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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-07
Sure Way to Kill Rats
Worst and Most Expensive House.
hold Nuisance.

Millions of dollars of property are
destroyed yearly by rats simply be.
cause people do not appreciate the de-
structive power of rats and do not
know how easy it is to kill them.
Simply get a twoounce box of
Stearns Electric Paste from you!
druggist for 25 cents and use it at
night In. accordance with the simple
directions. and in the morning there
should not be rattin the house.
Nothing else is as effective as
Stearns Electric Paste in exterm;nat-
ing rats, mice. cockroaches and other
yermin. The government uses it in
its fight against rats. Directions in
Is languages in every package.-Ad.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-07
fine
Time AT THE
TAVERN TONIGHT

You can always be certain that you
will have an enjoyable time when you
go to Heinie's for dinner and the little
after-dinner dance, which always fol-
lows to the music of Hawaiian or
cfestra.
This evening Heinie has laid plans
for one of these pleasant affairs and
invites friends and patrons to be pre-
sent. There is no need of celebrating
upon the merits of the dinners further
than to say that they are dome by
Heinie" -that'saquite enough.-Adv.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-07

Dent blame me, said the beau
full girl "Our cook has the use of
the parlor under the new domestic
relations law."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-07

Removal sale Of shirts-ldeal Cloth.
ing Co. Big vaIues-icw prices.--Adv
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
Manurlna the Soil.

In garden making the first essential
is a heavy layer Of harnyard manure
placed on the surface and then turned
under as deeply as it is possible to-
get it. If lot has to be filled three
or four feet in depth, it should first
be covered with two feet OF barnyard
manure, on top of which should be-
placed two feet of good soil, When
all has been settled by the rains Of one
winter we will have garden "as Is
a garden" This illustration is used
merely to show where manure should
be placed If it be possible to get it
there A garden SO flied in would
grow roses and other Towering shrubs
that would prove little short of mar
velOus.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
OVERS IN CONCRETE WALLS
Monotony Of Driveway Relieved by
Device of Designer Who Gave
Thought to Subject.

In designing residence driveway
which was to be cut through ter
race, a builder avoided the monotony
of having two long concrete retain
ing walls fianking either side by
breaking them at intervals with semi
circular inches in which plants could
be placed. These spaces were made
so that they broke what otherwise
would have been the straight line OF
the two copings. Each was made
about feet in depth and 2 feet wide
and given the same finish as the ex-
terror walls. Concrete jardinieres
were made for the plants which were
set in the spaces-Popular Mechanics.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
Under the Willows.

Because the European supply or
willow rods has been largely cut on
several American manufacturers OF
willow furniture and baskets have
asked the department Of agriculture
for the addresses Of persons In this
country who have taken UP willow
growing. For some years the depart
ment has distributed willow cuttings
of imported varieties with view to
developing the production Of high
grade willow rods in the United States.
The usual imports of willows come
chiefly from England. Belgium, Hol-
land, France and Germany. but these
sources have been practically closed
for several months.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
National Prosperity.

Notwithstanding the dislocations Of
trade caused by the European war In
some branches Of industry, business
throughout the United States during
the last four weeks has continued In
it's Improvement
Bank clearames are greater; tom
nages offered the railways are larger;
the number of persons employed in
the manufacturing establishments In
creases with every day that passes;
the great coal strike in eastern Ohio,
which for Is months kept thousands
of miners without employment, has
been compromised, and these thou
sands have resumed work
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
PAID BY CONSUMER
Some Light as to Where Tariff
Burden Rests.
Old FaIlacy That the Foreigner Pays
the Tax" 10 Exploded-Truth
Shown In Motor Car Trade
With Canada.
Who pays the tariff?


