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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03
COM MERCIAL NEW S
JAPAN TURNING EYES TO
SOUTH SEA ISLANDS

\ Prospectus has Just been issued
Jy the promoters OF tie South Sea
AssUciaticn 70 ne. launched on Janu-
airy 81 IT states that the Philippines.
Java. Sumatra. 'elehps. BOrneO and
other islands in the South Seas cover
grossly an area of about 1000, 900
square miles. and are all full Of an
worried resources What the South
Sea Association intends TO accomplish
is to Introduce conditions in the South
Sea islands to Japanese minds on the
one hand and on the other TO make
XII, Wn Japan and things japanese in
those islands,
81 To investigate the industrial.
social and other circumstances in the
South Sea islands.
~ To make known the conditions
in these South Sea islands to Japan.
t3) To make known the conditions
in ia; an 10 these South Sea islands.
a. To train men N the knowledge
and arts necessary for enterprises in
the South Sea islands.
~ To work for the spread of ,1apa-
npse medical and other sciences in
these South Sea islands.
~ To publish some magazine and
ctlpr printed matter concerning these
South Sea islands.
~ To erect a library and museum
the South Sea islands.
The formation Of company is pro
ioctod by those Japanese interested
in the South Sea lslands.-Japan AID:
VprtiSer
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03
SUGAR MARKET
OF JAPAN HIT
.BYUNCERTANTy
0Dy Consul General George II. Scid-
more, Yokohama

Dy Consul General George II. Scid-
more, YokohamaD
The failure of the negotiations for
the disposal of this seasons crude
sugar between. the associated FOrn1o-
san sugar companies and the asSOci-
ated su9ar-refning companies in
Japan has left the sugar market in
a very unsettled state the Formosan
companies having started sellingxat
competitive rates.
\ According to the "Asahi'', (Osakat,
the TaiwaR Sugar GO. lowered its
price by $0166 per 100 pounds on
January 26, and offered sugar at 14.50
yen per Hcpl t$3.43 pen 100 pounasl.
The Niigata Sugar company, which
opened business at 1915 yen 1852
per 100 pounds, followed >suit and
came down to the same level. The
market has been thus badly disturbed,
and it is, impossible for anyone to
tell how far prices will go down.
market quotation Of 1850 yen $3.43
per 100. pounds) is equivalent to $50
yen ($356 per 100 pounds) for rein
ing purposes, which is exempted from
excise.
The Java sugar market is firm, and
July shipments are quoted at 10 yen
K $2.ssi per 100 pounds)sf. o. b. When
the customs duty and excise dues are
addedS the cost price in Japan comes
up to 1880 yen 1852 per 100 pounds.
and in view Of this the Formosan
sugar companies cannot lower their
prices any further 1t costs the COM
panies in Forrncsa at least Z yen to
produce a picul 1882 to production
pCunds) of centrifugal sugar and
when they sell at 1850 yen ($5.43 per,
than $50 yen ($0.99 per 100 pounds.
Taking the total outturn of centrifu
gal in Fcrmesa this season at 100000
piculs (372.400,000 poundsl, the total
profit of the Formosan sugar COM
panies will not be more than SO, 1885,
coo. The total amount of the capital
now invested by the companies being
S32, 1855. $50. it will be difficult for them
to maintain last years rate of divi-
dend. It is therefore believed that
they will not lower their prices any
further. though the prevailing circum-
stances may change the situation, and
a further decline may be seen. The
Ensuiko, Hokko, Togo and Teikoku
sugar companies, which have been
watching the progress of events, and
have not yet sold a single bag. are
said to be in more difficult position
than the ether companies, which have
opened sales.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03

payments would have been passed.
The payments are made possible by a
loan of $4,000 from Bishop C Co..
secured by the road s<receipts for the
next six months. In the meantime the
bondholders' committees appointed
three weeks ago are going ahead with
a scheme for the reorganization Of
the road.
-; N-
The annual injecting of the Mountain
King Mining Company will be held
April % 1t is said there will be an
addition to the board of directors.
The present .officers are w. s. Mi1fer,
president; D. Paul r. Isenberg. vice
president; n. T. Harper, secretary.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03

