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The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-26
-THE CRIME or Hawaii

Back in Washington there lot presumably well nen-
toned Americans who much worried TO what Hawaii is
going to plant next take the place OF sugar cane
The sugar industry it nquitons Industrial SANGER
unscrpulous @barons until has developed to full aedged
octopus that sucking the life blood out Of the
population OF Hawaii Co., ~ ZE.. s,ls
Squashng octopi is considered legitimate pasme by lot
Of people that of these marine who
could tell the difference between octopus and uhAower
If they the growing on the yineosaG 1,s s#
Agonzed inquiries come TO Hawaii every mail day usually
with fvecent stamp the envelope and marked foreign
WHY Hawaii continues to be fooshy contened grow
Well will tell YOU Hawaii connueste grow because
there is profit in the business 6.,A shY.It.aN Iah
Forty4hve thousand planters and farmers ana their hired
that brought in the small Of $50 per gross returns.
This is eight times what the mainland wheat farmer draws down
when he sells his grain u sHs F@ ttGs"Pr ~ - M
The half big octop the other oo4 octopiets
divide lip the profits Then the crumbs teye split up
among the twenty thousand shareholders who only supplied the
capital finance the operation. hf W. -1#s
Of these nseetsoctop octopIets and shareholders
families members whereof well fed well clothed
well housed, happy, comfortable and contented ~ I@
This con6dentialy the Crime Of Hawaii the situation
that needs be cured. ES 93FI .&.sR "r5' tgi
Any satscan who puts his attention to prove with
hand behind his back pa up and extended cos
that would better grow
cighteendolar wheat than for grow ten OF
$3.50 cane. The logic is unapproachable. #
The japanese, Filipino, Odnawa Korean farm hand who
grows Hawaii for of dollars month
house, wood and medical attendance thrown m
compared with the eighteen dollar month Lhu-
anan Mexican Armenian Geek Scaan wheatgrowng farm
who gets sick washes and sleeps the hay stack
The logic Of that also uappoachabe except in the Of
the wheat grower, from the wndward side .5Et> -.
The mystery Of What is the matter with Hawaii" ought 10
be investigated &3%a
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-26

Mayor Lane dtplores the prospeet1of family qkaii
municipal administration the disposition pf patronage and
n this Ne voices The sentiment Of the ayesge onopian Me
want quarrel over Jobs At time we expect Mayor
Lane keep foremost il his mind the he
b office 70 certain definite policies the whole spelling
efficiency r. the mayor willing learn BY the mistakes Ri
predecessor and those who worked with him he will keep oY
hands ohe various departments and nsst the
doing the same and place bs Nominated heads q The
Various bureauxhe sole resPonsbts 81 running them ciSh
with wfateSsF spberlipass the bursaux heads desire
Aceordpg 70 thelb notifications out short time ago
practically every saaed enpoye Of the city has bee warned
that his position Is vacant the end 81 this month The oilers
at various waterworks pupg gof these noces
aBleen and teanisters IN the road department got the the
janiors of the schools received them The idea suppose
reappoint the majority Of these make plain 10
70 Mayor Lane and his and
tieyact that Of them have made good while fo
portant jobs taken for granted that poesf changes will
made with the heads Of The bureaus affected having only adj
ysory part in the selecons.l
This decidedly aud Fundamentally wrong way of proceeding
towards efficiency II eoninuatioa OF the very thing that
brought about the nefcenoy and the for which ndig
community kicked Mayor Fern and his crowd Office
1t is not too late for the present administration adopt the only
policy whereby the taxpayers win value for their money the
policy Of holding the heads strictly accountable for
what anspe in their part departments and giving them
absolutely free hand run their departments unranmeed by
outside, political interference sA5
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-26

