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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-24

The letters previously published
have been:
No. !. From Mayor Albee Of Port
land. Oregon
No. ?. From Mayor Fassett Of spo'
kane. Wash.
No. 3 From Mayor Farcett. Of Ia.
coma. Wash
No. 4 Is from Mayor James X. Han.
na Of Des Noines, Iowa Des Moines
Is one Of the counfry's leaders In the
commission form Of city government.
The tDes MOines plan" Is often sp0k-
en- Of az q good model for other cities.
Though approving Of many Of Its re-
suits, Mayor Hanna az he states be-
low. is inclined to favor the further
deyelopment-the city manager plan.
He writes
~Dee Moines. Ia. August s, 1915.
MT. Riley H. Allen.
Honolulu Star Bulletin. Honolulu.
Hawaii
Dear Sir: As you are aware Des
MOinos adopted the commission form
Of government eight years ago. under
which We have been operating now
more than seven years. We have found
4 . vast improvement over the old
form Of municipal government. It has
some shortcomings, but the remark
able thing Il the general effectiveness
Of the system The objections are
mainly individual and personal and 10
considerable number unite on making
any one change. In my opinion the
initiative and referendum are espe-
ciaIIy desirable. Without them and
the recall commission government
with IIe vast bowers might Be too au-
tocr1tic and oppressive Win these
ori1101f11. ~ form of government
can tG moro demccf1I|c |4 spirit. To-
geIIer with the aI1Ii.'cf of ward
lines. party lines. star chamber ses-
EIo1s and granting franchises with
out aD1ro|aI II popular vote they
most thoroughly enfhrone lhe popular
opinion. This. Of course. Is me es-
senes q democracy, shat = .bs WI
oi The r1orIt q 1afIied into effect py'
the EofeI1In1 bo6t.
-I1o city u111Itf plan "a connec.
tIoI HIIt c1.1'IIss'on eofefnn6nt /
am LOOKING ID % bring about still fur
ther improvements. This plan has
been ii orelation Il Dayton and
Springfield Ohio. for q year or more
under the (ItIt Of The commission
manager plan and has p,ede an cxcel-
lent record h both these cItles.
TO my way Of thinking, the two
chief detects Of commission govern
ment as generally found. Is q certain
lack Of unity IN administration and
-. =
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-24
cARRANZA DRAWING
FAMILIES TO MEXICO

Hawaii Shinpo by Federal WireIessl
LAREDO, Tex, Aug. 24.-oep. Car
ranza's offer Of amnesty is drawing
families back into Mexico. The terms
Of the amnesty are unknown.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-24
VILLAS ARMY MUCH
WEAKENED By ILLNESS

[Associated Press by Federal Wireless1
FL PAso, Tex Aug. 24.-Fifteen %
the officers who have been Identified
with the Nina commands were exc
cuted recently for malfeasanee In Of.
nee.
Villas army 10 reported much weak.
ened BY Illness and the large number
OF wounded men.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-24
.DEFENSES near
new YORK Will
BE GIVEN TEST

tAssociated Press by Federal Wirelessl
NEW YORK, N. NJ, Aug 24.-A tes:
Of the powerful mortars At Fort Tot
ten, commanding New York harbor,
will be made on Thursday. The NOR
tars will sweep the harbor approach,
and there will be atcst Of n1arksnran-
ship 40 N the case of1possjbIe At ack
The mortars are expected to vlbrat;
six miles.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-24
BASEBALL RESULTS
NATIONAL LEAcuE

At 5oston-6oston 10, Pittsburg o.
At srookIyn-cincinnati 5, Brook
Iyn o.
At PhiladeIphia-chieaso s. PhiIa-
delphia 4.
At New York-st. Louis u, New
York H.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
At St Louis-St. Louis 10, PhiIadel-
phia z.
AZ Detroit-6oston 8, Detroit I.
AZ Cleveland = Cleveland s, New
York o.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-24
TAFT AT EXPOSITION

tAssoeiated Press by Federal Wirsless1
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Aug. a.
Ex-president Taft Is due here tonight.
He win speak 4 the exposition.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-24
GERMANY WOULD MAKE ROADS
OF RUllANIA HAUL MUNITIONS
BERNSTORFF ASKS U. S. AWAIT
FACTS ON ARABIC SINKING:
riga VICTORY IS CELEBRATED