'treasurat; ANMcN!iIian, managing d.
rector, and a. T. Dunbar.
.NilHam F. Games, an architect and
art critic, known throughout the
United StatesS died at St Louis, Mo.
He wahe64 years old. Death resulted
from a general breakdown.
A human skull, thfghbone and parts
OF any arm were discovered in the
stomach Of 12-foot shark caught Oft
Soldier Kew, Fla, by Henry Sanford
Of New York.
A state Of siege was proclaimed in
the greater part Of Cyrenaica, Tripoli
iQ an effort to put down rebellion
.Cyrenaiea is under italian rule. -. =
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03

The Nuuanu Valley Realty Company
was the purchaser OF the George Sher.
man property in Nuuanu valley, sold
at auction by o. A. Steven Wednesday.
The price paid was $4,000. 1t is said
the Nuuanu valley company is com:
posed of residents of the district who
want TO keep the property from fall
ing into undesirable hands.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03

Little damage was done the Olaa
crop b. the fire on that plantation
early this week. Ten thousand tons
of cane were burned, but the mill is
equipped to grind the cane Immediate
ly. Forest fires also have been burn
ing n the district back OF Hilo, near
Olaa. The lack Of rain lately has
Handicapped the work CT fighting the
flames.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03

Pope Penedict has sent a message
IF t'ongratuIahon on the humane work
of the Red Cross during the war to
Gustave Ador Of Geneva, president of
the International Red Cross Society.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03

A bill was introduced in the New
York senate providing for the ap-
pointment by the mayor of New York
city. Of TWO women as associate JUS
tees o. the inferior criminal courts.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03
VEGETABLES AND PRODUCE.


Ducks Pekn.
Hawaiian.
VEGETABLES AND PRODUCE
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si TO- II.
Beans Lima pod, H. - Onrn F@rnIa -.
:
Maui Red 40" Peppers. Bell TO-. az 49,
Calico,
Small White Potatoes. ISL Irish ">S w. -
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aEEage. bag 100 Taro, bunch
punches wv
....2 223
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yellow
FRUITS. a
peaEs, liuqe1 ,,... 3" tA
Chinese.
Strawberries. -
Breadfruit Watermo tnHh
Figs 100 50 TO 1"" P0has lh . . .
isabella fapaas, : "2
Oranges Hawaiian in mkt y
LIVESTOCK
weight
NIogs 80 lbs, b 1d to III Hogs, lbs
HIDES,
for hides Kip& NIB -
h -
ID.
h. to 10
Veal, b. IL o12 Pork h. 4a7.., 10 to '6
The following feed b. IIohoulu.
5000
yellow, ALSO Wheat,
Mddmgst
$500 wheat,
Scratch Food, 400 Alfalfa meal ton 23O to -
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03

HONOLULU WHOLESALE PRO oUCE MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Issued by the Territorial Marketing Division
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03

The expected suit by Fred Maxine
against the Hawaiian Sugar Planters
Association for $4,000, an aftermath
of the 1.,09 strike, was filed this week
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03

The fears Of numerous investors
We're settled. temporarily at least, b.
the HID railroads announcement that
interest coueHs due last October
would he paid'nofoio ANril /. Failure
to do this wcnld have empowered the
hCndhClders to tcroCloee on their
mortgages IS By Anvil | Two interest
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03

Negotiations for the sale of prop
erty in Nuuanu valley owned by Z.
A. MOtt-Smith have been held Up on
the failure CT the Chinese hui nego,
tiating for it to meet their second
payment. One payment Of s5O0 had
already been made. Willard Brown
of the 3jshoD Trust Company is hand
ling the deal.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03