Rit TIE Results of,l9 that year Of handte years In mind
one would be would pin himself 10 hard and fast
predictions q the course OF 1915 trade. .t
"On the stock market theory that all the out any pos
sbe Changes would be for the better ys Bfadstrees
1T needs remembered that following the crash 81 bos-
es and the succeeding recupeaton the the immense
war expenditures has stimulating European
well American industries catering any conditions
have been accelerated IT in civil war and there
historical basis for the claim that replacing
Often given Sh impetus Ryared line industries
THE financial results the debts piled up OF the fought
regions the industries destroyed lives lost the trade
formerly gone beyond recall to the future
70 record but be remembered that the wefld
eyiaby pays the bill truly the community pays the
loss from failure or from FIRE. 6 83,
FThe lot OF the neutral in the altogether pleasant
in this country have felt this already; leading
neutral country position which il be hoped we retain
destined to fall heir Of Europe On
the surface Of things It might have completed The
form Of bankruptcies vast volume of liquidation that hurtul
as il has been viii not need to be done again
We have real currency SYSTEM, and the
american panic have power
evil Il Is TO be hoped that the bulk of legislation
notably the tariff and the ship registry bills will bring
#s 23A So s
Our have been large and with the
brought nearly much money the previous years
conduct nation has made lost friends among
geren and some Of the events of the year tagont
facturers and statesmen the value indeed the
ing manufacturing and shipping where
the has demonstrated that weaknesses exist. ~ "a
"A in ALL the American business taking
leave OF 1914 with few and hopes t seemed possible
at some disturbed periods in the past ~
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-26
STIRRING uP TRouBLE

The sailing New York yesterday American charter
ed steamer loaded with food stuff billed for German well
as the proposed angrom Galveston this mornge the steamer
Daca German With for
port appear deliberate attempts invite seizure of these
vessels by the British blockaders the hope Of creating diplomatic
tension between Great Britain and the United States %
Naturally the Whemna will be seized BY the British If they
catch her just the American ships would have seized any
neutral vessel attempting carry food stuff Havana the time
of the American blockade Of that port fa XVI
The British have already announced that they will the
Daca claiming right 50 do under International
However each seizure, il ii be made furnish THE excuse for
campaign 70 nhae the American public aud
70 oaset this suppose the British among Anierfans will
start the probable ultimate effect being
benefit for either side 10 the controversy and whole lot Of
hatred between neighbor and neighbor si ft v
The American government already discounehanced III
advance agitation regarding the Daca by refusing
the ship the government bureau 1t will refuse
cognzance Of any protest against the seizure Of the Whenna,
throw all naval precedence aside, remote possibility
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-26
RAPID TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS

The news published this morning
pany going extend its double tracking King for
nearly half mile without waiting o its franchise question be
settled will be welcomed by the public viii tend keep
regular schedule on King street and relieve the pressure
at the rush hours ,sAg ts SER s3& 3 t@"r u.
The also company considering temporarily ex-
tending its service beyond the ermn
buses will also be welcomed by the residents Of the several
tons be served. S5 sss zff4ss ~
What the Rapid Transit company and the public
definite settlement of the which the company operate
The company has only fifteen franchise during which
time addition 10 operating expenses and dividends Il must
cumuae sinking fund sufficient off IFS entire stock and
bond issue This IS heavy charge and until the company
where il stands is warranted in making heavy
capital Investments. +s7 I'm Il ts'eRit
The improvements above
ton OF the character of the copany but
ordinary financial that with 100000
head charge pay off, It cannot safely materially increase this
burden. ~
With extension Of the term Of the franchise less
favorable TERMS the company is willing only make
but leave the deconso what the shall be-
the Utilities Con,mission appointed by the governor
What good is there for further delay lr.
The Governor charges that the company violated its
chse The denies the charge asks have the question
referred to the supreme court for decision &
Was there fairer proposition? a
AS rule, public utilities corporation fights off investigation
and seeks delay by every imaginable echncay The Rapid
Transit Company valves all delay tecnicaies and aleng
investigation and final decision. 49,, E#,-
Why take the company its word clear the decks for
action and find just what the legal is? Then develop
of Honouus street system proceed promptly and
inteIigenty t t4h a .lsSs$ 5s@fGhg,
up the Governor accept the companys proposition
to submit the matter to the court for doing
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-26
.S[NATEDEMOGRATs
BEHIND PRESIDENT

tAsrociated Press by Federal wIrsless)
WASHINGTON, January 25.--The
fsnate Democrats in caucus decided
unanimously to make the Ships Prr-
chase Ban rarty measure and back it
iii the fight ia ccnsrcss as such. Orig
inally there were three dissenting
Democratic votes. II
This decision means the ftercest fight
4noNn in years. The Democrats are re-
solved to push the bin to passage re-
gardloss Of the fate Of, the appropria,
don TN. giving prospect CT an extra
session Of congress. s9
Secretary Of the Treasury McAdoo
ynd Secretary Of Commerce Redfield
phaSe saBnittsa TO Ahe- senate seidence.
that Transatlantic freight rates have
risen in some instance from 90 to l5o
per cent. If the present rates arc main
tanned, 1t ID declared, they viii constiy
sute a charge on American shippers ex-
cseding a. half billion dollars annually.
H ID
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-26
!. a DUTCH APPEAL FOR BELGIUM.

