial geniuses. An
official of the department. of agricul-
ture was sent to Florida recently on
departm entail business. He found
himself on one. side of one of the
numerous lakes in that state when
he had business on the other side OF
the lake. He paid native fifty cents
to row him across the lake. To go to
the same destination by carriage or
automobile would have cost Sc. When
the expense account of the official was
examined by the auditor for the de-
partment the items of fifty cents was
disailowed on the ground that the trip
to Florida did not normally include
water travel" Had the official spent
Sc for carriage hire he would have
been reimbursed. He, had to pay he
fifty cents from his own pocket"
Cases like this could be cited. prob
ably, from the records of many prf-
vate corporations but from none that
are either large or efficiently man.
aged.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely
questions as discussed In ex-
changes that come to Herald
Office.
Setting Mr.. Wilson Right.
(The FatherIand. J

We publish today the result of our
canvass of the German-Americau
press. Our census shows that Mr.. Will
son has lost so per cent of his Ger
man-American vote. We hesitated to
publish these facts before because we
did not wish to use the German vote
as club over the head of the Presi-
dent. Recent changes in public opif-
ion make it now possible for us to
publish these facts without being ac-
cused of appealing to racial prejudice.
For even Mr.. Wilson must realize that
MS uncompromising policy Is opposed
by many elements of our population
Of which the German-American arc
not even the most important. Labor
is against any measure that could pos
s1bly lead to war The rish-Americar1s
are against any move that would
make our country the ally of Great
Britain. California protests against
the craftsmanship that would surren-
der American interests to Great Brit
aims partner. Japan. The Jews would
regard as odious any attempt to en-
Irvine the destinies of this republic
with those of the mother of pogroms,
Russia.
The Vice-President of the United
States has expressed the opinion that
the Lusitania must be regarded as a
British cruiser. The man in the street,
no matter what the newspapers may
say, has no intention of shedding his
blood because a few Americans reck-
slessly intrusted their lives to a Brit
ish war ship. Mr.. Bryan always has
his ear to the ground. When he re-
pudiated the policy of the administra
ton he was speaking not only for
himself but for the average Ameri-
can. To these voices, the Germa n
Americans, add their protest. If the
president. misled by the capitalistic
press fancies that the country is be-
hind him in any demand exceeding
the just and inalienable rights of neu-
trails he is sadly misleading the signs
of the times. It behooves every pa
triot to raise his voice in protest to
prevent the president from taking a
step in the wrong direction.
We do not think that Mr.. Wilson
actions are dictated by political expe-
+ diency. asWeabe lieye that he ~ is hon
estly mistaken in the temper of the
merican people. SIS It Is not our
intention to threaten the president
with the German vote. We
wish to merely to point out to him
where an important element of the
electorate stands whose real attitude
must be gathered exclusively from
the columns of the pro-Ally adilies.'
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22
State Acted at Right Time.
Norwich Bulletin.

With the announcement that a
transportation. company is being or
ganized in this state for the purpose
of taking advantage of the opportuni-
ties and announcement, which have
been provided through the develop
ment by the state of the harbor at
New London, there is displayed the
very attitude which it was expected
would be taken for the commercial
advancement of Connecticut.
Even though such was expected
from the promotion of the Royal Blue
line, which never materialized. there
Is no reason to believe that there are
not large possibilities for this pro-
posed enterprise, which intends to
operate a steamship line between New
London as chief Connecticut port of
the company and the Pacific coast 1t
is line which will be engaged in a
domestic service through the canal,
and as such, it will have the protec-
ton which all domestic steamship
lines the entitled to under the laws
of the this country. It will be from
the foreign competition and 1t Is but
natural that the establishment of such
a line is being hailed with enthusiastic
santicfpations.
There are plenty of opportunities
open to such a line of steamers and
there is no reason why the port of
New London should not get its share
of trade, when it comes to the trans
portation of goods from this section
of the country, which are destined for
the other coast, and vice versa. The
Connecticut Pacific line provides OPP
portunities for the investment of
American capital in a steamship en-
terprise. which is not afforded by for
eign routes even though they need de-
velopment, for whatever use is made
of the Connecticut port under exist
ing laws by capital of this country
must be in the dom este service. 1t is
evident that Connecticut has done its
part at the right time.