JAPAN, CARRYING OUT PLANS TO AID ALLIES. BEGINS
RUSHING MUNITIONS TO EUROPE TO EkE OUT ScI|I
~SuPPLY-GERMANS TAKE MORE RUSSIAN PRISONER
THREE LOADED GERMAN TRAnSP PORTS SUNK AT RIGA
WITH HEAVY LOSS OF LlFE-SuB SUBMARINES ARE ACTIVE
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-24

publishes Of
other officials model city The
mainland cities
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-24
AMERICANS At
HERnDS|LLOlN
DANGER AGAIN

[Associated Press by Federal WirelessI
AMERICANS -. frantz
GuAYMAs, hiex- Aug 24.-Fifty
Americans are preparing TO leave Her
mosiIio. They fear attacks BY Yaqui
Indians. II js reported that the In
dians attempted to enter the town las
Sunday and Mondsy.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-24

ister Of In conference today with Emperor Yosh
villa at Nko The conference reported 70 be on
portant matter.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-24

lThe above cable caused considerable Speculation
among local japanese when received today BY the sDo
believed that the conference has connection with the Associated
Press despatch received yesterday BY the Star Bulletin from Toxic
to the effect that Japan coming Of Russia and her
allies in a systematic way.1 E.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-24
CITY MANAGER PLAN IS FAVORED BY
DES MONIES MAYORAS MOST Efficient

No,4 in Series of Letters From Mainland Municipalities is
BY Mayor Hanna Of Des Mones-FioW to Make Employees
Realize Their Jobs are Based on the Work DoneHeaItty
Rivalry Between Departments Suggestions Made are
Very Timely in View Of HonoIuIHs Coming Convention
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-24

TOXIC, Japan Aug 2GiVing evidence Of Is Intention
out at its promise Of active aid the Allies
to rush their work Additional forces being taken and The
put Of material in short time will be greatly augmented
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-24

otructuroI and Ornamental Iron
4. E HENpRIck. LTD.
uorchenl end AIei<ea -
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-24
SUGAR.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. %. Sugar:
IS degrees test, 4 II cents. Previous
quotation, 4.8S cents.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-24
Big French Credit is Arranged

NEW YORK, n T. Aug Brown Brothers have arranesd
$20O0000O French export credit
Traditional TeIeuraDh Dispatches on Pace 81
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26
IRON WORKERS IN FIGHT.

Hartford. Aug. 26.--A free-for- all fight in which President Thomas J. Cox was knocked down and forced to leave the hall developed last night at meeting of the Structural Iron Workers Union in Central Labor Union Hall on Central row. The pres ident and other members of the union who had been assaulted hastened to police headquarters to report the trouble, but four policemen who were imm ediately sent to the hall found the place deserted. The lights had not been turned cut. Chairs were thrown about as if those at the meet ing had made a hastN exit. The police believe an automobile party followed President Cox and other complaintants to police headquarters and immediate ly hurried back and warned those in the hall
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26
ZEPPELIN DRILL" IN
 LONDON FACTORIES
Advertisers Furnish Households With Placards Giving "Directions' for
 Conduct in Case of Air Raid.

Correspondence of the Associated Press, London, Aug. 2O.-"zeppelin drill' 1 has now taken it's place alongside the familiar fire drill in some London factories and business places. In 4 few cases respirators have been pro- vided by employers and weekly or fortnightly respirator parades accom- pany the Zeppelin drill.
 For households, advertisers are fur nishing neat placards with "Direc- tiOnS' fer conduct in case of air raid. One such card bears the fol- lowing breif instructions:
 Don't go into the street.
 "ClOse all windows and doors on lower floors.
 Keep buckets of water and sand upstens.
 "Havc respirators handy in bed rr oms'
 A housewife writes to newspaper to describe the steps she has taken to protect her household: Every night the bath tub upstairs is left half full of water. On every landing I have buckets of water and sand. In every bed roo1N there is a bowl of water ready for mOstcning the respirators, and all my family have been advised to keeep their respi;ators under the EiileW so as to be within easy Tea oh. ''
 A school mistress writes advising pal ents to accustorn their small chiI- dren to ;:,e use O. tho rcsD;rator: "It would startle a chill ccnsidera bIy." i" she notes, ito be a"akened in the middle of tho niSht and have a res pirator clappcd over it's mouth"
 There is unanimity of opinion even among tho police authorities as tO the DrOpeer mode of procedure for house holders in case of Zeppelin at tack. In most places the police have but the chief of police at Windsor s sUT.. this is :nadvisah!a. His code of tiiret tiOns. which reads !th a matter of fact cu:> mon sense almost Yanke in it's directness, is as i, flows:
 Do not congregate in one room or in the basement, as has been freely recommended. Some of the bombs recently used crashed through roof and floors to basement and then ex- rloded. Again, if gas bombs are used the cellar with doors and win Gaws closed is not a haven of safety
 Tn a few words: In the event of &n air raid, put your trust in Provi- dence; have something effica cious on the premises for coping with fire in is earlier stages; clench your teeth and do your best
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26
CIRCULATING LIBRARY
Will Be Started By Dickinson Drug
 >. Company on September 1.

