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The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-06-25
RODERICK 0. MATHESON, EDrOR
Rotten

THAT crime is more widespread in Honolulu
than a year ago, none who has eyes with
which to see and with which to hear will
deny What with murders, highway robbery,
burglaries jail breaks. wide open gambling. street
walking and general sll-round rowdyism, part of
which has been presented in the press and large
art of which has been kept secret by the police,
the past eighteen months have witnessed what
might almost be termed "a wave Of crime" Con-
ditions known to all.
In the face Of the facts, truly remarkable show
ing is made in the official report of the criminal
proceedings OF the district court for the year 1914
Arrests dropped from 5494 in 1913 to $3.50 in
1914 ~
Convictions dropped from $3.50 in 1918 to 1919
in 1914 *.E
Acquittals increased from $50 in 1913 to SIG in
1914
Nolle prosequi proceedings in 1913 were insti-
tuted in 945 cases, while in 1914 there 1897
mol presses!
That is:
LAST YEAR, PRACTICALLY ONE PER-
SON OUT OF EVERY THREE ARRESTED
AND THE ARRESTS WERE MANY FEWER
THAN THE YEAR BEFORE-WAS ALLOW
ED TO GO UNPRoSECUTED BY THE CITY
ATTORNEYS DEPARTMENT. ..-a.v
In the face Of an increase in crimes committed
there were fewer arrests, more acquittals and
nearly twice as many mol presses than the pre-
vious yeari Il
There were fewer, than half the number of cases
committed to grand jury by the police court in
1914 that was the case in 1918. aa<
The fewer arrests were made by a larger police
force. ,.t +. ...,:a.
The more mol. presses were made by city attor-
ney's department that had under salary extra
prosecutor one more than the number available
the year before. -~.
While the police expenses went up and there
were extra salaries paid to the public prosecutors,
the amount derived from fines and costs dropped
from $1l.746.55 in 1913, to $71327S in 1914. Bail
forfets dropped from $S44o in 1913 to 1884 in
1914.
These official figures, coupled with the known
facts, show beyond any question of doubt that
there is something rotten in the State of Denmark.
The Advertiser is unable to put its finger upon
the core of this rottenness with any legal proof
THE CITY ATTORNEYS OFFICE AND
THE POLICE KNOW WHERE THE ROT
TENNESS is TO BE LoCATED-BUT THEY
ARE NOT TELLINGl
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-06-25
WATER.DEL|VERY
A YEAR AHEAD
Oahu To Benefit Next Week From
Water Developed IN Big
WaiahoIe Tunnel

Next week, probably on Monday, the
first Of the water Ieyelopea In the
big Maiahole water preset TO become
of use to the Oahu Plantation. the
hacker of the project, will be turned
on the Waiawa lands, at the 850.foot
elevation, and the first practical step
in the uss Of this much. desired water
win have been taken. 71.- e-,s
This water, which Is the daily flow
Of sixteen million gallons developed
through the driving Of the south portal
! section of the main mountain.piercing
tunnel, will he conducted through
more than two miles of the main tun.
mel and four miles Of lateral tunnels
Some 250 acres Of new land has been
prepared for planting, in anticipation
of this water, and some 800, acres of
land on which the cultivation Of dry
cane has been going on, with indiffer-
ent success, will also be irrigated. Il
Year Ahead Of, Time
The delivery of this water win be
nearly d year in advance of the con.
tracted date for the first delivery of
water from the Waiahole project, but
while the striking of this water in the
tunneling is thus a gain for the planta.
ton, it is by no means a gain for J.
Jorgensen, the contractor engineer,
who is installing the big water system.
This flow Of sixteen million gallons
has made a mill race of his tunnel,
which has still two thousand feet to
be driven, and the difficulties of Dor.
ing underground in the face of this
stream are enormous, enough to have
daunted less capable and less fear:
less engineer.
The south portal Eow has been de-
velOped on the land owned by the
Bishop Estate, which will profit by
the use of the water, under its lease
contract with the plantation, to the
extent of FIVE dollars a day per mil.
lion gallons, or $50 each twenty -four
hours. The, plantation will benefit
from the use of thu water at an ele.
walton higher than it has been found
profitable 10 pump, while all that
caches the lower levels will benefit
the plantation to the extent of tbs
differ ence between five and fifteen dol.
,ars million gallons, the latter fig.
ure being the cost to the plantation
Of pumping million gallons.
Work is now being rushed in the
concreting Of the floors of the series
of delivery tunnels and open bitches
through which this water will be
diverted, and in the completion of
the plantation bitches and pipe lines
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-06-25
Who Cares d?

