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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-17
THEATRICAL OFFERINGS
saw
INTO FUTURE

Charlie Chaplin, Marie Dressler
and Mabel Normand, supported by a
good cast. are conspiring at the Bijou
theater during the present week to
make people laugh "Tillie's Pune.
tured Romance" is the vehicle EN-:
ployed and its popularity has grown
by leaps and bounds during the year
this comedy has been away from
Honolulu, bringing tears Of laughter
to the eyes of millions across the
mainland When this comedy was
first produced by Mack Sennett, the
producer was one of the very few
men who realized the future of
Charlie Chaplin. He saw into the
future and realized that Chaplin was
destined to be the leading comedian
of the films. ~. b.
Sannett. capitalized, Chaplin as a
deal in futures and the results must
have proved most gratifying. Since
this film was made Chaplin has com.
manded the highest salary ever paid
to any Individual who pretended TO
work for living so far as is on rec
ord.
Marie Dressler, in feminine ranks,
is close behind Chaplin as, an attrac-
ton. She has long been a big favor
fte on the American stage and is
equally popular ON the screen.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-17
NAE MURRAY new
Queen. OF FILM

Mae Murray, heralded as one Of the
Queens of the films" makes her 10.
cal debut as a Paramount Picture
star at the Liberty theater tonight
In quaint drama of-early life In the
American colonies, ITO Have and TO
Hold, a perturbation of Mary John
stons novel Of the same title. Mae
Murray has sbeef popuaar on the
speaking stage for several years and
only recently turned to the silent
drama, which is slowly but surely at
tracing the leading lights of the
stage for the reason that the work.
ing hours Isl the newer art are normal
Before the camera the artists work
during daylight hours and their even.
ings are their eWl2. On the stage they
must work while others play.
ITO Have and to Hold" should
prove a refreshing, little drama, as 1t
is said to be a faithful reproduction
Of the period it, represents. Two
ships that are used in the offering,
the Do Return and the Santa Teresa
are said to be actual duplicates of two
Of the most famous boats plying be.
tween the mother country and the
Virginia colonies in the early years
OF the seventeenth century. They are
said to be more nearly accurate than
the three repleas of the fleet" OF
Columbus which was reproduced for
tile Chicago exposition in. 1893
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A charter was granted to the Mon
itor Motor Co., at Albany with CAPT
tai stock of $300,00e
The steamer Comus of the Southern
Pacific Company collided with a barge
Of the Consolidated Coal Company off
Sea Girt Seven members of the
barge's crew were taken aboard the
Comus. a3st 80
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GERMAN SOLDIERS DESERT
TO ESCAPE WAR INSANITY

= LONDON, Eng.-Telegraphing frem
The Hague, the correspondent of the
Exchange Telegraph Company says he
has received the following MESSAGE
from Maestricht, Dutch town &c
miles east OF Brussels: 1-sf.~:t
Fifteen German deserters, ineldd.
irg a non-commissioned officer, ar
rived here (Maestricht) yesterday.
They all came from the Somme re.
gion. They said OF was Impossible
to live Though the Anglo-F'rench ar
.ilIery fire without going mad and
they pe-ferred deserti6n TO inSaRity. :
:. 6ore Eye, 6sramalated Eye1las, Eyes
infianed ny expos.Grta TO mr., Duet and Wind
a,siekiy Ye.sexasl by Mftrlne IL fse '%'-s M
M sTting, Iust . raj n. a. ~oilT psu ~.
ar bS a.ail. Sos - soitleI For BOOK & rlIr
Ese free, ask Murir,e we Remedy Gt.-. Chicago.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-17
ST. LOUIS NEWSPAPER
DROPS PENNY PRICE

Z ST. LOUIS, M.-The Globe Demo.
crat recently announced an advance
in the price of the paper from to
cents. It is the first st Louis paper
TO change from the penny basis initial.
ed some years ago. 1t attributes the
advance to the rise in the cost of
print paper since the European war
started. ssE akHa
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-17
FEET HURT?