On September 1 the Dickinson Drug company will inaugurate a circulat- ing library. A portion of the sta tiOnery department of this we'll known store has been arranged with book shelves. The management has purchased a very large assortment of the very latest and most popular works of fiction. The list of books will be augmented from time to time, the assortment in short while com peting with the largest circulating libraries in the state.
 Every facility will be offered to the public to take the books home for the very small daily charge that will be made, thus placing the. new. coveted novel within easy reach of all. This plan soon to be started by this en-
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26
SUFFRAGE STRIKE CALLED OFF
New York Women Bow to Their Em-
 plOyers.

New York. Aug. 26.-The womans one-day strike, recently planned by the Empire State Suffrage association campaign committee to demonstrate that women occupy an important place elsewhere than in the home. was called off here yesterday. The threat to strike was made bv the suffra gists to answer the cry of their opponents that womens place is in the home and to show what would happen if they all remained at home and away from business.
 resolution Indefinitely Dostpon- ing the strike was adopted by the campaign committee members of which explained that this was decided upon after employers had urged against such proceeding on the plea that the strike would tie up many utilities, stores and shops, with the attendant demoralization of business generally.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26
MCGUIRE ESTATE HAS DWINDLED TO $1,70O
New Appraisal Will Show Little Left of BOasted Fortune of Hartford
 Avenue Citizen. It is Said.

Patrick Mcclure, the ''mayor of Hartford avenue,' once boasted he had $1,O0O for every year of his life. When he died he was over sixty years old. It now develops that his estate will appraise at about $1,70O.
 A hearing was scheduled in pro- bate court late yesterday afternoon on a reappraisal of the estate, which is said to be gradually shrinking in value. As a number of lawyers in terested in the case were out of town the hearing was postponed to Septem- Der ?.
 The original appraisal showed an estate of about $75,OO0, with an equi ty of about $2O,O0O. This, with Oth- CT assets, brought the value of the estate to about $25,00O As the claims against the estate amount to over $23,000, the net value of the es tate is approximately $1.700.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26
Maple Hill

Ten members of Troop I of the Newington Boy Scouts are camping at East Hampton for a week. The boys are under the care of Scout Master Sternberg and Assistant Scout Mas ter Raymond Goodale. Selectnan Erwin, Joseph Camp and Rev. Her bert Macy took the boys to East Hampton in their automobile.
 Miss Gladys l.. Canfield gave a miscellaneous shower on Monday eVe- ming in honor of Miss Florence Yea ger. who is to be married September 1. to Samuel Camp of the North End. Twelve young ladies were pres ent. Miss Yeager received many gifts which were presented to her hung on a clothes line.
 MT. and Mrs. G. R. Spring arc receiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter.
 Mrs. Andrew Remy has returned from Worcester, Mass, where she has been spending her vacation.
 Karl Saunders has gone on
 
 bicycle trip to Maine. William Camp has returned from East River. a@~ Miss Gladys L.. Garfield and Will liam Buell. spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stearns at Black Hall and Ocean Beach, New Lon don.3
 About $1O was cleared at the play | and ice cream sale given by mem l bers of the Newington Grange on 1 Friday evening.
 Samuel Forbes and family of Golf l street moved to Hartford yesterday. l Miss Myrtle Nordstrom has return
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26
MILITARY CAMP.

