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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-01

There is a possibility that the
Yanks will have southpaw of their
own before the week is out The work
is on. and If the other club involved
goes through with,its end of the trans.
action "a pretty good left-hander viii
join Donovan's squad. 4
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-01

The Splits mixed it up with the
siege Guns last night and when the
smoke had cleared away the long
rangers had taken the odd game. The
Splits won the second game by two
pins and lost the last one by five
pins. Andy Rocco and A. Mills
divided the honors. The score:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-01

MARLIN. Texas. March S1.-smith,
the new backstop that McGraw seems
SO well pleased with. left here with
the first string team and 1t is expected
he will be developed into the primary
catcher for the Giants this season.
Beside being a sure catcher, Smith
has good arm and can nail the ball
to second as well as Meyers. In
practice he has shown a good batting
eye and is expected to give the Chief
run for his position.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-01
Bowling
PAsTIME LEAGUE.

The Siege Guns had an expert range
finder with them last night when they
rolled a postponed game with the Re-
crujts, and beat for three straight
gamesS A Mills was the big pin getter,
i totaIling 453. The score:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-01

AS the Indians gradually round to
form the increased speed of the squad
becomes all the more evident. Sum
med up, Joe .Birmtngham's squad is
probably 254per cent faster than the
1914 disappointments, despite the fact
that the outfield is to be retained in:
tact and that only one new face, that
OF Rodgers at second, is likely to adorn
the inner fortress.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-01

Being an outlaw is all right, but Joe
Tinker is beginning to weary of it
In one way. His men are getting tired
OF hitting against their own pitchers
and playing by themselves. They,
want to smell the smoke of real COM
bat, but there are no teams to meet.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-01

miles to the gallon for a mountain trip
UP Mount Hood in January, something
unique in the annals of mountain
motoring.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-01

During Boonc's absence from tho
position. Charley Mullen is playing sec
ond base for the Yanks. He finds the
small glove strange and a bit awk-
ward at times, hut he gets around
well, picks up ball nicely and han
dies the short throw remarkably clev-
er. The Yanks have played many n
poorer second baseman than Mullen.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-01

First Baseman Johnny Lang has
been sold by the Reds to the Fort
Wayne club of the Central League.
He will report to Fort Wayne as soon
as he finds out where Babe Myers is
training his club. Lang, though with
out professional experience, is cork
ing young player. who can play either
first base or the outfield, and the Reds
sa yh is sure to make good for Myers.
Pitcher Sayre. who has been uncondi-
tionally released, has left for his home
in New York.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-01
SPoRToGRAPAY.
BY "Gravy."

Nick Ward, "YelIowest" Of Champions,
Born on April 1.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-05
IHIHI ESTATE REPORTS
ARE FILED IN COURT

Charles H. Merriam filed in the fc.l
eraI court yesterday his first and final
accounts of the respective estates of
Tsaac and Annie Ihihi, both deceased
The administrator. in the case of the
state of Isaac Ihihl, charges himself
with receipts Of $3957 "a and asks to
he allowed $720.92, and in the case of
the estate Of Mrs Ihihi $356.7O and
s367.9O, respectively These accounts
will be taken up for approval on No.
"ember ~ by Judge Whitney. The
Ihihis, who were husband and wife
we're accidentally drowned at Waikiki
On the afternoon of January !, last
while out bathing in the ocean. Ihihr
vas deputy registrar Of the territOria
hureau Of co"Nrranr,s at the tina. II
as succeeded in office by Georg,
KOpa
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-05
.LONGLEY WANTS MARKET
FOR KAUAI P|NEAPPLES

A. r. Longley wrote to Il. ID. Tim
mons of Kauai Yesterday suggesting
that a possible outlook for the KapaH
hOmestcalers pineapples might be
found at the lanai Zone. Some of the
big sugar freightcrs leave for New
ork via the canal direct from Port
Allen, making the journey to Balbor
in about sixteen days.
There are plenty Of pineappIes in the
Canal Zone markets from December %
March but none at all at this time of
the wear. Also, at this season there is
practically no market whatever for
hNmesteaders pines grown on Kauai.
The ranmery has shut down, and the
fruit cannot he shipped to San Fran.
cisco via Honolulu because Island
steamers would not land it here in time
to make close connections The fruit
would have to be warehOused here in
transit and it is doubtful whether tn"
fruit would stand it. Kauai has di
Get connection with Balboa, however,
and no one knows whether Hawaiian
pines can or cannot be sold In the
zone. The only way to find out is 10
try it. And so Mr.. Longley has writ
ten to Kauai TO interest the Kauai
board of trade in the venture and get
them to help out their own farmers,
who certainly are in need of help. The
quantity of pines to sell is not very
large but the men who are Growing
them cannot afford to lose their crop
Every outlet for a Hawaiian product
worth looking into.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-05
HONOR MEDALSFOR
VERA CRUZ HEROES
Some Officers Intimate They May
Refuse To Accept Tokens
a. OF Nations Esteem