Little Holland much stricken Belgium her neghbor
the woes q noncombaants of that sister kingdom being right
before Of the Dutch the appeal help which
has REACHED America IRON The Hague should attract the attention
eyepof assled @ The pleas 81 scores6 organizations
each working for Of the Very many Subjects pity
Europe eiS AZ
II is the Dutch head Antwerp Belgian Refugee
mee ~ "a. who sends the fresh appeal through
the Associated Press America Those VINO ground
End that they face twood difficulty getting supplies they
need for the millions reaching ts people with
these supplies ssSss n 81 s4s 81 t9sl
The fact Is the distress in Belgium very great says
der Nee being doncs various dectioh to aft
ford relief but there euities which hard
come There still people Belgium and they
all require to be clothed and fed One imagine what these diff
cuiesare II remembers that country has popua
on of about millions. 8 sga8 l
sEnrs districts for instance Flanders, Iuxemburg and Hal
naul completely cut of from whole world @here are no
saors concerning ne ii IS
estimate AL that Is All know about thei distress
have learned by personal inquiry in the
hood of the great central and what have there Is
quite sufficient. LIZ. IA >f X, as :EE x Esat!
pe 81 cold weather should Set in thousands will be
Killed cold wind will break the weak bodies and children
and old people viii die III thousands To all this added
typhoid fever and other diseases and then will how
helpless feel confronted with such misery. N
Il would be unjust acknowledge with thankuness
that is being done by the Comte Rationale de Secou by the
Rockefeller Institute and the British Relief still
difficult problem exists how TO the necessae of life those
places where they urgently wanted The Of transport
alton are too few and too slow The roads and bridges either
in bad complete destroyed necessary preca
lions Of the military authorities against spying further
work of relief. 2J' l.f# %s FS.+& .Ft.%I " ~
Tere Is only one way IN which effective assistance can be
rendered and for that be enabled get foodstus all
places where the need Is the greatest Great quantities Of poy
bn must be stored central places doctors with medicine and
drugs must be quickly all places affected by disease and
such districts be isolated further spread Of
Iepiden,ics. & ~ 10 ~, 81
Further permission must be given send and receive letters
SO that in better circumstances may be able
money from the interior from abroad working
the banking system be that everybody be
enabled to raise loans securities s5128T 4 t5
Mr.. der Veen concluded @E Ell gSas3s aFa. ss5ss
Every government phlanhropc institution the world
fought to send and motor for transportation of
visions With few hundred Of these could do much
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-26
RELIEF SHIP GAMING
IS NOT YET in Port


fAssocistsd Press BY Federal wirelessl
HALIFAX, January 26.Little prog
ress was made yesterday in gettins the
disabled relief ship Canine into port,
ana the vessel came very nearly going
to destruction on the rocks at chobncto
Head. ,af 4, III ,ss.y r.
Batfeted by tremendous seas, the tow,
ing hawsers to the Kanawha parted
yesterday, The vessels conveying tho
eainino were pcwerless to help her in
me heavy seas and with her engines
helpless she was fast drifting on the
rocks when shift in the wind drove
her off shore and she was safely an
chored. Af..s fss
The conveys are standing by wait
ing for an opportunity to get another
line aboard as soon as the weather win
permit
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-26
SAYS
] he REGREEs Split
Sorry TO Learn Fovr Supervis-
crs Have combI6sd 70 Oppose
Program Of Appointments