Philadelphia, Aug. 26.-Plans for a local "Citizens military camp" fol- lowing closely in policy and practice the encampment at Plattsburgh, N. Y, were made public here today by Major Thomas s. Leonard, command CT of the State Fencbles. military organization of this city. site has been secured near this city at which a camp will he conducted from Sep tember to 6. Those taking advan-
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26
BARRED WIRE PAINTED GREEN

Pittsburgh, Aug. 26.-Barbed wire painted a foliage green is now being manufactured here for use of the armies in Europe. Barbed wire is or dinarily galvanized but because of the scarcity and high price of spelter, a local manufacture devised d scheme to paint it. Steel men say that re- ports from abroad snow that. at short distance away, it is impossible to see the green wire.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26
ITS

H5 l t8A
 Lotheran summer
 this sevening.
 Adies' T. A. B. society
 eting this evening.
 Connelley Ct 1x sold
 ldings on Fremont street
 skotupski.
 dinavian W. c. T. IT his afternoon with Mr., son of South Main street. ln ents for a sale in the near re made at a meeting of Prps ". R. C., yesterday nska klubben society will aVate picnic on Sunday. at Electric field.
 otel Grand. Rooms with kIh, hot and cold running epnone, steam heat in every SO. $S and $3.5O per week. Willis. Proprietor.-advt. onference of health officers Ed and Holland counties yes- Enfield, New Britain was d by Superintendent T. E.. commissioners M. w. Dav- I'd Arvid Anderson, M. D., Fry Inspector John O'Brien. tlons for the re-opening of asses of the Turner society made. The opening this De on Tuesday, September Fhedule of classes follows: hnd Fridays, active Turner's; and Thursdays, boys class edays and Fridays, juniors i; fternoons, girls classes.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26
ED; NAMES FOR D PARK FLOWERS

M. l. JepSOn Wants the People to Christen
 Plants
 hst have more common re folk names. for the mul- Towering plants in our Ma ks," says Prof. w. l.. Jep- e University of California.
 name, I mean a name been given to the plant by by the people who have hgst the plants, and know
 their point of view. Of botanist has named practi- # the plants in the parks. wen them scientific names, Fery rarely make an appeal bple at large. When once folk names, then the in- he flower fields will be very ter. Take mountain misery, le, which ' is found in the Park and the Sequoia park.
 many such R1ames, but e must be invented either by the people who live in ainS or live in the parks. coming down out of the on a trip, and I had been hat we botanists call Cal llescens var. menziesii, and B children that had in their lunch of the flowers. I Id asked the children what Ia those flowers. After hesitation they said, Kiss ted them why they called es. and they either would Id not tell. But as I went
 the elder child say. That V man, and he is always V
 h not always tell why. you just do things. A name, like mountain mis- Ice makes a strong appeal ple. Common names indi- way in which the plants ted the people who live her they are conscious of It.
 the thoughts of a person he meadows and seeing the Igrass filled with shooting lave seen as many as half hooting stars in one Sierra Now, when that plant be- wn it will become as fam
 edelweiss."
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26
Personals

John F. Leeney is rusticating in Lenox, Mass
 E. Allen Moore of the Stanley Works is home from his vacation spent at Oak Bluffs.
 Walter L. Williams Of Hart street. Master Mechanic at Russell S, Err wins will leave Friday evening for Cape Cod wherc he expects to spend a weeks vacation.
 Frank E. Crandan of ITO Arch street, stock clerk at Russell ts Err wins will leave tomorrow for Pitts field, where he will visit his parents
 Miss Mary c. Meyer, clerk at Crowells drug store, left today for her vacation at Woodmont
 Corporation Counsel J. E. Cooper and family are making a tour of Cape Cod by auto. They expect to return nome about September l.
 Miss Anna Goldsmith and Miss Anna Rosenberg have returned from 8 visit to Winthrop, Mass.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Madigan of Winthrop street are at Ocean Bea
 Mir. and Mrs. George Molknes. cf Koch ester N. Y., are the guests of 5. Hume of Prospect street
 Willim T. Coholan has gone on an extensive trip through New York state for the Stanley Works.
 Miss Agnes Riley, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Thomas Riley, is visiting her parents. Miss Riley is a student nurc at St. Nincents hospital in Bridgeport.
 Mrs. +. A. Wright and sons, Edwin Ernest and Walter of 2O3 Bassett street, arc spending their vaction at Hawks Nest
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26
EDITOR FOSTER DEAD.

Buffalo. N. r., Aug 26.-William E. Foster, 42 years editor of the Buffalo Commercial, died late yester- day. Mir. Foster was born in New Haven, Conn, in 1889. was graduated from Yale in the class of 1860 and served as an assistant paymaster of the navy during the Civil War. He had not been actively engaged in neWspaper work since 1911
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26
GERMAN MARINE WOUNDED.