The insurance question is Still be-
ing talked over in the legislature \
bill introduced this woak provides that
AL insurance companies must deposit
$3r,1oo security with the Territory to
safeguard the interests Of policyhotd-
ers. A public hearing on the rate reg
ulat;cn question is set for next Tues
day night in the house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-11
BRIEF DECISIONS

From Judge.
 Old styles come in fashion again, but back numbers never do.
 Sin doesn't find some people out until they are all in.
 The thinking cap seems to be toe small for some heads.
 The man of winning ways uncovers many ways of winning.
 In tho school of experience most oi the dunces are night pupils.
 Most of the unsuccessful men meet failure more than half way.
 Some people don't think honesty pays unless 1t pays them first
 The less some people have to say the more they let you know it.
 The society woman can always fino her sweet smile where she put 1t.
 The man who has seen better days didn't think so well of them at the time.
 The optimist doesn't have to die but once. but the pessimist Is buried alive every day.
 The more we learn about this world the more We want to stay and see fl 1t Is true.
 The best point in the average argu- ment is the period.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-11

trading impossible. Now that exchange is nearer normal conditions, the cur rents of foreign trade should run with more smoothness.
 The war has been largely. if moi entirely. discounted. We are now dis counting the approach of peace. ow- ing to the numerous cross currents in trade. it is almost impossible to pre- dict what the ultimate effect of the war will be upon this country. The world at large cannot benefit from wholesale destruction. Nevertheless the United States, unhampered by the heterogeneous and Interruptions fall ing upon other nations. will be free to continue the natural development of it's resources and to aid reconstruc- tfon abroad, which will inevitably make large demands upon American manu- lecturers. Undoubtedly the early fu- ture of this country promises & period of prosperity resulting from renewed internal development as well as from larger share in the worlds trade"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-11
Something New

Heretofore the fellow who saw pink fishes was generally cataloged along with the man who beholds visions of green snakes. But modern develop. ments are always taking strange twists and upsetting time honored tra. ditions, and the aforementioned is nc exception to the rule.
 The New York health department g few days ago seized 300 pounds o1 codfish which had been dyed pink anc shipped into that city as Alaska sal. mon.
 For sometime men have been wont to view with skepticism the blush on a maiden's cheek; he has cynically learned to accept the explanation that the rosy sunset is due to atmospheric dust; he consumes quantities of ruby. tinted preserves-made principally of tomato pulp-but this thing of pink dyed fish is new one.
 It is useless, evidently, to attempt to keep abreast with the various lit tie subtleties practiced by the purvey- ors of foods. Happiest is that man who, with vigorous, unquestioning ap- petite, can face a meal without per- mitting his mind to dwell upon the probable proportion of benzoate of soda, dyestuffs and other foreign ele- ments contained in the food he is con- suming. Too much consideration of such possibilities is not apt to improve digestion.
 Man must accept with phat philoso. phy he may, the fact that in foods like many other elements entering into the scheme of present day life, things are not what they seem."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-11
City Election Today

A vacancy in the city commission to occur at the expiration of Judge Lanes term is to be filled at a gen. eral election today. Judge Lane is a candidate and there are three other candidates in the race. Neither Of the candidates will receive ma jority of the votes cast. and there fore a run-off election will have to be held to decide which of the two polling the biggest vote shall be the commissioner.
 The commissioner measure sub- mited by the legislature for the rat ification or rejection of the voters of Birmingham has aroused considerable interest. It will be passed upon at the polls today. There should be and doubtless will be an overwhelming majority for it.
 It is only when many candidates for office are in the field that a full vote is brought out. Nevertheless, it is hoped that there will be large total of ballots today. Every qualified voter should feel it his duty to vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-11
BASEBALL 70 YEARS OLD

