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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-06

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-06

No grass is growing under the feet of the
Carnival director general and his chief of the
artists staff in getting Hawaii before the pub
lie through poster and magazine advertising.
They are starting early and intend to carry on
a consistent and persistent publicity campaign.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-06

MISS ELLEN DWIGHT, s.snograph-
er in Circuit Judge Stuarfs court. rs
spending a two weeks vacation at
Hauula. Oahu
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-06

1t may be some satisfaction to the Allies that
Russia has conducted one of the most master
full retreats in all military history.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-06

treasurer, Is around inc lslanu eoaas
On ms regular mohlhiy TIP, paylns
ployes.
J: u. MVEiGh. superintendent, OF
the Melokai settlement, VINO IS Ia no
nolulu on a business trip, expects 10
return 70 the settlement IN the steam
er Mikahala nextYFnesday
T. y, BufEANp1Aus deputy clty
and county clerk, began TINS mornlne
first vacation that Buff has had
since the establishment OF the CITY
and county government. he and MS
family VIII spend the time ON the oth'
or side at kaneehe.
DICK SULLIVAN. owner OF tue
Fashion saloon, said today that ne
has not yet made up MS mind oennite-
" what ne VIII 90 AFTER retiring rom
- AL nr.wa =
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-06

AUGUSTUS EDWARD MURPHY,
clerk of the local federal court. and
family returned to Honolulu today 81
ter two weeks spent at Rahala.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-06

Mine practise for thq1O4fn E07nI
pany. stationed at Fol Armstrong
will be later than usual ais yea1 ow.
ing to the non-arrivalbf the mine
planter which comes dkn from San
Francisco every year n the training
Of the local company i4 no kf0,lh
at present whether II Mai Samuel
Ringgold or the Col Gfge Afnhisteall
will be sent here this ear Probably
the latter which Is NJ at San Fran
cisco. It is believed bat de blkntsf
will start from the past about the
middle OF August, ttough this date
Is Indefinite. q. SIS
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-06

Judge Gary refers to Hawaii as inadequately
fortified The congressional visit is going to
help overcome that.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-06

Mexico is confirming its reputation as the
spoiled child of Pan America
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-06

.eh4lOl9

CIRCUIT JUDGE STUART left for
windward Oahu yesterday on a two
weeks, vacation.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-06

Al sturdy little Lancashire lad wen
to recruiting station to enlist. H
was much disappointed when tn,
officer told him he was too small an
too young. 'Carn't you find me SOM
job in the army what am big enoud
for?' anxiously asked the lad
/ cant, I'm sorry to say" replied
officer. AS the lad turned sorrH
fully away he. said: Well, d.
blame me if tn bloomin Germ /
lick q t lot on yo,; that's ALL"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-06
ARMY NOTES

Now that big gun practise Tor the
year is over coast artilleryren are
beginning to think Of work nth the
siege guns. Practise with ~ 5-inch
pieces is scheduled for octber. the
exact dates not having been Announc-
ed as Jet. -
Each Of the nine companis forming
the coast defenses OF 0ah mans 4
siege battery and heretofce the ans
nual practise has been bel at Seho.
field Barracks. over the fitd artillery
range This year It Is Tbbahle the
target work win be douet Fort Ka-
mehameha.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-06

gasted the committee. The San
cisco papers had lot of fun 81
it,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-06

d. L. CoNKLING. city and county
treasurer, is around the island today
on his regular monthly trip, paying
wages and salaries to municipal en-
ployes.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-06

CHESTER DOYLE; Some vandal
has stolen the head of of@one Of the
small figures on the statue OF Kane
hameha. Some tourist curio seeker
guess.
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3 IA ERaRRaEaa 90
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]. d. M'vEIGH. superintendent of
the Molokai settlement, who is in Ho-
MOULIN on a business trip, expects to
return to the settlement in the steam
er Mikahala next Tuesday.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10