SCULLN has not got clean away, as McC'rath
- did. but it is fault Of the police force with
it's elected head indifferent to public opinion and
its captain OF detectives having good personal
reason for desiring SCully'S absences, The leader
OF the "badger" gang Of robbers, who secured
suspended sentence from the city attorneys de-
partment in the circuit court, and was bailed out
of the custody Of the federal marshal by bond
secured for him by the same city Attorney office.
was told, according his statement to The
Advertiser, that the city attorneys department
wanted him out Of the Territory, particularly after
he had told this paper Of some of the things he
knew Of the inner workings of the opium snug
Cling ring.
Sculy made an extended confession to The Nd
vertiser. He told come very interesting things
about some rather important people, but, later IN
formed The Advertiser that he would have to drlv
some parts Of this confession because what he had
told had got him in bad" with the city attorney
department. Unless he denied having 'squeacd'
on certain of his ex-pas, holding office he
would not be allowed to leave the Territory ON
the suspended sentence promised him, he said.
Tins was before he indicted by the federal
grand jury and some time before Assistant City
Attorney Brown, on orders from City Attorney
Cathcart. rusted the bond to keep Scuy out Of
jail pending his trial, but after he had been shown
every possible consideration by Sheriff Rose Me-
Dufe ct al
Scully not traced yesterday by the police
the agents OF the city attorneys department.
They were all making signs of great activity ON
false scents. Scuy traced by some who were
interested in seeing that he did NOT get away
MCGrath, like the gamblers, full Of all
kinds OF tricks" the sheriff says, and beyond the
possibility of the detective force Scully was full
of the kind of tricks, but a trihe OF ordinary
common sense landed him.
Y, Scully is under sentence from the federal
court but he has appealed his case. In all prob
ability some further way of keeping him out Of
Jail pending the hearing of has appeal will be found
But he is also under suspended sentence from the
circuit court. That sentence should now be i'm
posed and the slippery convict put under High
Sheriff Jarretts charge. lie will not get away
then.
The city JalIer, being an appointee of Sheriff
Rose, should not be trusted to guard this pari-
cular prisoner Not after the McGrath escape
THE ADV ertiscr has had occasions repeatedly
since it first began to expose the names OF this
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-06-25
KOREAN W|FE-SLAYER
FORFE|TS LIFE TODAY

For the murder of his wits, PAX Chi
Ser, a Korean, will be hanged at the
territorial prison after eight o'clock
this morning.
The death warrant will be read to
him promptly at eight o clock, and the
sentence will be executed as soon there.
after as possible. The scaffOld was
erected last night. 1t is the same on
which three FiIipinos were hanged
about three years ago-ths last hang
ings in the Territory up to this time.
Hiph Sheriff William Jarrett will be
in charge of the execution of the sen
tence. There will be only a few sRsc-
tatOTs.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-06-25
CAN YOU AFFORD THE RISK ?

Were you ever seized with a severe
attack of cramp collie or diarrhoea with,
ont a bottle of Chamberlain = Collie,
Cholera and DiarrhOea Remedy in the
housef Don't take such risks. A dose
or two will cure you before = doctor
could be called, and it never fails even
in the most severe and dangerous eases.
For sale by all dealers. Benson, Smith
4 Co., Ltd, agents for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-06-25
Cooperation Wanted
n VENDING the formation of