T.. 4 3 -
Mayor Lane eSpreeeedltegret yesters
|,say; that -four melnbefSfSf The, bc6fd Of
supervisors, at Their cais.,.g Su6day af6
erno6ng shopld bsfg entered into any
aefEsieepb 70 block any appointine-.. \
IwhiSbfhc.might choose 70 nihke or ham
pei Min IN proposed Legislation.
Lam sorry to learn that there is
any prospect that the harmony which
has existed since the present admins.
tration took Office win be disrupted.
j had hoped that al our meetings would
be as harmonious as those We have
held. II issto be regretted IL we are
to Indulge In. the chickering's which so
reflected ON the last administfation. Il
was elected on an efficiency programs,
and propose to follow that program.
Perhaps the supervisors who have
realize that there Is an ordinance
which gives the city engineer power
10 appoint all employees under him.
And furthermore they perhaps have
failed to realize that any appointivo
official or employee is always on proba-
tion and can be dismissed at any time
that he is deemed incompetent or in
efficient. Ia +,
Supervision Hollinger yesterday de-
eiared emphatieally that he. has not
and viii not tie up to any clique or
combination Of supepEisors. and will
always vote the way ne thinks right
IT Is understood however. Hollinger
win support the mayor in all appoint.
ments. supervisor. AHA is known to
be very close to the mayor and prob.
ably win support him II NIL measures
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-26
THE PASSING HOUR

Foreman Hurley who furnished The Advertiser with carbon
copies his regular month month reports the road department
asan that uggled statistics had been handed out to
the public effort demonstrate savings deserves the
thanks community His action treason the city
gner He IS being paid by the city engineer other
official he being paid by the in whose interest he
employed to the taxpayers the truth His
The Advertiser volunteered 1t solicited
there has been the figures pub
shed by Wall much doubt upon their
by others positions know the facts The published remark
that Mr. Hurley deserves 70 be fred to be expected however
ired opinion Of Honolulu fine place which
incompetence and graft general terms but place "
cho get right down to brass ack Then efforts for improve
#ent hec~sl tohs." 9s8 8*s M ~. m 1915 ."E Er#
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-26
SAN FRANCISCO EDITOR
CHlRGEs PLOT TO KILL

Associated Press BY Reaeral wirs..Js) 4
SAN FRANCISCO, january 264-
Harry Hargraye, editor Of the x-Ray,
4 yiyacions Gan francisco weekly, on
saturday sworo out warrants, charging
conspiracy and attempt To- murder
againlt Carlton Wall, proprietor Of
Techau Tavern; Eddie aransy, the well
known prizefight referee. and Jack
Eirmingham, millionaire. They had
resented criticisms published in the
weekly, An were arrested and let out
en- bail.
The Keota news., 1915-11-19
IS PUZZLE TO BIOLOGISTS
Pink Snake With Some Fine Points
Doesn't Seem to Fit Any Reg.
uIar Classification.

Forth Worth. Decentralization Of
an eightinch pink snake found last
week on the White Settlement road
by DR.. John J. O'Reilly is causing con.
siderable speculation among Fort
Worth biologists.
1t is believed that the reptile be-
longs to a poisonous variety. 1t has
a sharp tail. and q fiat head with 70
versed "spectacles." Its body 10
marked with diamond spots. 1t pufis
like some varieties Of poison reptiles.
but apparently has no fangs.
Doctor O'Reilly will send the snake
to the state geological department at
Austin. hoping that experts there will
be able to identify 1t.
The Keota news., 1915-11-19

The daring band Of sandwich WON.
en- who invaded the New York sub.
way during the recent campaign, bear.
ing placards imprinted with the req
sons why one should vote for the
cause, were outdone by the most
startling manner Of appealing to the
voter. which has up to the present day
been used by the suffragists,
A beautiful and very attractive
young woman is Miss Dorothy Newell.
the young lady who made all New
YORK sit up with her appeal for
Votes for Women" 1t required con.
siderable daring to promote the nuh.
lictty Miss Newell had mapped ont for
the cause.
In leading hotels and broadway
cares where the usual election eve
crowds assemble. Miss Newell die.
played her charming back with tho
a''uring appeal Votes for Women"
painted In large black letters thereon.
The Keota news., 1915-11-19
NEEDED sIx.FooT sHoCKERs
Man Of Ordinary Size Would 30 Q!
Little Use on This Kansas
Cornfieid.