7-HE latest triumph Of the 8=ray
operator is to follow and photo
graph food In its course through
the entire digestive tract Of human
body. In the medical view this is
an accomplishment of the first inn
portance. In that 1T throws clear light
upon some OF the digestive problems
that have been only vaguely under
stood. If understood at all It has
a special value to the surgeon, en-
abling him to recognize and instantly
locate any obstruction to the process
of digestion.
IF there is some stoppage In the
aesophagus. for instance, the x-rav
not only locates it exactly. but de-
fines 1t perfectly long before it would
be even suspected by the ordinary
dfagnostician. The exact position of
the stomach is thus to be ascertained.
as well as its shape and size. BY
following the food to the various
parts OF the intestines and noting
the time taken. any area Of obstruc-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10

before sleep in what he eats, and so
induce the disaster Of nightmare.
And right here is curious fact. that
most high divers-probably because
OF the fine physical condition which
they are compelled to maintain
free from violent and disturbing
dreams.
In witnessing the body of the diver
shooting down In a graceful slant TO
the water, or turning over in the air
before going head first into the flood.
we have but a faint idea of the skill
required to do It, despite the profess
sional talk that would minimize it.
In the first place. when diver takes
orr he should maintain full control
of his body. especially in somer-
saulting. for If he lose 1t for briet
second, and thus any part of the act
is left to chance. an accident is likely
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10
WIN LEAD Cannot COLD the Dmgs 50 Fond Hop


showed the presence OF helium for twG
days. and, though thus exposed foi
weeks to the positive rays. no moro
was found. This also, disproves trans
mutation from lead. platinum. oxy-
gen and hydrogen were similarly
treated with much the same result
Briefly. there was not a little or jot
of evidence In support Of the trans
mutation % any element whatsoever
The chimera Revealed.
From PROT. Thomson;s detailed and
nain.taking experiments the deduc-
t,on "a comprehensive and Inevitable
that the hopes of the alchsrnists are
inst as chimerical today as they were
centuries ago. The elements supposed
= have been transmitted IN recent
3, years by little band Of modern
chemists are. after all. gases and ele-
rnents actually present. yet hitherto
,,nfound. hidden away deeply in tho
s1terxtices OF the metal from which
tI,ev ernannte. The bombarding rays
srom ! Crookes tube merely hberate
the Imprisoned elements. power that
even the greatest heat lacks. .
a. A. for the discovery by Ramsay of
belium In old. worn-out Roentgen-ray
bulbs. appearing only when they are
haated. Prof. Thomson shows this 70
~ 6ne to the previous liberation OF
~ =. heIi,,n. which adheres to the pores
Il the glass until the heat drives
II Is also possible that all elements
.ra signify radioactive. or that GER
tain elements are driven into heavier
metals during their manufaeture into
useful objects. Be all THIS as !. may.
AZ fact remains that the philoso-
nI,,er,s stone and the transmutation
hvnothesis have no leg left to stand
mon. moreover, Prof. Thomson has
again given pause to the radium en-
thusiasts. for they. too. must rear
range their theories and their re-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10

ring after battle or on a holiday IS
an unpleasant experience and likely.
to impress the memory. Everybody
foreets about pleasant weather on
such occasions and the tendency is
therefore to assume a casual rela-
ton between the noise Of battle or Of
the Fourth of July and the rain. al
though the weather records offer no
1ustidcation for such an assumption
The records of English meteorology
show that the rainfall of Essex is less
by a considerable fraction than that
of any other portion OF the United
Kingdom. Curiously enough, It is in
Essex that the great guns for the
army and navy are tested out. In
All England there is not a section SO
frequently trembling to the shock OF
high explosives.
In point of fact, science has demon
atrated conclusively that the forces
which result in condensation and pre-
cipitation are all silent FORCES Every
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10
WATCHIN G. the DI GESTIONofFOOD

ton is very speedily to be discovered.
a physician In describing these
triumphs Of x-ray exploration. refers
to the popular impression that the
discovery Of foreign substances In
the body. or fractures of the bones.
are the limits OF its usefulness. He
affirms that these rays show the
size of the heart, demonstrating
whether It is dilated and II there Is
fluid present They reveal any thick
ening In the pleura and Inflammation
Of the lungs. Through them trber-
culosis may be detected before the
physician is likely to suspect it's pres
ence.
He stoutly maintains that the en-
tire internal mechanism Of the body
is thus, to be examined more accu-
rately than by any other method now
within reach. and ventures the as
sertion that no surgeon win operate
and few physicians prescribe In sus-
pected maladies Of an important
organ. until he has nrst submitted
that organ to this searching photos-
rapl1y.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10