From tho Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 It may interest the baseball fans to know that their favorite game has passed its seventieth birthday. It was on Sep tember 2s. 1s45 that the earliest baseball club was formed.
 In the start it was called the Baseball club, but little later on took tho nams of Knickerbocker club.
 The rules of the game have not beeu preserved, but fundamentally they were like the present ones. The bound catch was sanctioned. and the pitching wal really pitching, not throwing.
 Because of the heavy batting one ol the early rules declared that the club making the first 21 runs should be given the game
 The Knickerbockers played on a vacant lot in what is now lower New York, but presently went over to Hoboken and marked out a diamond on the Elysian Fields For time the nine was the whole thing in the new sport. It was the model, the pattern, to which the other hines. as they were called. looked up.
 Then something happened.
 The New York nine, in the summer ol 1846, went over to Hobolsen and beat thS Knickerbockers at their own game and on their own grounds. 21 to 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-11

The Rt. Rev. George w. E. Russell in the October number of the North Amer ican Review
 Bright was once walking with one of his sons rast the Guards monument in Waterloo Place. The boy asked the mean ing of the single word inscribed on the base Crimea. The fathers answer was as emphatic as the inscriptions "A Crime" Those two words epitomze Brights whole
 mind and heart at the most trying, and most heroic, period of his long life
 For nearly 40 years Europe had enjoyed the sunshine of unbroken peace but. by
 the end of 1853. Russia and Turkey were at war England had no concern in the quarrel, but presently cspoused the cause of Turkey. The fatal step was announced on March 29. 1854, and on the 31st Bright addressed to the House of Commons the first of This great Crimean speeches" Great those speeches certainly were, and are-great in all the qualities which make oratory one of the highest arts. They
 are only four in number or, if we add
 the famous Letter to Absalom Watkin," five; but they made deeper and more enduring effect on those who heard them and read them than anything which their author hac ever uttered. There are people
 still alive who can describe the awful hush which fell upon the house when on
 February 2s, 1s55, he appealed to the an cient and vainglorious Palmerston to stay the cffusion of human blood. "I do not suppose that your troops are 10 be beaten in actual conflict with the foe, or that
 they will be driven into the sea; but I
 am certain that many homes in England.
 in which there now exists fond hope
 that the distant one may return-many
 such homes will be rendered desolate when
 the next mail shall arrive, The angel
 of death has been abroad throughout
 the land; you may almost hear the beating of his wings" Never again did a single phrase of B-ight's strike So directly home
 to the hearts of those who heard 1t. Men
 who could not quote another sentence from his speeches remember ''the angel of deatIi." Golden, who heard the speech delivered, said to him as he sat down amid the sympathetic thunder which re- wards an oratorical triumph. You went very near that time If you had said 'fapping' instead of beating of his wings the house would have laughed" Quite so; but Bright had . genius for language
 which bore him safe even on the dizziest heights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-11
Refugee" Art

An art collection, said to be price less, but roughly estimated to be worth about $1,50O,O0O, recently ar rived in Chicago from Europe, whence it was taken to escape the ravages of war, and is now on exhibition in the Chicago Art Institute. It consists of illuminated volumes and original manuscripts and belongs to Wilfred Voynich, a Hungarian collector, resid- ing in London, who toured Europe for several years and spent, it is said, about $8,000, ,0OO for works of art from royal families and monasteries. Among other valuable articles he bought the entire manuscript collec- ton of the Hapsburg, the reigning family of Austria.
 The most valuable item in the Voy- nich collection is "Lives of the Saints, J an early fourteenth century volume, containing 300 water color sketches credited to Giotto. This work is given "war" price of $16O,OO0, as it is the intention of MT. Voynich to market his possessions.
 What is said to be the only existing portrait of Boccacio printed during his life is contained in an Illuminated fourteenth century manuscript of his "Genealogy of the Gods," which was presented to the great Italian story teller by his patron, the Duke of Flor ence. There is a large hole in the vol ume made by some projectile during the wars of the Midici.
 Other articles of interest and value in the collection are a Latin New Testament of the tenth century, map used in the Magellan expedition, which was found in the lining of Genoese book three centuries old, a work in cipher by Roger Bacon and the oldest known set of playing cards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-11
Peace In Mexico Promised