There used to be pleasant defu-
sion that the foreigner paid" the
idea being, apparently, that European
manufacturers loved us so much that
they would pay from so to $50, per
cent duties on their goods out of their
own pockets, and never dream of add
ing the sum so paid to the final sell
ing price. BY way of commentary on
that notion-not so popular now as it
used to be-the Chicago Journal pres
ents the following true story:
Down In Ohio there is an automo-
bile firm which is trying hard to get
a good Canadian trade. With good
roads, vast distances and prosperous
people, Canada offers a splendid mar
ket for autos. Here, II anywhere, the
foreigner ought to pay the tariff tax
which Canadian legislators have
placed on motor cars Does the Ohio
firm do It?
Not quite. It advertises thus:
Touring car, United States.
price. 80. ....$ 1ou
Touring car, Canadian price. -. ], 050
The Canadian duty on automobiles
Is 4211 per cent. Forty-two and one
half per cent on the retail American
price would come to $31875, whereas
the actual excess the Canadian GUS
toner pays for this Ohio car Is only
5000. The extra s18.75 probably comes
out Of the Canadian agents commits
sion.
Does the foreigner pay? He does,
not, and here is one firm honest
enough to say so. The consumer pays,
first, last and all the time. On auto
mobiles, soap, blankets, matches, win
dow glass and soothing strip, the con-
sumner pays
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
Making the Town Worth Living In.

Making the Town worth Living ln'
The following, from the pen of Judge
Nelson Case of Oswego, applies to
any Kansas town: Taxes paid for
good roads, for libraries and schools,
for any Improvement which adds to
the comfort, the enlightenment, the
happiness of people. are among the
most valuable investments a person
can make, even though he cannot see
that he has any direct interest in
them. The most prosperous cities are
those whose inhabitants have the most
advantages for education, religious
culture, recreation and such amuse--
ments and diversions as are elevating
In their tendencies, and are free from
demoralizing influences. Kansas City
is fine example of this spirit and
policy. 1t is what her citizens have.
done to make the city beautiful and a.
desirable place in which to live, fully
as much as her direct efforts to secures
trade, that has given her the prestige
she enjoys. kansas City Star.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
Cut the Weeds and Grass.

Whether you are a. renter or an own
er, you should not permit grass and
weeds to take" the sidewalk. Flies
and mosquitoes bred in the tangled
grass of home owner are just as an
noying and poisonous as those that are
brought to life on the rented premises
And the blow to civic beauty is as se-
vere in the one instance as in the 9th.
er. Don't be "a drawback to comfort.
health and civic beauty, which Is to
say, don't let weeds and grass encum-
Der the sidewalk of the place that you
call home -Corsicana Sun.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
lone bluIl|
81 Helps Y |
GARDENS IN LARGE CITIES.
No Reason Why Certain Difficulties
ShrcuId Not Easily Be Overcome,
With Proper Thought.

There are few things that must
be provided If Omaha is to become
famous for it's gardens, and 1t is to be
hoped that the agricultural expert
who Is coming here will attend to
them, says the Omaha World-Herald.
There would be many more gardens
If there were some central agency
established where men too busy to at
tend to all the work could call by
telephone and get reliable man when
one is needed The charity organiza-
lions have been relied upon, but the
men who seek work through them
are often inefficient and unreliable.
One business man said: II have quite
a large bit of ground in my back yard
that I would like to put in a garden,
but T. cannot take a day OF to spade
1t up and prepare the ground for the
seed. would be glad to plant the
seed and care for the ground after
ward Last year tried getting man
and after much worry got one. He
was unreliable and the work that he
did was hardly worth the time look
ing after him, so this year l have con-
ciuded to seed it down and avoid that
sort of worry"
The, plan for children is good and
should be boosted by every one, but
a large number Of gardens would be
planted where there are no children
if there were a place where the right
kind of help could be secured. Lawns
would be Kept in better condition If
man could be called by telephone
when mower was out Of order or
needed sharpening and when bulbs and
shrubbery were to be planted.
Omaha gardens and beautiful lawns
would add very much to the city in
the satisfaction of citizens and visitors
and to the value of property. 1t might
be a good policy for some Of the civic
organizations to undertake to supply
this want by establishing such CEN
trail agency. There is no doubt that
it would be paying enterprise.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
ProaressIves Turn to Wilson.