= on are here introduced 70
~ rooster that has been character
ICED as .more human than Ros-
tanTs Chandelier He believed
from the very beginning, In holding
t,n,se,f upright before the world.
Scientists have puzzled their brains
~ discover by what anatomical fan-
+a.v this proudly crested fowl was
enabled ssr to assume the posture OF
man. 49, -,
ne has the distinction of being an
rnnaralleled freak among his KIND.
hut It is not noticeable in the picture
th.4 hep seems inclined to lower his
crest because Of II. "E1e - 2 barn:
~ "a contortionist," remarked man
rom the city who behe1d him for the
Ar,st time: and yet that does not thor
a1,phiv express it; for. while the
nosture would indicate that the roos-
ter is doing an anatomical stunt "
which upsets the usual order OF
things. he is nevertheless. merely IN
hir natural unnatural attitude
England is the country OF the ma
4fvity Of this remarkable fowl and
The man who owned the photograph
from which our picture was made
yvrote as follows: Here is roos-
fer. born ana reared Within few
miles Of waterford. who believes n
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10

to be the result. He must at all
times know where he is "at." with
nothing left to mere hazard.
our pictures are from instantane-
GUS studies of high diving men fish,
When there is nothing solid more
touching the feet. nothing to which
to hold, and the body IS cast free out
into void. 1t takes q definite con-
centration of mind to keep it from
swinging beyond control IN bewilder-
,nent or fear. These two emotions
scarcely ever beset the high diver
when they do. he ceases to be high
diver, or ceases to exist
some of the most spectacular div
ing in the open has been done at Tor
bay, England. and the take OFF,
from saddle Rock into the sea is as
thrilling a spectacle as one would
wish to see in lifetime Some OF
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10

- uR1NG the first month Of the
present European war the
- rainfall In Belgium was con-
siderably below the average. No
body commented particularly upon It.
however, farther than to remark on
its erect in facilitating military eper-
,ttons.
Late in the fan excessive rains fell
flooding the country and rendering
the operations of the armies extreme
IL difficult. Forthwith host OF wrt-
ters came to the front with articles
showing that the discharge Of high
explosives incident to the lighting had
doubtless produced the great precipi-
ration.
: They seem to have forgotten how
the discharge of high explosives in
the first weeks of the struggle was
attended by unusually dry weather.
they likewise ignored the fact that
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10
Alcohol for Motors

-HE unquestioned shortage OF
gasoline in Germany probably
win lead to the universal adop-
tion of denatured alcohol for indus
trial motor vehicles. For several
years both FRANCE and Germany have
demanded. interchangeable carburet-
ers on subsidized motor vehicles. and
Prince Henry's stirring appeal OF two
Years ago, Germans. use benzol!
served to Impress German motorists
ana truck users with the fact that
gasoline is not the only motor fuel
available.
The wisdom Of the alcohol-benzol
propaganda is shown at present In the
European war. where Germany is able
70 look with ,nconcern upon the COM
nlete shutting on of its gasoline sup:
niles. More than 100. 100000 gallons Of
denatured alcohol were ready for the
motor trucks!
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10

under ordinary conditions rain falls
on more than $50 days OF the year
in Belgium and that a season of
heavy rain in the late fall is quite
usual in times of profound peace.
Commenting upon these facts q
scientific writer remarks that the
whole argument by which people seek
TO substantiate the idea that rain may
be caused by discharging high explo-
sives Is based upon a memory which
conveniently overlooks events contro-
verting the idea.
There is no question but that rain-
fan has frequently attended or very
closely followed giant outbursts Of
explosive force. Everybody has read
Of the rain on the deld OF Waterloo.
Few veteran soldiers fail to recall
that they were often drenched with
rain Immediately after the battles in
the Civil War. Most Of Americans
remember rainy Independence Days.
Rain. especially heavy rain. occur
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10
Puzzlinq ROOSTER Who Stands LIKE MAN

