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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-30
RESUME PROBE OF
AFFAIRS JAIL
next THURSDAY
Grand Jury Returns No Bills,
But Summons Other Wit
nesses for Next Week

A further investigation by the ter
ritoriaI grand Jury OF conditions at
the city and county jail, and particu.
larry 10 the alleged lax methods which
resulted in the escape Of John Me-
Gratb. win be taken up at 2 o'clock
next Thursday afternoon, until which
time the members of the tribunal
have been excused.
During the investigation yesterday
afternoon Kate Welsh, an inmate OF
1wilei, was called before the grand
jury, presumably to testify regarding
charges that women Of questionable
character were freely admitted 10 the
prison. Other witnesses called were
r.. o. Mafheson, editor OF the Adver-
tiser: Judge A. 8. Humphreys, Rob
ert IngersolI, former bartender; VII.
liam Punohu, deputy jailer. and John
Martin.
Other Witnesses. who have been
subpoenaed. are Sheriff Charles H.
Rose. Deputy Sheriff Julius w. Asche,
Police Officer Palenapa Likelio and
Police Officer Legros.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-30

Friday unlucky? No! Honolulu's
elite seems to have monopolize6 the
Liberty every Friday. It is az good
as fashion show. However, the rest
of the week apparently suits the mass
es well enough.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-30
LOCAL And GEVEIlhL'

He0f0 La, charged Win aS8auit Win
q deadly weapon. was discharged by
Judge Monsarrat this morning. the
complaining witness refusing to prose-
cute.
Persons who called at the Capitol
building yesterday afternoon were
treated TO their first ride ii the new
elevator. which is now practically
complete.
Tenders viii be opened in the Of
flee OF the superintendent Of public
works at noon next Tuesday for fill
ing in the Waiolama swamps in Hilo,
Hawaii.
Ladies OF the Outdoor Circle and
their guests listened to lecture last
night from Professor Joseph F. Rock
Of the College of Hawaii, the subject
being. "A Trip Through India"
Plans and specifications for the pro-
posed Puunui sewer system will be
ready by the middle Of next week. ac-
cording to engineers in the city water
works department. As soon as the
specifications are complete, bids win
be called for.
Further trial OF the case OF James
Stewart & Company of New York
City against Col Il. 5. SpaldiEg Of
Kanai will be had In Circuit Judge
Whitney's court at $50 O'Clock next
Monday morning. Thus far the trial
has consumed five weeks.
A Halloween book social held at
the Christian church last night re-
suited in about $50 new volumes be-
ing added to the library Of the church.
A literary and musical program was
rendered and refreshments were sery.
ed.
In the case Of William 1. Eyer
against the Northern Shipping Com
pany, an action for libel, the latter
was declared to be In default by Fed
eral Judge Charles F. Clemens. The
case has been continued until o'clock
next Tuesday afternoon for further
Jules Carvalho, Jf., was elected pre-.
sident Of the st. Louis College Liter.
ary Society ct meeting of the mem.
bers of the organization in the col
lege auditorium yesterday. Other Of.
ficers elected were Manuel Baptista,
yice-president; J. McGettigan, secre.
tary, and Hong Put. treasurer. reflect
ed.
Since October 1, 1920 has been
BY the local circuit court In |
trial jurors fees and mileage, as fol- |
lows: Judge Ashford's court $500; |
Judge Whitney's court, $500; Judge |
Stuart's court, $40. Fees and mile |
age for territorial grand jurymen this |
month win amount to about $3.50.
Correction is made Of an announce |
ment by the Spanish War Veterans of |
j meeting tonight The meeting viii |
be held next Saturday night at 1880 |
o'clock. u. s. w. v. hall, and all com
rades and visiting comrades are urged
70 attend. Six recruits will be mus.
erred in. Owing to maneuvers and /
here being five Saturdays this month,
he mistake was made
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-30

Ina Claire, stranger 10 Honolulans,
has set a new and original pace for
film stars. Her appearance In The
Wild Goose Chase on the Paramount
program at the Liberty adds new lau-
rels to the big list of Liberty stars.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-30

Lionel Barrymore. brother of John.
the noted comedian OF Are You q
Mason" fame. has come into the
Elaine" serial, but unlike John, he
puts another serious factor into the
story. He is as good in melOdrama
as John is IN comedy.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-30