i annual municipal budget the city physician
has stopped sending patients t, the Leah Home
ION city funds.
At the present time the city has fifteen tuber-
culous patients in Leahi Home against ffty-two
free patients supported there by the Territory and
by the Homes own funds.
There are thirteen persons all past the first stage
of the disease and going on toward the incurabh
stage. waiting their turn Of admission at this in
stituton. rhis waiting list has been kept down
as far as possible. If all bars were removed it
would swell quickly to twice the size.
Politics WILL if the usual methods prevail, enter
largely into the arrangement of the budget Pre-
viously, the departments feeling political pressure
have been financed first. The funds remaining
have then been pro rated among the other de
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. support, promotion commit
tee and such This system is almost inevitable.
p The supervisors can at least give their attention
TO the fact that tuberculosis suppression was of
sufficient political importance to be given a pro-
minent place in both the city and territorial Re
publican platforms at the last election. If it
good politics to say" it, it is good politics to
do" it,
The current budget allows for eighteen city
patients at the Home. The city physician has
taken the stand that this means fifteen regular
patients and three emergency beds. He has used
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The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-26

The Skagway agents for the Eastman Kodak, .sms and supplies are Keller Bros. If.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-26
ducer when 1t Is properly opened

ducer when 1t Is properly opened up.
 Manager Geo. Mowl of the Popu- lar Pictura Palace Is having sever al improvements made in the in terior of his place of amusement. The steps on each side of the tick ct office, which heretofore have been inside the room set apart for the show and were in rather dark places, have been brought forward even with the partition and now extend into the lobby where there Is plenty of light. The screen will also be removed about fifteen feet further back from where 1t IS at present. These two changes will furnish seating capacity for about twenty additional people. On ac- count of the greater distance oi the screen from the picture machine new lenses will have to be used in the work.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-26

Louis schulz, the Atlin, B. C., merchant, hotel keeper and trader who went outside on the Princess
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-26
ANSWER THIS?

Could a woman love her father enough to kill her sister? And an unworthy father, too! "Improb- able" say you.
 Not a bit of 1t. See the picture or read the story of "Tbe Trey of Hearts" and you'll say it was the most natural thing In the world. YouM be doubly glad you have eyes to see with if you use them 70 rrad the novel or see the motion pictures of "The Trey of Hearts " This wonderful picture in serial form will start episode No. l, in three reels at the Popular Picture Palace on Saturday evening and Sunday. Have a heart, and see The Trey of Hearts.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-26

C. l.. Andrews Of Juneau, who has been spending his summer va ratiyu iu Skagway, was an outgo- ing passenger on the Spokane.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-26
Local Happenings

The Princess sophia will sail for the south at ! o'clock tonight.
 R. r. Chastaiu and Jack Moul- ton, well known commercial men, left on the Spokane
 Deputy United States Marshal J. ". C9ombs of Haiues, was a Skag- way visitor yesterday
 J. Gadoua, well known Dawson mercbau- arrived on the Princess Sophia on his way back home.
 II. V. o. Chatterton, traveller for R. p. Rithet Co. of Victoria, B. c, came in on the Princess Sophia.
 ". F. Gillespie, teacher in the Dawson public school, was an ar rival on the Princess Sophia yester- do, on his way into the interior,
 Conductor Clarence Olson of the ". P. X Y. R. left for Log Cabin this morning on a few days hunt ing end fishing trip.
 P. V. E. Ivory and wife, who had been stopping at the Pullen House for several days, left on the Spokane last night.
 Miss Sue Graves Of Seattle, who has been visiting in Skagway with her cousin, Mrs. L. A. McAlister, l 1t i7r home on the Spokane.
 Mrs. C. 4. Diers and daughter, Miss Georgia Dewitt, of Dawson, were outgoing passengers on the Spokane,
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-26
IAN AMERICAN CITIZEN"
 AT THE NUGGET MOVIES

The high class comedy in four parts entitled, "An American Citi- zen," that has been on the screen at the Nugget movies for two nights, and will be repeated tonight is a picture play much appreciated by all who have seen 1t, and It's clean-cut, humorous situations have none of the nauseating features that are noticeable In many of the so-called comedy moving picture films. Go to the Nugget movies tonight and see this truly entertain ing performance.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-26

Mrs. Euright and Miss A. En- right, wife and daughter of the purser on one of the W. P. & '. R. river boats, are here on their va inside.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-26
FARMERS ENJOY
 BETTER SEASON (Continued from page '1.)