Owing to the fact that no action
has been forthcoming for several
months on the long pending proposition
TO confer medals of honor on certain
officers Of the navy and marine corps
who participated in the occupation. Of
Vera Cruz, the impression had gained
ground that it had been decided not
to confer any medals for services in
competition with the affair.
However, it now appears that the
delay is because of some question as
70 the omission of certain names from
the list as at first appeared, and il is
concerning this that Admiral Frank +.
Fletcher, cOmmander.in-chief of the
Atlantic feet, was asked to make com
ment. AS soon as this matter is set.
tied, IL is expected that the bureau OF
navigation will present the list to the
Secretary OF the Navy, and steps TAX
en- to have the medals issued.
There is persistent impression in
the naval service that none of the Vera
Cruz occurrences warrant the issue of
medals of honor, and that the issue
under the circumstances would bcIittIe
the value of this hitherto highly val.
ned honor, and cast discredit, rather
than honor, upon those upon whom it
Is bestowed. In view of this cOnsid.
GRAFTON, II is understood that several
officers supposed to he on the list have
Indicated an intention not to receive
Che medals if bestowed The names
Of about so officers were on the list
as originally prepared.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-05
]. 5. HAS REACHED
BIG TURNING POINT
Washington Post Says Nations
Career Of Unprepared-
ness Is At End

Preliminary announcement of tn
plans for two new battleships author
lied by the last Congress indicate that
the turning point in the nation Is ca
reer of unpreparedness has been reach
ed and that the future will witness,
considerable progress in the navy.
The new dreadnoughts will be the
largest and most powerful warships
ever designed for the Navy Depart.
ment. There will be formidable main
batteries Of twelve fourteen inch rifles
each, but more important than the i'm.
provements which might naturally be
expected are the new safeguards
against torpedo attacks and the anti.
aircraft guns,
1t would be against public policy
for the Navy Department to make
public the nature of the invention
which have been adopted to protect
the dreadnoughts from torpedo attack
but the fact that such inventions have
been completed is a realization of tn
hopes Of the American public
There has never been any doubt in
the minds of Americans that th'y rOun
try, if put to it, could bring !ndcr
ful resources into play for defensive
PURPOSES. The trouble. in the past has
been that the American government
has shown little interest in military
preparedness. Inventors, consequently,
have turned to Europe for apprccia
ton OF their accomplishments, with the
result that Europe Is better prepared
with modern war devices than is the
United States.
Inventive genius, so characteristic
Of America, has come TO the aid Of
the government at the first call for
help. The fact that the government
IS at last showing some interest in
military defense doubtless will bring
out the best that is in America.
The Navy Department has taken the
first forward step. If this first step
is followed by others and complete
preparations are made without delay,
foreign nations win 60 slow in at
tempting the Entertainments that in
cvitabIy lead TO Washington
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-05
H|LO WHARF SHED !.
i. NOW GOING UP
other Waterfront Improvements
Include Waste MoIasses Tank
For the HakaIau Plantation