The Mothers Club of Kaimuki IS
giving a Halloween costume dance
for the children at the Liliuokaiani'
school hail this afternoon.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-30
RESUME RAPID TRANSIT
SUIT AGAIN ON MONDAY

Further trial of the territory,s in
junction suit against the Honolulu
Rapid Transit and Land Company viii
be had in Circuit Judge Stuart's court
at 10 o'clock next Monday morning.
Clinton G. Baltentyne, manager of the
Rapid Transit. probably will be re-
called to the Witness stand for further
examination by the territory regard
ing the cost of the corporations plant.
Charles M. Schwab declared that
the big boom in the steel trade will
continue for at least another year and
q half.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-30

The Jesse L. Lasky Co believes in
expansion. It's new Hollywood. Cal.
studio is the largest In the world and
SOC. 900 feet Of film per week is now
completed there.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29
Mother Killed; Babe May Die.

Dyersburg.- of the most brutal
murders ever known in this section
was committed at Finley, seven miles
from here, when Mrs. Belle Feather
stone was slain with an ak while she
was at home with only her two small
children. The crime was discovered
when her husband, Pete Featherstone,
engineer at the Farmers Cotton Oil
Company, returned home at 1 o'clock
on the morning Of Oct. 10. The head
of the woman had been severed from
the body.
A bloody ak was lying alongside of
her. Her three-year-old child was be-
hind the stove, unconscious from a
blow behind the ear. The six-months-
old infant was In bed, asleep. Each
Of the three rooms of the house indi-
Gated desperate struggle, as the fur
niture was upset. The little girl is
not expected to live.
Rober Davis, a negro suspected Of
the murder, was taken to Jackson,
Tenn, few hours after his capture
as a safeguard against mob violence.
Feeling was SO high against the black
that it was feared he would be rough
" handled.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29
COURT DOES NOT
SUSPEND CRUMP
MEMPHIS OFFICIALS DEFENDANTS
IN CUSTER GO TO TRIAL
NOVEMBER 3.
GAS ON AND MAN IS DEAD
Memphis Police Unable to Decide
Whether Death of w. r. Murphy
of Quito Was Accidental or
Intentional.

Memphis Mayor e. H. Crump. Pc.
lice Commissioner Utley, Police Judge
Stanton and Police Inspector Perry, Co
defendants in the custer filed by At
torney-General Thompson for the state,
must go to trial Nov. on the merits
of the case. They will not be sus-
pended from Office pending that hear
ing, which will be the final hearing.
The case against city officials will
take precedence over the case against
J. A. Riechman, sheriff, also set for
Nov. 3.
The foregoing were the net results.
after three days argument In an eff
fort by the state to obtain the chan
cellors' order suspending the defend
ants from office pending final hear
ing. Motion for jury to try the Is
sues will next be argued.
According to the terms imposed by
the court the defendants must rigidly
enforce the law between now and the
date Of trial. II they succeed 1t may
be pointed to as proof that they could
have done SO in the past, and II 1t is
not enforced the fact will be offered as
proof that the defendants do lot in
tend, and did not try, to enforce 1t.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29

Two Germans Arrested by Secret Scr.
vice Men Had Much Explosives
and seaboard Maps.

New York.-A sergeant in the Ger.
man army, who fought in the battle Of
the Marine, and German who is said
to have been connected with Wilhelm.
strasse, have been arrested In Wee
hawken, N. j., by a squad of New York
detectives and government secret SER
vice men.
The prisoners had in their possession
large quantity of high explosives,
mechanisms for the manufacture of
incendiary bombs and geodetic sur
yey maps of sections Of the Atlantic
seaboard.
The two men had been under con
slant surveillance for 10 days, and are
said to have been followed about the
piers of steamships now loading with
war munitions for the allies. This
fact has led to an unusual strutiny Of
the packages delivered at the piers, as
1t was feared that efforts would be
made to place bombs on board vessels.
One of the prisoners Is Robert Fay,
"a years old. who said he was ser.
geant in the German army, and after
fighting in the battle Of the Marine, he
come to this country. He refused to
say anything further about himself at
the first hour of questioning.
The other prisoner is Walter Schoiz.
brother-in-law Of Fay, who said he
had been In this country seven years.
but who II was said had been serv-
ant in the kaiser's household. When
Guy Scull, fifth deputy police com.
mander. was asked about this he re-
fused to answer the question.
Mr.. Scull, with Capt. Tunney Of the
anarchist squad and william J. Flynn
head Of the secret service, led squad
of detectives to Weehawken and went
to No. q Fifth street, In a lonely sec
ton. In the rooms they had rented
less than 10 days ago from man
named Haberson, the detectives found
a store Of explosives large enough tc
sink many steamships.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29
Gas on: Man Dead.