A prominent restaurant man, who has never used naati7e potatoes in the past, except for very short time in the summer, says that this winter he proposes to use nothing but the home grown. He is anxious to patronize home industry and thinks that he can get a product that will be just as good as those grown in the States.
 Money spent for potatoes grown in Alaska will be circulated here again. Money spent for outside potatoes will go to farmers in the States and will be lost to Fair banks.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-26
4 GREAT RACKET

That. is what a number of Vis- itors have said about the new "Horseman" tennis racket, of which VIC have just received a complete line direct from the manufacturers. Princes range from $2.50 to 5000. All are guaranteed against defects' Come In and look them over. kel- lar Bros. Drug Co. If.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-26
MASONIC NOTICE

There will be a regular commun- ication of White Pass Lodge Fri- day, August 27th, at 8:SO p. m' Work in E. A. Visiting brothers invited.
 S-26.2t. THE SECRETARY
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-26

C. l.. Andrews Of Juneau, who has been spending his summer va cativa iu Skagway, was an outgo- ing passeeager on the Spokane.
 Mrs. Euright and Miss A. En- right, wife and daughter of the purser on one of the W. P. & Y. R. river boats, are here on their va inside.
 E. s. Wilkinson, provincial sur yeyor Of British Columbia, who had been in the Atlin disrtict, is here on his way outside having so- cured reservation on the Princess SoThla.
 Mrs. Jas. Kennedy and her little daughter returned on the spokane yesterday from an extended visit outside. They were met at Juneau by 2Ir Kennedy. who returned from thers with them.
 Mrs. Theo Johnson and two daughters of Fairbanks, who have been in Skagway for the past few days awaiting word from Mir. John son. left for the interior on this mornings train.
 Judge Jas. Granville Johnson and wife of Springfield, Ohio, are round trip passengers on the Spo- kaue Judge Johnson is one of the supreme court judges of ohio for the term ending in 1917.
 NIr. and Mrs. Wm. Thompson of Cherry Valley, NCw York, well known newspaper and magazine writers. who have been spending the summer in the north-a large part of the time in Skagway-left on the Spokane last night.
 W"ltcv and Roy Cox, two pros pectors from the interior, where they located several quartz claims, left on the Spokane for San Fran cisco. They secured through reser- vations at the local office of the .P. c. g. s. Co, for the entire jour uey.
 T%e F. c. Seiberliug party of ten members from Akron, Ohio, which has been here since the ar rival in this port of the Princess Allie a week ago, and during the time made excursions into White horse and Atlin, left on the Spo- kaLe last night.
 The following Dayson people were aboard the Spokane when she pulled out of Skagway last night; Mabel McClellaud, Mrs Pearl Par son and two daughters, Mrs. Hazel Selak and one year old daughter Margat st, D. F. Purdy, c. P. Hardy and Walter Collins.
 Louis schulz, the Atlin, B. C., merchant, hotel keeper and trader, who went outside on the Princess
 The SI5agway aeeuts for the
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-26
SKAGWAYANS SHOW
 PROTECTIVE INTERESTS

IF 1OU have not seen the benefits of B MUTUAL LIFE policy or the advantage of an accident and health contract and realized how cheap INSURANCE can be had for, fill out the coupon below and mail to C. L. BROWN, Golden North hotel, and receive a SAMPLE POLL CY with rates. Remember, YOU are under no obligation.
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The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-26

To Cure q CCgi ll One Day Take LAXATIVE B2C,TO QUININE tablets. Stop the CougG "ud Headache and work off the Cold. Druggists refund money fit fails to cure. E. ". Groves signature Is on each box. 25 cents.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-26

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The Winslow mail., 1915-04-10

pie, but made of the airiest fabrics
over satin foundations Bodices are
modestly high, and satin bindings are
used to finish the dounces and over
dresses of net or crepe or chiffon.
With all this fiuffiness there is lit
tie touch of the austere in the bodice
usually.
In the picture given here a street
suit of swell shepherds plaid is
shown Plaits at the sides of both
front and back produce slightly liar
ing panels, the skirt being made up
of four of these.
The jacket opens in 'V" at the
front, with revers terminating at the
bust line and an inlay of velvet which
is carried to the high turnover col
lar.
A strap at each side of the back is
finished with simulated buttonhole
and set, with a lone button, to the
narrow, shaped belt which defines the
slightly high waist line. The cuffs
are odd, with the sleeve turned back
from band of velvet and fastened
down with button. The front OF
the jacket is almost straight, and cut
with dip.
The Winslow mail., 1915-04-10
Ravaqes of Rust.