If you are troubled with sore, ach-
ing feet, corns, bunions, ingrown
nails, ETC., don't put off seeing DR..
Ryan, Chiropodist, sat McIneny's Shoe
Store.-Adv.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-17
COLDS CAUSE HEADACHES

LAXATIVE BRoMO QUIN1NE re-
moves the cause. Used the world over
to cure cold in ole day. The sigma
ture of E. W. GROW is on each box.
Manufactured By. tne PARIS MEDI-
CINE CO., st. Louis. U. S. A.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-17

President Wilson nominated Ed
ward T. Scul.S to be postmaster at
Pittsfield, Mass.
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1zI=f 81
- 1T "a TE n

Program Beginning at 1880 p. m
Until d p. m.
Evening 1.-TWO Shows), $50 and 8:3G
SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR TO-DAY
AND EVENING
"The Devil in Chief" (three-part
drama1, Selig. -:.s -E*
"The canimated News Pictorial
lcomedy), Essanay. ~"
"The Painted Lady, (drama), Bio.
graph. tsIss ~ = 49,.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
ARREST cUTSA
HONEYMOON SHORT
W. B. Burns of Akron, Ohio, De.
cIares He Is Victim Of the Greed
Of a Money Lender

Claiming that he is the victim of a
the police TO collect what il was never
his intention they should lose, William
b. Burns, of Akron, Ohio, is under ar
rest here, while his pretty young bride,
whom he brought to Honolulu for their
honeymoon, is weeping all alone at her
boarding house. But she declares that
her husband is innocent of the charge
placed against him, that of the embez.
Element of one thousand dollars.
Burus' honeymoon was interrupted
yesterday when Deputy Sheriff Asch
took him into custody on the cabled re.
quest of Chief of Police John Durant,
of Akron. The complainant in the case
is Carl LOCKER, also of Akron, who,
Burns declares, is money lender.
Burns is held at the police station
awaiting the arrival of a police officer
to take him back to Ohio. He states
that he is willing to waive extradition,
and only wants chance to prove his
innocence as quickly as possible.
In the meantime his bride, who is
a pretty and intelligent woman, is in
Honolulu with very little money. De.
spite this, she says she will remain until
her husband is taken back and viii
stand by him.
81 know that there is no embezzlc-
ment," she said yesterday. "Win
would never do such a thing"
According to Burns, he borrowed
$1,000 from the money lender with
which to get married. Leaving Akron,
he met his intended in Chicago and
they were married there and started
for Honolulu on their honeymoon.
at is only case whore a money
lender is using the police to collect his
debts,' said Burns. ~ never embez
zled any money, but borrowed it. The
lender presumably thought that was
trying to get away and evade payment
by not returning to Akron. have
never disguised my identity, and why
should Ifit Dr..
According to Frank c., Carroll, of the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
with which firm Burns was formerly an
employe, the bridegroom in distress is a
graduate of the Michigan Law School
and while with the Goodyear concern
was one of their most valued men.
~ am sure that the charge is n mis-
, take, "-said Mr.. Carroll yesterday.
Efforts will be made to raise funds
for the practically destitute wife.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
tBy me sA,sociatssd Press,

NEW YORK, December 10 - 1t is
announced that arrangements are COM
plete for a continental campaign Of the
Railroad Department of, the Young
Men g Christian Association to get
thirty thousand new members in ten
days time, q feat which IT, accomplished
will establish remarkable record. The
campaign will begin on Tuesday. No.
vember IA, and end on Friday, Novem-
Der "a.
The membership committee which
has been formed to carry out the cam:
paign is one. of the most formidable
ever organized for a similar purpose,
including ten thousand men represent
ing every phase of railroad life, from
company presidents down to the track
walkers. DR.. John p. Mum, chairman
OF the committee, aud John j.. Moore,
senior railroad secretary of the Inter.
national Committee of the Young Men s
Christian Association, have established
headquarters in this rity from which
the campaigns willi be directed upon
more than three hundred and fifty rail.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
RAILWAY YIN c. A. PLANS CAMPAIGN
FOR THIRTY THOUSAND new MEMBERS


road eenters throughout the United
States.
Daily during the progress of the
campaign Secretary Moore win receive
reports from division commanders
showing the number of men enrolled
for the day, and the assembled total
will be telegraphed daily. to all points
to keep the thousands of workers In.
formed Of their combined success. Rail.
road and brotherhood officials are CO.
operating in the movement, which If
successful win give the railroad de-
partInent of the Y, NJ. c. 4. a member
ship of over 10000, making it the
largest railroad organization of any
kind in the world.
It is said that there is an intense
rivalry on the eve of the campaign be-
tween the East and West. Great quan.
titles of literature descriptive Of the
campaign have been distributed and
thousand of posters tackled to freight
cars all over the country. In follow.
ing up the campaign the committee on
assimilation will attempt to get every
new member in line with the ideals of
the, orga nization and serve to help each
: find in il the greatest service possible
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
H|LO GAS PLANT
WILL Be UP-T0DAIE
Hundred Thousand Dollar invest
ment Arranged Eor-Expert
From the Coast on Ground
mail Special "a. The Advertiser)