The Detroit Times, which supported
Roosevelt in 1912, now makes the edi'
torial statement that the Progressives
who followed his banner In that cam.
paign find Wilson worthy of their sup
port After a survey Of the political
field, the Times sums up by saying:
1T cannot be denied that 1t is Presf
dent Wilson who is attracting to his
aid those thinking, forward-looking,
ldealistic men, who, In 1912, voted not
so much for Colonel Roosevelt as for
the movement which he represented. =
On the whole, the Post should say
that the Times sizeup of the situation
is fairly accurate of the tendency OF
the rank and file of the Progressives
Washington Post.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
Tried and Found Wanting.

Let us see. Why did not the Hanna
Utopia perpetuate itself? The Ding
ley tariff, which was it's legislative
masterpiece, remained in force from
1897 to 1909. But it did not prevent
a PANE Of disastrous proportions from
rocking the business structure to its
foundation in 1907, remarks the St.
Louis Republic. In the year follow
ing the business man was still in the
saddle and Taft was elected. No
president ever stood hitched" more
meekly, as witness his Endorsement
of the Payne-Aldrich tariff at Winona.
Yet this was the prelude to 1912.
Those business men who rallied under
Mark Hanna set the forces In motion
that wrote the subsequent history Of
disaster to their party and partisans.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
Campaign Thunder Weakens.

As business grows the tar1F recedes
In Importance as an issue. It has
been the plan of the Republicans to
make their campaign on the tariff. but
nothing will be more ludicrous In 1916
than shouting an empty dinner pail
if it is full or nearly so. It would
have about as much effect as the beat.
ing of tin pans to scare away blue
devils. The Republicans are begin
ming to realize this, and as conse'
uuence are considerably disturbed.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
business PROSPECTS Rriaht.

The sun of prosperity Is steadily
rising and shining on all the great
steel and iron industries grouped
about the southern end Of Lake Michi-
gan-Illinois Steel, the Federal Fur
mace. the Wisconsin Steel, the Iro-
ouois Iron, the Bi-Product Coke and
all the smaller companies. The ILL
nois steel company is working about
$500 of the 10000 men it normally
employs, and, instead of keeping them
busy only three or four days week,
it recently put nearly all Of then. On Q
slx.day basis.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
An AuurIeved Relative.

IT lost a couple of chickens last
night" said the man who lives in the
suburbs.
well, boss" replied Mr.. Erastus
Pinkley, Il specks knows who found
'em. done toll my brother Sam bout
dem chickens an requested him spe-
cial to let EN- alone tell l gifts my
night on next Wednesday"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
Makes nIscrcet Selection.

Strange, somehow. but when a G..
o. P. presidential target mentions
other promising marks he always picks
the third-raters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-16
DANIELS GUEST OF ! HONOR AT BANQUET IN CHARLESTON
National Defense Day Ends With Military Spectacle. Padgett Praises Daniels
 A Administration

Charleston, S. C., December 15-A mili- tary and naval parade late today brought to close National Defense Day. of the Southern Commercial congress in session here, at which Congressman l.. p. Padgett, chairman of the House naval committee, .auded Secretary Daniels administration of the navy and the Sec retary of the Navy himself, and Assistant Secretary of War Breckenridge urged support for the administration plan for an increased army and navy. Secretary Daniels, Assistant Secretary Brecken- ridge, Rear Admiral Coffman and officers of warships in Charleston harbor, and ficial stand and reviewed the parade.
 Tonight Secretary Daniels was the guest of honor at a banquet given by the city of Charleston to which officers and delegates of the congress were invited Assistant Secretary of War Breckenridge left for Washington late in the day. The woman's auxiliary of the congress de- voted the early hours of the night to dis cussion of plans to aid the congress.
 Tomorrow will be taken up with discus sions of foreign trade possibilities. Sec retary Daniels, it was announced will remain here to visit the Charleston navy yard.
 The congress was to have convened here today for a four days session, but many obstacles were encountered on &C., count of the existing war restrictions It developed that invitations to Ameri- can ana other foreign delegates had been held up by one of the belligerent coun- tries. It was, therefore, decided to post pone the congress and hold the execu- tive committee meeting at the appointed time, but this may be impossible
 The delegation from The Hague found that German military regulation pro- hibited transit across the Swiss frontier until December 16. The t1elegation is composed of Dr. Borgesius, Secretary to the Minister of Justice. Dr. Beekendonk. and pr. Kolen,. president of the Dutch Chamber of Deputies It is understood Professor Batten of Swarthmore college. the American member of the executive committee, is with the delegation from The Hague. The whereabout of the party is still unknown. but it is believed to be making efforts to cross the frontier at some point.
 Should these and other delegations pa ss the frontier the committee will meet Wednesday night and Thursday after noon. The committee is to select chair men who will draft reports on the main subjects to be brought before the con gress including reduction of armaments. freedom of the seas, the open door for commerce. control of foreign policies, prevention of the annexation of small states without consent of the inhabitants and the calling of another conference at The Hagua
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-16
Kitchin Resolution For Ex- tension Will Probably Be
 Passed By House Today
ONLY BUSINESS NOW
 BEFORE CONGRESS
Mrs. Mary Hampton Gonzalez of Bir- mingham Held in Washington Asylum For Trying to See
 Presidents Fiancee
By HUGH ". ROBERTS