holding himself erect. His strange
carriage is not the result Of an acci-
dent as he has strutted around In
this position since chickenhood. The
countrywoman who reared him
thought she had done good stroke
OF business when she sold him to a
fowI-dealer with another cockerel.
without his popularity being discov-
cred: but there = no doubt he would
be worth small fortune to } show
man. as his appearance. as he stalks
proudly around. is most 1aughable."
All OF which shows that Rostand
was not making such q baseless hight
of fancy when he placed q mirth-pro-
voIxing comedian In q barnyard. Now.
IL this bird. with his man carriage.
were endowed with parrots faculty
of speech. and. 30 could strut and
utter pompous sayings. the money
making possibilities would be tremend-
GUS. some wag has christened him
Rostand'
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10

"HE man who makes high
dive into a tank containing four
= feet Of water gets SO "geared"
mp to the task that it is done as
naturally as walking or sleeping"
10 use the expression Of a veteran at
the performance.
And yet 1T Is not this confidence.
this gertrude that sometimes causes
grievous accidents. but carelessness;
Tor a careless walker may very
readily bring injury to himself. As
sleeping is not conscious operation,
one may nottbe careless In the sense
the word as applied to the other
acts. but he may be what is APP
preaching carelessness In the acts
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10
In Early Days the World Rang with the
Adventures of Men Who Sought the
Fountain of Youth and the
tsPhi1osopher's Stone.

physics at Cambridge University. anu
the leading investigator in electricity'
magnetism and light. now comes 1o.-
ward to deny Sir William Ramsay,s
conclusions unequivoca1ly. Thesewere
based upon the presence OF lines IN
the spectrum. a procedure known as
spectrum analysis.
Sir ]. j. Thomson used an entirely
dinerent method. which is much more ore
sensitive than was Sir willian's. For
example. he used a glass bulb-calie 60
q crookes tube-like those used IN
taking Roentgen-ray pictures THIS Is
q vacuum tube from which all air
has been exhausted From it come
negative or cathode rays and POSITIVE
or anode rays. It was with the rays .s
coming forth from the positive pore
that the cavendish professor discoV-
cred an entirely different explanation
for the presence Of new elements as
described by his London confrere.
Sir j. j. Thomson then began to
manipulate the discharge Of positive
rays from a large Crookes tube y
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10

rHE occasional appearance OF a
human giant. SO long mystery
n to the scientist. is very clearly
explained in some recent experiments
upon the lower animals. In the
Marine Biological Laboratory of
Naples, DR.. Driesch. by forcing two
embryos together when they were in
an early stage. has succeeded In
blending them perfectly. The result
was a single embryo. but one Of
abnormally large size.
ON this side Of the Atlantic, at
about the same time. Prof Loeb
succeeded In fusing some eggs Of the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10
Position OF 'ne
n HELPS Hand Water

the most famous divers of the world
have taken orr from the rugged
5O-feet eyre.
They have gone down to the dane
ing, sunlit sea in the curved fight of
the arrow; they have cast OF from
the perch horizontally and, appar-
emily suspended in the height for
brief second, descended like plum
met. But the most beautiful exhibit
tion was the Swedish style of diving
the swallow dive-with the hands
outstretched like wings.
And when this is performed-not
In electric lighted indoors-but high
rooted by a clear blue sky. and the
diver, like swift pinioned bird. feels
the cali of the sea and gives himself
boldly to the airtllen you have
really beautiful. thrilling and insptr-
ing sight!
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10
Under the Keen Eyes of Science, Theories
Do Not Geo. Facts Must Be
Determined by Actual
Sight and Test.