HIO, December g.. With the arrival
~ HilO by the Great Northern of Jo-
seph NJ. Berkeley, last Sunday, active
y ork viii soon start on the construction
o: the units for, the big gas plant which
will be another milestone in the growth
bf the Crescent City. Mr.. Berkeley is
the engineer of the Southern California
Gas Company and acknowledged as one
of the leading gas engineers of the
country. - fi;fE.Cai3r.sst ]
Already, since the arrival of Mr..
RerkIey, all distractions have been
cleared away, and f. J. Smith, promoter
and manager of the enterprise, states
that there will nov be no delay in the
progress of the work Of building and
erecting the plant. " jt%%'E3 tf,t n
Mr.. Berkeley said yesterday that tho
financial backing OF the new company
Is all that can be desired, and that the
plant which will be installed win, cost
approximately 800 900, and will supply
gas to Hilo, no matter how rapid its
growth, for years to come, M. &It
"The Hilo plant will be Of the stand.
ard type of apparatus for making gas
from oil, " said Mr.. Berkeley. at will
be complete in every respect and will
be able to turn out a5O, 900 cnbics feet
of gas day. This gas win be washed
-four times and. 60 through purifiers
twice, so that it viii be delivered TO the
consumers Us n pure gas Of the best
quality. Another thing Is tItt the
units of the plant will be so duplicated
that no accident win be able to put the
plant out of commission, but in case Of
any trouble gas will be made without
interruption and the consumer viii be
beneficial u tTtg3a 2hsjg y
Besides gas there will be by,prodpct
manufactured, such as lamPblaek and
briquettes, which will be used as fuel
The new plant will be almost auto
matte, for il will take only two men on
a watch TO run the entire works, which
it great factor in economy of opera.
| ton. FN7g B.. q %fBh
Yesterday Mr.. Berkeley and Mr.. Smith
submitted to the Hil0 Iron Works the
bIueprihts and plans and specifications,
with request for bid on the -manu.
facture of the plant.
\ complete report from practical
financial and commercial viewpoint will
be submitted to the company by Mr.
Berkeley before he leaves for the Coast
on the Matsonia, two weeks from yes
terday. g., .
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
SHIP BELIEVED ARMED RAIDER
q. RBPORIED NORTH OP(AzOREsI
Steamer Seen About Five Hundred Miles From Islands
Thought To Be German Steamer That Slipped
! through British Lines North Of'Scotlapd
tAu.ool...d Pres. : r.a.r.i wlr.i....,

NEW December 1lWrele
ship fitted with torpedo tubes had been sighted the Atlantic Ave hundred
miles north of the
This believed which
the
along the the United
Loyds the
been submarined The
wei o
While from Liverpool to Alexandria the British
Portugal The captain of the vessel taken prisoner by the Teuton
reached Lisbon yesterday Fifteen other members Of the
Members Of the the Norwegian steamers MEDIUM
landed
torpedped Teuton submarine and
Official
Caledonia
commanded the which
prisoner details
Caledonia a of net onna 81
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
QUICK WT7ED LAD
SAVESFAM|LY FROM
DEATH By BURNING

What might have proved a disast-
rouS fire with possible loss of life, was
averted Thursday night, it was learned
last night. by the quick action of Sam
uel X. Kane, son of Louis X. Kane,
superint ndent of Kalihi hospital.
On his way home late at night young
Kane saw Il light on the steps of the
house Of the keeper of the japanese
cemetery on Puuhale road. Upon in
vestigation he discovered o FIRE, which
was beginning I'D bdr4sl briskly. The
boy climbed the fence, having to fight
of the watch dog as he did so, dragged
away the partially burned steps and
reused tho sleeping inmates of the
house. Il
Ten years ago young Kane saved the
life of ii baby in a runaway when, at
the risk Of his life, he stopped the
horse.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
REPRESENTATIVES, ..
I OID0WlNHE0BAy
1 NIIFSF HI 9 sSlI
Alert and St. Louis Accompany
I Divers On Cruise To BIG
/ RE. .h" Island -. w