Washington, December 15.-(Special) The Kitchin resolution providing for the extension of the special war tax for another 12 months was reported by the ways and means committee today, and will in all probability, secure passage through the House tomorrow MT kitchin states that it is his understand ing that not more than four democrats will oppose it's progress.
 The Senate hopes 10 dispose of the measure prior to Saturday in order that the plan for adjourning for the holidays may be carried out. Inasmuch as the ex- tension is for a limited time, it is said that the republicans will not take ad- vantage of an opportunity to hold it in check for a month or more.
 This resolution is the sole business be- fore Congress a present, and in connec- ton with the programme of financial legislation and preparedness will be the only feature treated prior to January
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-16
MRS GONZALEZ DETAINED

Washington, December 15.-(Special., :, Mrs. Mary Gonzalez, a well dressed, mid dle aged woman giving her residence ad- dress as West End, Birmingham. is de tanned at Washington Asylum hospital
 pending full inquiry into her mental condition
 The lady was taken in charge by de- teet,ves yesterday afternoon when in pro- msenous talks at the Union station, she declared she had made repeated calls on Mrs. Norman H. Galt, the President fiancee. with whom she claimed a kin ship. To the officers she stated that sine mad been denied admittance to Mrs Gait and had also been denied admittance to secretary Of War Garrison, whom she desired to aid her iii a search for her son from whom she stated she had be- come separated in the crowds attending the exposition at San Francisco. Efforts to locate her friends have proved unavailing. Senator Underwood With whom she told the detectives she was acquainted, is assisting in efforts te locate her relatives
 Birmingham friends of Mrs Gonzalez l, believe that she is temporhrily ssrespon. slble. She went from here to Califor-
 nla more than year ago. and had not been heard from for several weeks past
 She was the widow of Dr. Gonzalez Of Pensacola, who died several years ago. She has relatives both in Alabama
 and Mississippi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-16
HERNANDEZ HEAD VICTORY TROPHY IN MEXICAN CAPITAL
 ----- r-rs--- Relative of Huerta, Who Led Division of the Rebel Army, Killed By Con-
 stitutiOnalists

Mexico City, December f0.--(By mail to Laredo, Tex, December 15.)--Gen. Juan B. Hernandez. relative of Vic toriano Huerta and general of divi- sion In the Mexican federal army dur ing the Diaz regime, has been killed in battle by troops of the de facto government and his head sent to Mex ico City as a trophy of the victory, according to a dispatch to military headquarters here
 The dispatch, signed by Lieut.. Col. Luna Galicia, reported that in a bat tie near Esperanza, state of Vera Cruz, the forces of the de facto government inflicted a serious defeat on the forces of Hernandez, who left on the field 23 dead, "among them Col. Pioquinto Leyva and that of the octogenarian, the former companion and confidant of Porfirio Diaz, General of Division Juan B. Hernandez, whose head per- init me to send to you by Lieut.. Col. Teofilo Gomez as the best material evil dence of our activities"
 eff in one single day the heads of the bloody enemies of our country fall,' the dispatch continues, "we find our selves on the way to complete peace and to the enjoyment of that grandeur to which all cultured nations have a right"
 Hernandez, who was more than so years old, was widely known as a leader of the Cientifico party and for Puebla.
 When Gen. Pablo Gonzales. com mander of the Carranza garrison in Mexico City, to whom the dispatch was addressed, learned that 1t had been made public by the official bureau of information he ordered that no fur ther copies be given out The morn ing papers here did not publish the telegram.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-16