The contract for erecting wharf
sheds az Hilo is progressing rapidly.
Contractor Foss has chartered the Hilo
Railroad steam crane TO assist in the
erection. The roof spans are all being
put together on the ground and then,
lifted bodily into place. Another month
should show the greatest part of the
work completed - T
Mr.. Foss Is also the contractor fOr
building the concrete road to the wharf
This also Is nearly completed. The coun !
ty Authorities are also wei under way
with the extension of Front street be.
yond Waiakea TO connect with the wharf
road being built by the harbor commits.
sioners. f,. .srei y
Molasses Tank work .s
The Hakalau Plantation Is just com
pleting the erection of an immense
tank at the shore end Of the big new
Hilo wharf; in which to accumulate the
waste molasses from the Hakalau
Plantation, which will be hauled in ov.
or the Hilo railroad. g.. D... 40, / b.
Arrangements have been made BY
which the 0laa Plantation will also
have the use of the same tank for ITS
shipped to San Francisco in the bal
last tanks Of the Matson steamers.
Bowman Doing Wen et..t
Don 8. Bowman, who had three ribs
broken by a bueking horse last Tues
day, while on his way up Mauna Lba
70 locate the new trail, is doing well.
His physician, Doctor Sexton, ( states
that he win not be confined to bed for
over q week, ana that in month he
shall be out as well as ever.
A sight accident occurred ON the Hil6
railroad ON Friday morning last; the
baggage car IN the morning train from
Qlaa becoming derailed. This pulled
the rear truck Of tie passenger car
of the track. The train was Just en-
tering the terminal yard at Waiakea
and was running at dead slow speed.
The train was stopped Immediately, no
one being even bruised. The passen.
gers were Immediately transferred to
another car and reached Hilo with a
delay of only ten OF, fifteen minutes.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-05
HIT
BY CUP|D'S DART
Professor TaShiro In Love With
Maiden Of Honolulu He
Had Never Seen

r. ,,,, =,
Ian uP'u "''' nam" IN bringing
to Hawah DR.. Siro Thshiro, member
OF Ehhago University $ faculty, SAYS
well authenticated report among
Japanese citizens OF Honolulu. The
story II that the eminent scientist
came not only to make scientific
study OF the tea water at Waikiki
and kaneohe bay, but to meet his In.
tented Drlue.
~ says turther that the little
winged god mas accomplished his pur-
pose and that the distinguished pro,
fessOr = romance will eliminate here
in December when he is to wed Miss
Shizuka Nawasaki' eldest daughter OF
kawasakl, proprietor of the hotel
on hlVer street which bears the family
name,
bose heart 10 Descrlptlon
Ihe romance had its inception in
Chleago some months ago, Gays the
BosslP Which the PeoPle OF the Jap
aheSe community are deLghtedly ex
changing, "heh the scientist imagin.
ation was aroused by description Cd
MISS hawasaki beauty and talent
given HIM by the pastor of his church
III the WINDY |lty' The minister, II
appears, had met me Honolulu R1rl IN
TOXIC, wniCner she had been sent by
her parents TO complete her education
FROM that time forward Doctor
Iashlto was unaDle 20 conhne his
tnougnIS TO Grass ana laboratory WORK
visions OF the DAINTY httie Honolulu
mala continually arose before him
lie INJURED MS pastor TO act as DAB
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-05
.H|Lo GUNTOTERS
ARE ALL P|NCHED

HILO, October Late penitance in
the matter of concealed weapons has
not saved a number Of plantation men
and others near .Hilo from falling into
the clutches o. the law. The increase
in the number of men who are going
around "heeled" in this country has
attracted attention and II has been
learned that a number of them Sc.
cured their revolvers from the States
via the mail order house and the par.
eel post. &c..
Recently a man unable to explain
his possession of a weapon was hated
before the district court and fined If
ty dollars. News of this stirred up
others aud they all rushed forward to
register their guns In spite of this
tardy, If cOmmendable spirit, they wers
all arrested and will be tried.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-05
ATE HIS SALT AND
STOLE FMS SAVINGS

HlLO, October l.--Ingratitude in It's
blacklist aspect has for its latest vie.
tim japanese in Honokaa. Organic.
ed philanthropy no longer appeals TO
him and he has gone back, TO hoe hama.
hama with a scared faith in fellow. man,
This is because friend whom he took
in and nourished, fed and clothed for
four, days, left unexpectedly in the
middle Of the night with suit of
clothes land $3.50 iH cash.
The friend, yeIept Takata, put up
the usual little spiel about hard luck,
no meals and no place to sleep. The
appeal, IL is remarked, was not made
TO the luna intrusted with the duty of
hiring Iaborers. After charity had been
extended four days he decamped under
the circumstances described.
, Takata ,eluded the police ten days
and was finally arrested all dolIed up
in the philanthropists clothes.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-05
TAPA COLLECTION
Of CAPTAIN 4 y IN COOK
Unique Volume, Hundred and FIJI
ty Years Old Shows Sam
piles From South Seas