/ Attended by the "mother" ship
Alert and the United States cruiser St.
Louis, four submarines steamed into
Hilo hnrbor early Friday morning.
During the day the men were given
shore leave, and took advantage of the
opportunity to visit all the points of
interest. -. iEFfN3 t<a
On Saturday night the officers of the
~, Louis rendered dance to the citi-
zens of Hilo at the armory. The dance
was given in return for . similar func-
ton given the officers by the city when
they were at Hilo during the fair.
Hundreds Of persons who had never
seen a submarine gathered at the wharf
to inspect the subssa lighters, and a
number of them made application to
.he officers in charge 10 view the in
Sides of the underwater craft.
J Unless present plans are changed, the
submarines and the two accompanying
ships will leave Hilo on Wednesday.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
NORMAN LYMAN WILL
BE READY IN TIME

HILO, December S+-Norman X. Ly-
man, who has made such reputation
for himself as road supervisor for the
district of South HlO, especially In the
building Of the concrete roads here, has
.Fubmitted his resignation to the DO trd
OF supervisors and it will be acted upon
bit meeting Of the board this after
noon. As a member of the legislature
Mr.. Norman has n great deal of new
iegi Station which he ID preparing and
desired to devote, his attention to this
work after the first Of the new year
Mt which tine his resignation 10 to take
effect.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
tRx ri. A..oa.tsd frsu.,

Z TOXIC, December 1l--Anncuncement
is made here that thirteen steamship
companies which maintain, lines on the
Pacific Ocean are about to organize a
transpaeife freight bnreau For the
purpose OF putting In force a regular
freight tariff Al transpaciic freight
conference existed before the war but it
went out of existence at the, outbreak
Of hostilities, due largely, to the with
dfaWal of the Canadian Pacific steam
srs and the diseontinnanee Of the Paci-
fc Mail Company. 5,& w. &c.
! The basis of the pending agreement
a. d desire to establish fixed rate of
transportation and TO remove 1nneces-
eary rivalry between steamship compan-
les II is declared that the new scale
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
A GERM DESTROYER.

There is no danger whatever from
lock jaw or blood poison resulting from
a wound when Chamberlain Pain
Balm il promptly applied. 1t is an anti,
septic and destroys the germs which
cause these diseases 1t also causes
wounds TO heal without maturatiOn and
in one third the time required by the
usual treatment. For sale by all deal
ers. Benson, Smith 4 Co., Ltd, agents
for Hawaii
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
Labor Leaders ASK !.
Uncle Sam - Pay
More TO Employees

Associated Press By Fsdsrsf wirsiess.J
WASHINGTON, December II r
The American Federation of Labor
Is planning p induce congress, IL
possible, to grant, a wage increase
to all employees Of the governments
from the President down to the
janisors in the, fourth class postof.
|Sice and he messengers ct the
cnnit-i. Resolutions have been
adopted charging that salaries have
not kept pace With the increased
cost Of living, and 1ncreases Of from
ten to thirty.three and one third
per cent are susgested. z g. @
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
TAXING MEAN ADVANTAGE
~. "' or GOVERNOR PINkHAM

All previous records for rainfall were
broken on Friday night at Hillerbrand
Glen, when the water rushed over the
concrete weir in greater volume than
has ever been recorded by the hydro.
graphic department. According to
RngOr g.. Rice, the overflow was esti-
mated TO have been at the rate of
8. ,000,G00 gallons in twenty-four hours.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
TEsANSPAGIFIC LINES PLANNING
m ORGANIZE A FREIGHT BUREAU


will be more important to buyers in the
United States than to sellers in the
Far East as the only effect on the lat,
ter, in case rates are raised, would be
increase in the prices of their goods.
According to the press, the new charges
will not apply to cargo exported from
Japan, Korea, Manchuria and Formosa,
and in order to check up merchants in
China and other parts of the Orient who
are re-shipping goods to the United
States and Canada from the ports not
affected, an investigation is now being
made by a committee of those who win
sign the new tariff. The companies in,
tercsted in the new agreement are said
to include the Camdi Pacific, Pacific
Mail, China Mail, Togo Kisen Kaisha,
Osaka ShQscn Kaisha. Nippon Yusen,
KnishR aRd other British companies.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
BICYCLE SMASH-UP BRINGS /
DEATH TO- JAPANESE RIDER