Hiawatha. Kan.-The tallest corn OF
this years crop that has been brought
TO town so fa- comes from the farm
of Bert Wise, near Reserve. Wise
has brought several stalks to town
on which the loves: ear is eight feet
from the ground.
People of the community at nrst
thought Wise was joking when he az
vertised for corn shockers who must
be at least six feet in height. but
those who have seen his CROP declare
that a man Of ordinary size will be OF
little value n helping take care OF
Wises crop. as the stalks are all 50
high that the ears are six, seven and
eight feet from the ground.
The Keota news., 1915-11-19
Yankee Has Exciting Time in
British Navy.
Serves In Trenches and on Battle
ships, Captured by Germans and
Eseapes-srousht Home
by Uncle Sam.

Yonkers. N. Y.-Wilfrid Doyle. the
nineteen-year-old son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Doyle Of 156 Valentine lane.
this city. is back at his home here
after seven months OF adventure of the
kind that most boys dream about but
never experience. He has fought the
Turk in trenches knee deep in water
at the Dardanelles. he has been cap
tured by the Germans In Belgium and
he has stood watch many nights on
the deck OF the superdreadnaught
Queen Elizabeth while she patrolled
the North sea enforcing the blockade
against Germany
The spring fever wearied young
Doyle Of the simple pleasures of life
in Yonkers and he ran away from
home. He made his way to Boston.
where he obtained q place as horse
hostler on one OF the transports en-.
gagged In carrying horses to the war
zone. In Liverpool he left his ship and
enlisted in the British navy. He had
little trouble in getting into the serv.
ice. although an alien. He told the
recruiting officer that he was an Irish
0SJs 0AN ~ u0 Aos 80 uic uoA0 PIOVSo.
His enlistment was for the duration of
the war. but after six months of effort
the state department of the United
States plucked him from the service
of King George at the behest of his
parents. A postal card he wrote to his
mother directly after landing in Liver.
pool supplied the clue that led to his
discovery.
Gallipoli. Doyle says. is now a sham.
bles and ruin in the area over which
the Turks have been slowly driven
back by the allies. Not 80 much as q
drop Of clean water may be obtained
there. The streams and wells have
been polluted by bodies and blood
Doyle arrived at the Dardanelles In
May, soon after the attack on the
Turks had begun. During one period
of heavy pressure he served for 4S
hours on land in the third line of
trenches. The men of the allied
forces suffered fearfuIiy, he says. at
that time from the rains that flooded
the trenches and the intense heat that
made life almost unbearable.
While on this expedition Doyle saw
The Keota news., 1915-11-19
LIKE NICKEL STORY

Turkish girl snIper captured. A
group Of sailors relieved from trench
duty were standing near haystack.
One of them playfully thrust his bay
onet into the hay. When he drew 1;
out It was covered with blood. The
sailors Immediately tore the stack
apart and discovered a young girl
armed with rifle in followed space.
she had been on her knees at loop
hole when the bayonet point caught
her in the arm. Beside her was found
supply of food and 35 identification
disks OF the kind worn by all sailors
and soldiers in Britain's service. 1t
was the belief Of her captors that she
had killed that many soldiers in the
trenches within range and had then
stolen out and cut their Identification
disks from their necks. Doyle re.
turned to his ship soon after the girl
was captured and he did not learn of
her fate.
On board the Queen Elizabeth Doyle
met Corporal Joseph Nicolson. the
only survivor Of regiment of Royal
Scots which was annihilated on April
Is. After leaving transport the sol.
diers we're taken to the fighting front
on board the Queen Elizabeth, An
hour after arriving, at two O'Clock in
the afternoon. the regiment charged.
1t was not properly supported and was
annihilated. At five o'clock that af.
ternoon a survivor crawled back into
the trenches. He died later on the way
to England. at Malta. Nicolson was
found wounded IA hours later. He waa
sent aboard the Queen Elizabeth for
hospital treatment and he and Doyle
became very friendly AS soon as he
had sufficiently recovered he was sent
back to England.
In July the Queen Elizabeth. with
others OF the newer English battle.
ships. was withdrawn from Turkish
waters and placed on patrol duty in
the North sea. While his ship was be-
ing overhauled Doyle served for q
time on the battleship Drake. During
this period. with so others. he was
captured on the Belgian coast, The
small landing party was surrounded by
a large number of Germans They
were captured and marched a mile in.
land to barbed wire stockade. That
night 20 of them. including Doyle. es.
capped. ..+s .|.a
The Keota news., 1915-11-19

An aerial galloway rs miles long
the greatest in the world, will be butt
In northern India to provide trans
portation for a legion where the soil
conditions make railroad impracti.
cable.