Memphis. half dressed on the
floor in front of small gas heater,
from which the fumes were steadily
issuing, the body of w. L. Murphy. a
farmer from Quito, Tenn, was found
In his room at the Arlington hotel, in
this city, when his 13-year-old daugh-
ter, Sylvia Murphy, who occupied an
adjoining room, went to awaken him.
Police are uncertain whether the
tragedy was accidental or suicidal, but
the mans 19-year-old wife is confined
at local hospital, and he is known to
have worried considerably about her.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29
TAKE MISSISSIPPI
FROM GENERAL BILL
CONF EHENLE Or u. 5. oEN1TT cSSS
VOTES TO URGE SEPARATE
TREATMENT.
MEASURE WILL BE PUSHED
Heads of 20 Levee Boards In River
Valley Concur With Pian--Im-
provement Plan lie Levee's
Only Recourse.

Memphis.-An absolute divorce Of
the Mississippi river from the general
rivers and harbors bill and plans for a
campaign to get the Democratic ad.
ministration at Washington directly
behind such movement were unani-
mously decided upon here at a con.
ference between senators and repre-.
sentatives in congress from MISSISSIPPI
pi Valley states and presidents Of 20
levee boards in. Missouri, Kentuck,
Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and
Louisiana.
To this end Senator J. T. Robinson
Of Arkansas proposed resolution,
which was adopted, declaring for sep
arate and distinct treatment Of the
Mississippi river appropriations. and
calling on the congressman and sen
ators interested to meet In Washing
ton, Nov. 20, to formulate bill which
will be presented to congress through
the proper committee.
The conference did not discuss the
manner in which the money should be
spent to afford the protection desired
for 1t has long been foregone con
clusion that the levee plan, is the only
MAN.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29
FEED CHILDREN
On Properly Selected Food. It Pays
Big Dividends.

II parents will give just little In
telligent thought to the feeding OF
their children the difference in the
health of the little folks will pay,
many times over. for the small trouble.
A mother writes: "Our children are
all 80 much better and stronger than
they ever were before we made u
change in the character Of the food.
We have quit using potatoes three
times day with coffee and 30 much
meat.
"Now we give the little folks some
fruit, either fresh, stewed, or canned.
some Grape-Nuts with cream. occa.
sionally some soft boiled eggs, and
some Postum for breakfast and sup
per. Then for dinner they have some
meat and vegetables.
st would be hard to fully describe
the change in the children, they have
grown so sturdy and strong. and we
attribute this change to the food clio.
ments that, understand, exist In
Grape Nuts and Postum.
"A short time ago my baby was
teething and had O great deal OF stom-
ach and bowel trouble. Nothing
seemed to agree with him until tried
Grape-Nuts softened and mixed with
rich milk and he improved rapidly and
got sturdy and well"
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich
Ever read the above fetters A new
one appears from time TO time. They
are genuine. true, and fall Of human
interest.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29
IS PERSONS DIE IN FIRE
Twelve Of Victims In Pittsburg Blaze
Were Girl Employees Of Paper
Box Company.

Twelve Of Victims In Pittsbur1 Blaze
Were Girl Employees Of Paper
Box Company.
Pittsburgh.-Thirteen persons were
killed and eight injured by fire in a
four-story building, the two upper
floors Of which were occupied by the
Union Paper Box Company, on the
North Side here. OF the dead all but
one were young women employed by
the company. Many bodies were so
badly burned Identification was diff
cult. Mayor Armstrong has ordered
that the police, city council and the
coroner's jury make thorough inves-
tigation of the fire.
The dead are Colletta Sellman, Hen
ell Waner, Sophia o. Zobox, Carolina
Farrara, Dorothea Link, Florence Ba-
ker, Cecilia Joss, Bertha Dunappele,
O'Tillie Breinning, Laura Breinning,
Myrtle Miller, Marcella Rauch and Pc
ter Vallon.
The flames started in pile of
straw In the rear of feed store on
the first floor. William c. Kimbel,
manager of the box factory, immedi-
ately went to the third and fourth
floors and warned the girls to leave
quietly The flames gained such head
way, however, that escape by stair
ways and fire escapes soon was cat
off. Some of the girls attempted to
go to the dressing room for their hats
and there. huddied on the floor, fire
men found most of the bodies.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29
FRENCH WOMAN EXECUTED
Holland Newspaper Says German OFF,
Ger Shot Victim in Head With
His Revolver.