Injuries received in bicycle SMASH
uP caused the death yesterday OF X.
Moramoto, Japanese, 20 years old.
Moramoto Saturday Afternoon was
speeding down Liliha on his bicycle
80 fast that in turning into King Street
he skidded and HIT telegraph pole. \
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
UNITED STATES MUTE
ONSUBJECT Of PEACE
.tAssociated Prsss b. rederal wlreles,.l

(ASsociAted Press by Federal wireless.)
. WASHINGTON, December lit
was authoritatively stated last night
that the government of the United
States has not made any offer looking
toward intervention in behalf of peace
to any of the warning Powers. The
subject has not been preached at all ia
any other government, IT was asserted,
nor will it be in the near future unless
the trend Of events in the great wal
should suddenly change one way or the
other.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
AUSTRIAN GUN concern,
MAKES M|L[|ONSHN War
(By The Associated Prsss)

VIENNA, December IL - The Aus
trian Arms Company for the fiscal year
of 1856, earned l65 per cent on its
capital Of ten and half million Kron-
en- Dust over $2,0O0,O0O). ~: :
The company is the sole concern in
Austria that makes rifles, so that it has
naturally a market for all the guns it
lean produce. In addition, it turns out
bicycles, which have had an unpre-
eedented market during the present
war.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
AUSTRIAN TROOPS SEND
MILLIONS TOFAM|L|ES
lpy Ths Aanociatsd Press.l

VIENNA. December ll-Stutistics of
the post Office for the first two years
of the war indicate that more than 400
million Kronen tnearly 500, ,000)
has been sent from soldiers at the front
to their families at home-savings
from their wages. This is due, it is
Said to the fact that the men in the
field are so well supplied with the
necessary things to eat, drink and
smoke, that they have no use for
money.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
PILES CURED IN 6 TO "a DAYS

PAzo OINTMENT Is guaranteed to
cure blind, bleeding, itching or pro-
truding Plies in 6 to l4'days or
money refunded. Manufactured by
the PARIS MEDICINE CO., St. Louis,
u. S. A.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
fsfd Curzqn 70. Wed
AgOther Yankee Girl

tAs.ociassd Press BY Rsdstai wirslsss.l
LONDON, December IL Lord
Curzon, whose appointment as pre-.
sident Of the, council in the new
Llovd-George cabinet, was an.
nounced last night, isengaged to the
daughter Of Kinds Dugean, fbriher
United States ambassador 60 Brazil.
Miss Grace Elvina Duggan Is one
of the most popular of the American
colony here. Lord Curzon's first
wife was Mary Victoria Letter,
daughter Of l.. z Letter an enorm-
ously, wealthy grain operator in
Chicago. ~ = - 'gfaf.l
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
WAR COST STAGGERING

PARIS, December ll-Deputy Peret
in speech before the chamber yester.
day told the deputies that the French
expenditures for the war have totaled
more than seventy.two billion. six hun
dred million francs. The British, he
added have spent ninety billion francs.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
GREECE WILL JOIN KAISER
IF ENTENTE FORCES HAND
(AssOolatsd Press by Federal wireless

LONDON, December IA despatch
to the Lloyd's Weekly received here
yesterday, declares that King Constan-
tine of Greece had told member of
one of the legations that if the Entente
breaks off diplomatic relations with
Greece he will at once throw in his lot
with the German allies.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
RAILWAY BUILDER DEAD,
(AsSOCiated Press By Federal wiIsIessI

OMAHA, Nebraska, December IL
George p. Bcmis, who with his cousi y
George Francis Train, built the first
trNmwny ia London, died here last
night, aged seventy.eight years. He
had been twice elected mayor Of THU
city.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
SNNFEINERSDISTuRB
J. CAARIEYPE|RFORMANCE

Associated Press By Federal wirslsssI
CORK, Ireland, December ia
party of two hundred Sim Feiners last
night halted a performance that was
being given in local hall for the
benefit of wounded aoldiers and the
families of wounded men. They sang
Sim Fem songs and shouted Cup with
rebellion and down with recruiting"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
reaches.
M!OlUTHOF R|yERWESSER
tAssociated Press By Federal wireless,

BERLIN, December 11---After an
eighteen.day voyage the merchant sub
marine Deutschland arrived at the
mouth of the River Wesser yesterday
Mt noon. The. Deutschland left New
London, Connecticut, on November 90,
after an accident in which the subsea
boat rammed the tug which was con
voying her to sea. She carried cargo
of nickel, copper and rubber, besides n
valuable consignment Of specie.