London, Aug. 26, 10:20 a. m.--A de- spatch to the Central News from Am- sterdam says that d transport carry ing seriously wounded German ma- rines who participated in the recent fighting in the Gulf of Riga has ar- rived at Koenigsburg from Libau.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26
AY CLERKS TO ELECT.

l Aug. 26.-Election of of
 the principal business be- ennual convention of the bd of Railway Clerks here a result of amendments to |tution of the brotherhood |the convention was also to land executive council. The n previously provided for a
 neil composed of five vice
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26

terprising store cannot fail to be pop ular Pains will be taken to obtain the very best of books. See the an nouncement of the Dickinson Drug company on another page of this paper.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26

tage of the offer will be called upon to pay only a small mess charge, the equipment being furnished by the Fencibles.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26
MEN
 AND WOMEN

diseased For good results use Dr. Kil- mers swamp-Root the great kidney rem edy. At druggists. Sample size bottle by Parcel Post also pamphlet
 Address Dr. Kilmer & O.. rlnghamton N. Y, and enclose ten cents When wrisng mention the New Britain Daily Herald.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26
kCHERS SECURED.

hna K. Crosby of West
 Mass, has been secured to Hsh at High school. Miss buther of Quincy, Mass, has Eed to teach French at the =pl.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26

At present there are nearly thirty children enrolled in the vacation class which is under the supervision of the Christian Endeavor society. The l. older children are sewing and mak- ing baskets and the younger ones are making scrap books. In the fall there will be an exhibition of their work.
 Rev. and Mrs. Paul G. Macy of Ipswich, Mass, spent the weekend with Rev. and Mrs. Herbert Mack at the parsonage.
 Dr. and Mrs. H. $. Wagner are entertaining, Mrs. William Barnum of Canton, Mass.
 MT. and Mrs. Samuel Bassett and F. N. Tucker and son, Lyonel, left today for Saybrooke where they will stay until Sunday.
 Miss Xulette Tucker is spending a few days at Money Island.
 MT. and Mrs. Elmer Pape, and son, William, are spending a two weeks vacation at Sound View.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26

cd from a weeks visit with relations in Pennington.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, discourages and
 lessens ambition; beauty, vigor and cheerfuiness of- ten disappear when the Kidneys are out of order or
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26

John F. Leeney is rusticating LenoN, Mass
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26

Walter l.. Williams of Hart street Master Mechanic at Russell & Err wins will leave Friday evening for Cape Cod wherc he expects to spend a weeks vacation.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26

E. Allen Moore of the Stanle works is home from. his vacation spent at Oak Bluffs.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26

Miss Myrtle Nordstrom has return
New Britain herald., 1915-08-26

Willim T. Coholan has gone on al extensive trip through New Tori state for the Stanley Works.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-03
Officials in West
Virginia Without
Pay; Schools Close

cHARLEsToN. w. va. Aprii, 2--ft
developed today that one OF the state Of
ficials who is not drawing his salary be-
cause Of failure OF the late, legislature 10
appropriate funds for the running ex-
penses OF West Virginia Is Governor
Henry d. Hatfield. John 8. Darst. state
auditor. has asked A. A. Lilly, attorney
general. for an opinion as 10 whether he
can borrow money until such time as tho
legislature can be called together to make
the necessary appropriations. and the
attorney has come back with a request
for statement OF the moneys expended
by Darst and for what purpose during
the last several years.
Meanwhile the unusual condition Is be-
ing felt in all parts OF the state. Country
schools are being closed. high schools
placed on part time and companies of
the national guard are being mustered
out The effort to have the legislature
meet without expense TO the state and
pass appropriation bills seems to have
failed and there Is no relief In sight,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-03
Manufacturers of
U, s, Urged to Begin
Trade War on Lion

PFI1LADEIlPHIA, April 2.--American
manufacturers were urged TO take inrnc-
diate concerted action to obtain nodfl-
cation Of Great Britain's rules governing
oversea commerce 70 neutral countries by
Herman A. Metz, member OF congress
from New York and a widely known man
,ufacturer, in ON address at conference
Of dycmon hero today. Unless the British
government changes It's policy, Mr.. Metz
declared hundreds OF factories through
out the United states will have to suspend
operations and 10000 men win be thrown
out OF employment
''rhe State department. Is doing eli II
can to cope with the situation said Rep
resentative Metz. but Il Is compelled TO
respect internatlonal. law. The manu-
facturers Of this country will have 70
take the matter out Of the hands OF the
State department and handle IL them
selves by declaring an industrial war on
England,
'If American manufacturers declared
an. embargo on England" declared the
speaker. they would soon put an end tc
present conditions. and would mighty
near end the war. You aay that would be
in violation OF international law. Por-
haps II would. but II Is high time that
we Kick a few holes In international law. :