was connected by aluminium wires
with an Induction electric current.
when he found that new gas. which
he calls x-closely like helium-and
also the gas neon appeared on the
scene. There was. however. never any
obvious connection between the ap-
pearance of either of these gases and
the material in the Crookes tube.
Unveilins che Fallaey.
The two gases. * and neon, were
neither increased nor diminished In
amount, no matter whether oxygen,
nitrogen. air. helium or anything else
was present. Yet Sir William Ram
say had enormously concluded that
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10
A Crookes Tube, with Which
Experiments In the New
tsMagic" Have Been
Nnn5ucfad
COnduCte0

these or similar elements were trans
nuted from the metals acted upon
by the rays.
Prof Thomson then ascertained
that the same condition that gave
rise to x also produced helium
and neon. Yet his colleague. Sir
William Ramsay. had overlooked ths
source of all of them. and attributed
their origin to the heavier elements
present. All Of the supposedly revolu-
tionary tests of Ramsay and his as
sistants were then repeated at the
Cambridge physical department. with
different conclusions.
A piece of lead bombarded with the
positive rays from the crookes tube
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10

TyIdE was when every third sa-
want was dignifed alchemist.
ana every fourth one an eminent
astrologer. Those were the old days.
to be sure. yet when you reflect upon
the fact that the great Industrial and
practical sciences of chemistry and
physics are the offspring of the one.
and the science OF astronomy the OUT
como OF the other. you must pause
not in der1sion. but with a spirit of
homage ana humility before both OF
those ancient and medieval forebears
Of modern knowledge.
The savants of that era held It as q
sane ambition OF their hopes SO to
conquer the baser things Of the physi-
cal world that they might at win con-
vert cheap minerals into fine gold.
They held to the principle that there
was an underlying agent or element
In all matter with real capacity for
changing granite or tin into gold.
chalk or coal into diamonds, and even
death itself into life.
Golden Spur to Discovery.
This philosophers stone. this scien-
tinc talisman, this elixir of life. this
source OF magical wealth. was alike
the aim of the alchemist and the ignis
fatuus OF the explorer and the adj
venturer. Indeed. It was q lure that
actually and ultimately led to fabu-
lous wealth for mankind, Il not for
the individual seekers themselves.
Not only did it lead to tho discovery
Of America and the great western
hemisphere. but this selfsame. selfish
desire-scofred at by straight-laced
Puritans. bigoted and into1erant der
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10

starhsh. Instead of three OF four
dsh, as would have developed under
normal conditions. there was but one.
But 1t proved to be giant among
starhsh. The human giants. insofar
as their history is known. have
usually been born OF parents or nor
NAL size. AS rule. what Offspring
they have, IL large. are far from
gigantic. Not infrequently they are
underdeveloped. In the light OF the
experiments here cited It seems quite
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10

wishes of religion. as well as the
prudes of that day-resulted not only
in the establishment of religious and
moral freedom. but in the creation OF
the sciences of chemistry. physics.
electricity. agriculture and all the
other wealth-creating industries of
modern life.
AS the great new sciences OF chemis-
try and physics became firmly estab-
lished nearly every serious-minded In
vestigator ceased his attempt to trans
mute iron, zinc and the baser metals
into gold or silver. The men who SO
continued to experiment. were sent to
Bedlam. In brief, they were. until
i've years ago. called madmen or
fools.
Then. with vengeance. there
emerged again into the calcium glare
of the scientific world the long-dis-
carded principle of transmutation-
The effulgence was none the less star
thing and binding since It emanated
from one Of the greatest chemists
known to experimental science. Sir
William Ramsay.
When he announced that he could
transmute copper into lithfun the
scientific workers began to sit up and
take notice. Nine. Curie. the discov-
erer of radium. disputed Sir Williams
results. but his eminence as re-
search worker of undisputed renown
Iovershadowed her. Even when he
later promulgated the fact that he had
obtained carbon, boron and many rare
metals from other elements; when he
told the astonished investigators that
the ancient aIchemists were right, and
that an element like hydrogen could
be built up into the gas. neon. then
into oxygen. carbon and so on. gradu-