Nashville, December 15.-Congress- man Kenneth D. McKeIIar of Memphis today won the democratic nomination for United States senator. defeating former Gov. M. R. Patterson In "run- eff' of the primary held last month by a majority estimated on the face "f unofficial returns |n excess of 15.OOo votes.
 Virtually complete unofficial returns from s2 of the 96 counties in the state gave McKellar 52,s6o and Patterson sSoos votes.
 In the first primary held November 20 McKellar received A,645 votes, Patter- son 39.17O and Senator Luke E. Lea, the incumbent who was eliminated from the contest, 32,594.
 Shelby county, including Memphis, the home of both candidates, today gave Me- KeIlar 5722 and Patterson 1925 while Pat terson carried Nashville and Davidson county, the former governor polling 44S' votes and his opponent 247l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-16
Patterson Defeated In
 Run-Off By Big Majority

The other large cities, Chattanooga, Knoxville and Jackson, were carried by Mcclellan.
 MT. Patterson conceded defeat early tonight and pledged his support to MT. Mex ellar in the general election to be held next November.
 Governor Patterson's statement was as follows:
 q have been defeated and there are no explanations to make. To the friends who gave me their confidence, am very grateful; and have no bit- terness for those who opposed me.
 .T congratulate MT. Mcclellan and will give him my cordial support"
 Unofficial returns from 20 counties of middle Tennessee give Mcclellan 97S2, Patterson 1886.
 Memphis, December 15.-With ap- proximately half of the estimated vote counted, unofficial returns received by the Commercial early tonight indicated that Representative Kenneth D. McKellar was leading former Gov ernor Patterson, his opponent for the democratic senatorial nomination, by . ratio of almost to l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-16
|D|SCORD PREvA|LS|N DOMESTIC AFT AIRS
 0F BANKER DREXEL
Seeks To Avoid Payment of Alimony Through English Courts on Ground He is
 Resident of France

London, December 15.-The discord ir the domestic affairs of the American banker, Anthony J. Drexel and his wife Margarlta Armstrong Drexe, came te the surface today in the chancery court where the husband moved to set aside the service of a notice of a writ by the wife to recover money due under a sepa- ration deed on the ground that his dom- icile was France and that therefore he was outside the Jurisdiction of the English courts. Justice Neville tried the case and the hearing was adjourned. The agree ment under the deed of separation. it was brought out, was that they should live apart, wherever they pleased, and not in- terfere with or annoy one another or bring any action against each other. The husband was to allow the wife 50.OoC yearly. She was also to receive the in- come from policy in a New York com pany and the husband was to assign to a trustee five policies on his life. aggre. gatng $3O0,000, which go to the wife in case of the husband s death.
 Attorney Lawrence, counsel for MT Drexel said that the wife estimated MT Drexers income at from S25O00O to $35O, 900, but that Mir. Drexel did not accent this figure.
 Referring to an interview between the husband and wife in Paris in 1910, of which there had been conflicting versions Attorney Lawrence said that accordine to Mrs. Drexers account it was arranged that she continue to live in the Grosveno, Square house and "the husband should give her notice of his coming in orde, that she might go away or have friends present to avoid repetition of scenes ot which she was afraid"
 Continuing, the attorney said that Mir DrexePs son-in-law, Viscount Maidstone had said that Mir. Drexel had told hin that he was sick of the agreement anf would force his wife to divorce him bI stopping her allowance but according tc MT. Drexers version he told Viscount Maidstone he had definitely made up his mind to take divorce proceedings.