Amsterdam.--Th TELEGRAPH states
that the Germans have executed a
French woman, Mile. Louise Frenzy, at
Liege. 1t is asserted the firing squad
carrying out the execution purposely
aimed low and hit the womans legs.
The officer then shot her through the
head with his revolver.
'The same thing happened in the
case of Miss Cavell," says the Tere-
graf. "She was fired on by party OF
IL, but only one bullet touched her, but
did not kill her. 1t was after this that
the officer of the firing party drew his
revolver and, putting 1t to the woman's
ear, fred.
"A priest who was present at the
execution was overcome by horror and
is now suffering from nervous break
down."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29
Jailed For Beating Son.

Tiptonville .--Threatened with VIC
fence by his neighbors should he es-
cape severe punishment at the hands
of the law. Herbert Whitney, farmer
near Reelfoot. Is locked and guarded In
the Tiptonville jail on charge Of hav-
ing beaten his 4-year-old son into in
sensibility. Whitney, it is charged, en-
tered the room of his son, lying sick
in bed, and in rage beat him terri
bly,. The child is reported In critical
condition. Neighbors caused Whit
ney's arrest.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29
USKUB TAKEN BY BULGARS
Serbs Lose Important Point on Salon.
iki-Nish Railroad--invaders Lose
Heavily In Advance.

London.-The Bulgarians announce
they have reached Uskub, an impor-
tant junction on the Saloniki-Nssh
railway, thus placing themselves
across the route by which the allies
re-enforcements for the Serbs would
travel. The Austro-Germans In the
north have begun a more vigorous Of
fensive and have crossed the Danube
near Orsova. This brings much near
er the linking up of the armies of the
Germanic allies and those Of Bulgaria
to Constantinople.
Success is not being achieved with
out heavy losses, as the Servian vet
Grams, well entrenched in their noun
tains, are offering stubborn resistance
and are making the invaders pay a
big price for every mile of country in
vaded.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29
WILLOWS TO SAVE THE CANAL
Roots VIII Form Web, Says inventor,
and Prevent Landslides at
Panama.

e. Moody Boynton. inventor OF the
monorail system Of transportation, Is
convinced that willow trees can be
made to stop the Panama canal land
slides. He has written President VII.
son what he thinks should be done.
and his letter has been forwarded to
the isthmian officials.
Mr.. Boynton proposes that willow
piles be driven close together along
both sides Of the canal where slides
occur. These willows will grow. He
says that the roots Of each will spread
out as far as 100 feet, all forming to-
gether web which would hold earth
firmly.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29
COURT O|SSOLvES
PAVING INJUNCTION
NASHVILLE TAXPAYERS COULD
NOT GIVE BOND REQUIRED
BY CHANCELLOR.
SOUTHERN EDUCATORS MEET
Twenty-first Annual Session Of Associ.
alton of Southern Colleges viii Be
Held October 27-30-Nash-
vile News.

-NaShVllle.
On the statement by Stokes and
Cherry, attorneys for the taxpayers
in the city probe. that their clients
were unable to make the two bonds
OF $4,000 each, as ordered by Chan
cellor Allison, to cover any damages
that might be accruing to the defend
ant paving companies from work held
up by the city suit, the chancellor has
dissolved the injunction forbidding the
Foy.Proctor Company from filing fur
Their contracts with the city.
Chancellor Allison also signified that
he was willing to dissolve the restrain
ing injunction against the Southern
.3itulithic Company and allow them to
fill their contracts on condition that
they give bond In the additional sum Of
$4,000.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29
American's Trial POSTPONED.

Washington.-The trial of Kenneth
G. Triest, the young former Princeton
student. held in London as German
spy, has been postponed indefinitely.
The postponement was granted at the
request of the state department, which
had been asked to intercede by Gustav
w. Triest of New York. father of the
youth. The elder Triest claims his son
was mentally unbalanced when he en-.
listed in the British navy wireless SER
vice erd wrote letters in which he was
alleged to have said he was German
secret agent.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29
War Hurt Philippine Trade.