Waiting sixteen years for an invalu-
able copy of an eighteenth century book
on the South Seas and finally getting
it was pleasure falling to ID. +.
Thrum, manager of Thrum s, Ltd. Tho
volume is not only unique as an ex-
ample of printing, but is almost price
less from an chronological stand point,
containing, as it does, seventy nine
specimens of tapa collected on the voy-
ages of Captain Cook, and facing each,
text descriptive Of its place of origin
and use. 1t il the only one of its kind
known to exist. -
1t is stated that the onlv book SINH
lar to it, is one now in Bishops Mu,
scum which contains bound specimens
Of taPa heterogenously put together
without notes of any sort and cOnse
UurntIv more or less valueless except
az a curiosity
Thrum 5 discovery has been sold
again and is now in Chicago but is
expected eventually to occupy q place
- 4 IIunOIuu library.
Its title page states that il is q
"Catal0gue Of the Different Sreci
Uens of Cloth collected in the three
VOYAGES Of Captain Cook to the South
'rn Hemisphere with a particular ac
count of the manner Of Manufacturing
of Same in Islands of the South Seas ::
partly extracted from Mr.. Anderson
and ReinhOld Forster $ observations
and the verbal account Of some of the
most knowing Navigators; with Som
Anecdotes that Happened to them
Among the Natives 1t was " Now
properly nrraigned and printed for
Alexander Shaw, No. $40 Strand street
LondOn.' The date is 1884.
The specimens of tapa include cere
monial and priestly cloths and arc mn
surpassed by any other ancient collec
ton in similar form.
The dedication has no superscriptio'
or signature. The book may have been
completed after the author = death OF
some other reason interposed to pre-
vent him signing it. The dedication
states that "thesP are only select spe
cimens for a few friends"
Mr.. Thrum first saw this book sly
teen years ago and has been waitin'
to secure it ever since.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-05
Claimed To Be a Warrior When
The First Missionaries Land
ed IN the Islands
POLITICAL PRISONER FOR
YEARS, ONE REPORT
Bundle Of Skin and Bones All That
Is Left-Taken To Queens
Hospital Yesterday

An Hawaiian who is said to have
been one-hundred and twenty years old
the oldest resident of the Is.
lands-tlied last night at Queen 3 Hos.
pital. The hospital records give his
name as Kealokia.
The man was received at the nos.
pital late in the afternoon. He had
been sent there by the city physician
from cottage on School street The
case had been called to his attention
by nurse of the Palama settlement
In his native tongue-he could not
speak English--the old man told oc.
cupants Of adjoining cots he was more
than ohe-hundred and twenty. The
two patients said he seemed rational
Shortly afterward he slept. 1t was
his last sleep. Neither patient at his
side knows when the end came; he
was sleeping quietly when they last
hooked at him and when they looked
again he was not breathing.
What Secrets Did He Hold?
Thus passed away man whose mem
Dries may have contained history OF
Oahu never published, for last night
interviewed, that the man-if his age
Is as he stated--undo was g
warrior when the first missionarie.
landed here nearly one hundred years
ago.
1T was said by these persons that
the man $ name was not Kealokia, hui
Alohikea. They said Alohikea was the
oldest man in Hawaii. Alohikea wa,
a political prisoner for many years be
fore the reigtSof King KaIakaua, they
said, hut waslpardoned when the latter
assembled the throne.
Born In Year or Great Battle
Possibly Kealokia, or AIoh. kea
fought in many battles between thu
rival clansmen of Oahu. Certainly h
was born in a year Of war, for If b,
were 1870, he. was born in r795 ant
it was in that year that the mos
drqrnatici stFhRgle. Of Hawaiian war
took place--the defeat of KaIanikupul
king Of Oahu, by Kameham tn,
First, at the Nuuanu Pali; there hum
dreds of Oahuans were hurled over tn
l200fOOt cliff to their doom.
kealokia, or AIohikea, was blind
He had been able to walk, however
until yesterday, when he collapsed. J
son in-law then went to James A. Rath
head worker OF the Palama Settlemen
and requested aid Subsequently tn
aged man was taken to the hospital
Arrangements will be made today t.
bury bundle of skin and bones
That is all that is left of the man VIII
was the oldest resident of Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-05
BIG NAVAL WIRELESS
PLANT IS BEGUN