The Pan-American conference which has been considering the Mexican sit uation having decided to recommend that the Carranza government be rec ognized, the de facto President prom ises that no more formal battles will be fought, although he expects in- trigues and minor outbreaks to con- tinue for sometime.
 A ruler like the late Porfirio Diaz, Dictator-President of Mexico from 1877 to 1911, inclusive, is rarely found. He was despotic but he was able and far-seeing and under his ad- ministration Mexico was, until toward the last of his administration, peace ful and wonderfully prosperous.
 Will Carranza succeed in restoring order and tranquility and start the unhappy Mexico upon new era of development? It is doubtful.
 When the United States forces were occupying Vera Cruz the Washington administration should have marched soldiers to Mexico City, declared mar tial law and proceeded to set up a stable government; and law and order having been established the United States could have turned over the ten- tative government to the Mexicans and then retired.
 But So long as President Wilson persisted in his "watchful waiting'' policy the best thing that could have been done in view of recent develop ments was to refer the vexing problem to the Pan-American conference. Sec retary of State Lansing was the lead ing conferee and his influence was dominant. He was strongly in favor of recognizing some one and Carran- za's claims were the strongest.
 The world will watch the Mexican situation with great interest. And the one prayer that we'll disposed people will offer is that Mexico may be speedily tranqualized and begin soon the work of rehabilitation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-11
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

actor. lecturer, the kind of American that Emerson delighted to write about th1 man who teams it, farms it." the Hoos1 fer poet found himself early in life, and that his success is absolutely unquestioned is shown in the overwhelming honors that come to him today on his 62d birthday. Il is indeed delightful for country-bred oI city-bred to turn for refreshment to thd bucolics of Riley. There Is nothing o1 the batkos and bombast of vachel Lind1 say, or the acrid, mordant, sardonic pen1 pictures of Edgar Lee Masters Spoon River Anthology both of whom essay to present rural America in the work of the man who could write
 Orchards where I'd ruther be-
 Needn't fence it in fer mel
 Jes the whole sky overhead,
 And the whole airth underneath" and we are all the better for it. The country knows no sectional boundaries in it's appreciation of Riley; his school of verse Is national not local.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-11
Fine Music at the Fair

NO one can say the fair associa- ton management has not provided fine music this year and a plenty of It," said Robert B. McCleery after he had just listened to two concerts in the grand stand yesterday afternoon.
 'Memoli has been heard with delight on other occasions, but his band of g. or 8 men especially rehearsed for the fair easily surpasses all his former er- forts. Memoli and his band reflect high credit upon Birmingham.
 After the Memoli concert the Scotch Highlanders' band rendered a popular programme. It. too, is a fine organIza- tion. The fair association is certainly to be congratulated upon this years mu- sic"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-11

Nish, also written Nisch and Nis, which
 Servis. is only surpassed by Belgrade
 among Servian cities. It is the capital Of the Nish department and lies on a plain among the southern mountains, on
 the left bank of the Nishava, a trib-
 utary of the Morava. Nish is an important railroad center, several of the chief Bal kan lires converging there, and the ad- ministration of Servian railways has
 factory in the city for repairing en- zines, as well as it's principal store of materials. Nish also possesses an iron foundry. Before the constitution of 1901 was adopted the national assembly was held regularly at Nish The King and least three months in the year. Nish is also the see of a bishop, seat of the district prefecture and tribunal, and is headquarters for a large number of troops. The city was modernized to some extent after the Turks were driven out in 1886. but still retains much of it's oriental character, as indicated by the ancient Turkish palace, mosque and foun- tain, maze of winding alleys, pictur- esaue houses and the striking variety of native costumes to be seen on market days. The ancient Roman city of Naissus was mentioned as an important place of Ptolemy of Alexandria Beneath its walls in A. D. 269 the Emperor Claudius destroyed the army of the Goths in a great battle.