One large railroad system suffers
a loss of more than eighteen tons of
metal daily, due solely to the effect
of rust. Thus far the only known
preventive is to keep the metal sur
face always covered with a suitable
paint. Some idea Of the costliness of
this remedy, however, may be gained
from the fact that it requires about
$4,000 annually to paint one large
railway bridge alone. A typical case
of this kind is the Forth bridge in
Scotland, upon which corps of
painters are constantly employed, as
the weather makes repainting of one
end of this large structure necessary
before the workers have reached the
other. Although experiments have
demonstrated that pure iron sur
rounded by oxygen does not rust, and
that some acid, especially carponic
acid, is necessary for the production
of rust, the secret of manufacturing
rustless steel and iron remains to be
discovered.
The Winslow mail., 1915-04-10
GRADIENTS ARE STEEP
CHILEAN ANSANDEAN RAIL
ROAD Is UNIQUE.
Line Follows Valley of Aconcagua
River, Which Has Many lnequali-
ties-Route to Europe Greatly
Shortened by 1t.

A great contrast is afforded be-
tween the Buenos Aires and Pacific
railroad from Buenos Aires to Men
doza, which rises only 2,405 feet in
639 miles, giving an average rise of
less than one-tenth of one per cent,
and the Chilean Transandean railroad,
which rises 7,776 feet in total length
Of only Al miles. The highest point
reached is 1882 feet above sea level
in the center CT the international tun-
mel (10,390 feet long), which cuts
through the watershed that forms the
boundary between the two countries.
The line follows the valley of the
Aconcagua river, the inequalities Of
the fall of which 1t more or less re-
peats, reaching in the upper sections
maximum gradient of eight per cent,
the steepest in the world. The Ar
gentine Transandean railroad is SINH
lar, and the same rack system is
used; but the railroad ascends much
more gradually up the course of the
Mendoza river, the rise being 8,100
feet in length of III miles and the
maximum grade only six per cent
The use of rack grades necessitates
the strictest limitation of speed, no
train being allowed to exceed nine
and one-third miles an hour either up
or down upon the rack, while safety is
further insured by the provision on all
trains of automatic brakes, non-auto-
matte control brakes, repression
brakes and hand brakes. Powerful
double adhesion and rack locomotives
are chiefly employed weighing ninety
tons. That the precautions adopted
to insure safety are eff1cacious is
shown by the fact that since interna-
tional traffic was started in 1910 not
a single fatal accident has occurred.
The distance by the Atlantic route
from New York to Buenos Aires is
about 5,670 miles, while that from
New York to Valparaiso through the
Panama canal is about 4,630 miles.
The distance from Valparaiso to
Buenos Aires by rail is SIG miles. By
this railroad Chile has been brought
nearer to Europe by ten to fifteen
days and nearly 1000 miles. The
journey between the Chilean and Ar
gentine capitals occupies now only
thirty-six hours, as against the fifteen
days that were occupied by the voy-
age through the Straits of Magellan,
while the cost of the journey has been
reduced from $195 to $62.
1t is reported that commerce has
been greatly stimulated by this short
ening of distance and time and that
not only has the easier journey in
creased the number of visitors, partly
on pleasure, partly on business, with
a corresponding increase In the inflow
of foreign capital, but it has reduced
the time required for correspondence
and the transmission of postal parcels.
The reduction of time on letters of
credit results in a corresponding re-
duction of interest payable upon them.
Notwithstanding all the advantages
that have been made evident in the
four years since this service COM
menced it is unquestionable that they
could be developed to a far greater
extent