Work on the Hawaiian unit of the
naval wireless system has been started
and the foundations for the masts are
now being set up at the naval station
at Pearl Harbor. The plans for the
station have been pending for some
years. They embrace designs for 100
k. W. Poulsen sending apparatus which
will be able to talk with both Panama
and Manila upon completion, spanning
in this way a third of the worlds cir.
conference.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-05
MAJOR CASE GETS VACATION

Maj. David B, Case. assistant to the
lenartment quartermRster, will sail for
the Orient on this month = TRANSPORT
o spend a four months vacation. lie
viii be accompanied nv his family.
They plan to visit friends in Manila
aud to tour China and Japan. AKA
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-05

Fred Harrison, while driving>>his au
tomObilc along South street On Satur
day afternoon, knocked down II Janar
csc boy, who, while riding on dray
ahead of him and going in the same
direction, jumped off in front Of tn
automobile The accident occurre,
near Knwaiahno street. The fender OF
the ear struck the boy, hrui> lug HI
'arr huI doing no other damage. lIur
isom immediately drove the tai to Tia
Queen Hospital.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-05
cH1LDREN's COLDS.

Why let the children rack their little
bodies in such a distressing manner
when YOU can NO easily cure their colds
with a bottle of Chamberlain : Cough
Remedy. For sale by all leading deal
ers. Benson, Smith 4 Co, Ltd, agents
for Hawaii.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-02-18
EASTERN ZONE
GERM ANS RATE FAR IN RUSSIA.

PETROGRAD, Feb. lS.- Fierce and desperate fighting has followed the Russian retreat from east Prussia and the army has been in almost constant contact with the forces of the Germans
 The bullentins issued by the War office states that the Russians have been compelled 10 fall back on the IIne of forts stretching between Grodno and the Nistula where the enemy will be held. The far reaching attempts of the Germans To out flank the retreating Russians is given as the reason for the German progress into Russian terri tory. The Russians also admit that they have been compelled to retreat before the heavily reinforced Austro- German armies, after a desperately fought battle for the possession of the uszok pass, twelve miles west of C2ernowitz Minor successes are re- ported in the Tarnow region
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-02-18
AUTO SALES INCREASED BY EUROPEAN WAR.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1S-The officers of the American Auto Association declare that the heavy purchase of horses and mules by European armies is resulting in heavy increase in the use of autos of all kinds Many of the factories have put on three shifts of eight hours each in order 10 supply the demand for their machines. It is predicted that 1915 will be the banner year in the and sale of autos
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-02-18
FOOD SHORTAGE
 GETTING SERIOUS

COPENHAGEN, Feb. 1S.-According 10 authentic information from Berlin the food shortage in Germany is not only a fact but is rapidly assuming proportions which make it the subject of grave consideration by the govern ment. From the information received it is apparent that the situation is fast approaching a stage where extreme measures are demanded It Is said that the government is proceeding witt plans to compel five millions of the German people. who are not elegible for military service to leave for Nor
 way. Sweden, Holland and Switzerland, to remain there during the future con
 tinuance of the war. thus conserving the food supplies of the fatherland. The government is fast assuming control of tha distribution of food supplies of every form and the most rigid con- servation is being practiced. The re lief afforded by the quarterinG on neu- tral soil of many of those who are not available for carrying on the various activities of the empire will consider ably Tighten the present drain on tho countries resources. The government will provide the temporary cxiles with ample funds to meet their wants
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-02-18
FAMINE PROBABLE BEFORE NEXT HARVEST.

LONDON, Feb. 1S.-Dispatches from the coptinent indicate that the food shortage in Germany is even greater than has been anticipated
 According to reliable information the German government is fast being driven to extreme measures in conser- wing the food supplies of the country. The food resources are so strained that 1t is anticipated that an actual state of famine will exist long before tho next period of harvest.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-02-18
RUSSIANS WILL PAROLE ITALIAN PRISONERS.

ROME. Feb. 1s.-The Russian gov ernment has informed the Foreign of flee that many thousand Dalmatians of Italian parentage who were conscripted Into the Austrian army are being held by the Russians as prisoners of war. The czar's government has offered to return them to Italy on parole if 1t ii agreeable to the Italian government.
 The offer states that the prisoners will be sent to Italy through the Balkan States.