In the Philippine foreign trade move
ment for the year ending June, 1915.
the adverse effect of the European war
was the leading factor. Imports
amounting to $44,479,ssl. declined ST..
100000, or 20 per cent below the 1914
value; and. though exports were only
nominally less than s51 100000 total
of the previous year. greatly Increased
production OF crops alone saved the
total, and the high price for sugar
was the only marked war benefit in an
export trade that was very generally
reduced. -Commerc reports
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29
,ts onspring.

Luke. venturing into town for the
first time, essayed to cross the street
and was bowled over by an automo-
bile. He lay in the roadway while the
bystanders shouted at him to ruin.
Presently a speeding motorcycle also
hit Luke. Then he reached the curb.
IVY amt you run when All tole
you?" demanded bygtander.
60 long, man." responded Luke In
dignantly. "Huccune you reckon All
know dat contraption had er colt?"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29
Many HuIoars Killed.

aris.-Bulgarian troops recently
engaged with the French were subject
ed to a decimating fire by the French
artillery and suffered heavy losses, &C.
cording to dispatch from Saloniki.
The losses of the French, the dispatch
states, amount to but 10 killed and .
few score wounded.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29
U. o. c. Elects Officers.

San Francisco.-Mrs. Frank G. o.
denheimer of Jessup. Nd. was elected
president-general Of the United Daugh
tiers of the Confederacy at the twenty.
second annual convention held here.
She was opposed by Mrs. Livingston
Rowe Schuyler of New York.
Mrs. ]. w. Stewart of Los Angeles,
Mrs. E. M. Bashinski Of Alabama and
Mrs. Lulu A. Lowell Of Denver were
elected vice presidents-general. Othe,
officers were reelected.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29
Britain VIII Pay For Cotton.

Washington.-The British Board of
Trade has arranged to make final set
Elements for all American cotton
which it has bought and which is not
covered by sales contracts. The price
to be paid will be the market value at
port of shipment ON the date of ship
ment. The action is one of the conse-
quences of the British order placing
cotton on the contraband list and the
determination OF the British authori.
ties to support the market against the
effects of that action.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29
Aaks Charter for Wharf Boat.

William B. Felts and associates, or
ganizers of company which proposes
to build a wharf boat at this city, have
applied for a charter in the office Of
the county register. The capital STOCK
is placed at $4,000, and the company
proposes to begin work on the wharf
boat in the near future. The incor-
porators are: R. T. Creighton, John c.
Shofner, l.. Cheek, Arch Trawick, =.
w. Foster, d. ]. Jarrett and William
B. Felts.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29
knoxviIIe Wants Vocational School

Knoxville Wants Vocational School.
Knoxville. The board of commerce
of this city has interested itself in
procuring a site for the proposed
Tennessee vocational school for girls,
for which purpose $4,000 was appro-
priated by the last session of the Ten
nessee legislature. Several tentative
locations are under consideration,
these averaging approximately 100
acres each.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29
FACING A FOOD SHORTAGE
Neutral Travellers Say People Of Ger
many in Cities Are Suffering for
Food Necessities

New York.-In spite of official as
surances Of the German governments
confidence that 1t is able to cope with
all problems growing out of a shortage
Of food supplies, neutral travellers re-
turning from Germany declare that the
food crisis in Germany is most serious
and that while the kaiser's armies are
fighting successfully all the leading
powers of Europe, the Germans at
home are experiencing very bitter suf-
fering as a result Of the ever-increas
ing prices Of food products. The short
age in necessary articles OF diet is act
ually felt, according to these travellers.
throughout the empire, and riots of
grave proportions are occurring within
the leading cities.
These statements are borne out by
the German newspapers, which have
been permitted to publish accounts OF
the scenes in the markets.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-29
Nixon Succeeds AmbrIs.er.

w. M. Nixon of Chattanooga has
been appointed to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of F. L
Ambrister as warden at the Brushy
Mountain prison. Mr.. Nixon's official
title win be warden and business man.
ager. Mr.. Nixon is well qualified for
the prosition. having had much expe-
rience in prison affairs. He was q
member of the board Of peniteniiary
commissioners at the time the new
state prison was build under Gov. Pc
ter Turney's administration.