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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-17

WHILE the board Of supervisors is winning
w popular favor by the willingness displayed
Ito further the various frontage tax improvement
projects before it and by stoutly resisting attempts
to compel it to carry on expensive temporary re-
pairs along the old wasteful method long in force
the board is falling down in at least one important
particular.
1t. not so very months ago when, with -four
ish of trimpets, the supervisors set about to inn
prove sidewalk conditions within certain down
town areas, the promise being that these areas
would be put into shape as soon the necessary
steps could be taken to force backward property
owners into line. With the dying away of the
trumpet echoes the effort of the city fathers faded
into nothingness
1t is important that this city be given its mod
ern street system as rapidly as good business per-
mits, 1t is equally necessary that there be a
proper sidewalk system. Conditions that are dis
graceful Continue to be permitted, however. The
Sidewalk space between Fort and Nuuanu on the
Mako side Of -Beretania is one of the standing
disgIRces of the community, and there hun
ldred other places within five minutes walk of the
prHacipal corner of the town almost as bad.
GET >bisy,l Mr.. Supervisor. When we have to
walk to the polls next spring, let US have modern
sidewalks all the way to go
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-17
MAHUKA SITE WORTH
QUARTER MILLION
Local Real Estate Men Place
Large Value On Govern
ment's Land

At least $3.50, 900 should be paid for
the Mahuka site, to be sold next Sat.
uTday, in the opinion of real estate
men. This would be an average of
about six dollars a square foot for the
Al ,000-odd feet. The upset price is
100000. If bidding is spirited the lot
should bring more than $3.50, 900, mas.
much as it Is one of the few good sites
left downtown and there is enough
hind for erection of large Office
building.
Six years ago land opposite the Ma;
huka site, fronting Bishop street, was
appraised for taxation at four dollars
and eighty.five cents square foot; the
same land now is appraised at five dol.
lars and twenty-eight cents. These fig
ures are considered in arriving at n
minimum estimate of six dollars for
the Mahuka site.
Nothing goes with the site. Build.
ings and garage sheds now on the Wal
Ski side pay monthly rental to the
government, and may be removed by
the owners.
The sale will be held at twelve
o clock noon next Saturday on the
grounds. A certified check for five per
dent of the purchase price must be de
rOsited with Collector of Customs NAL
colm A. Franklin the day Of sale, re.
mai nder to be paid when title is given
Mr.. Franklin will be auctiOneer.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-17

An Impartial Investigator

ININHE sugar planters OF Hawaii have OCCASION
H ally had to meet very bitter criticism Of their
treatment of plantation laborers Slave labor
and slavery conditions" have been some of the
mIdest slogans of the labor agitator and prepayment
Iof free sugar During the fight the sugar tariff
a member of congress even went so far as to
publish series OF articles concerning the labor
conditions on the plantations in which he unmer-
cifully Aayed the planters for their alleged abuse
Of laborers for unsanitary housing, lack of med
zeal attention and maintaining stores in which
laborers are forced to purchase supplies at out
ageously high prices.
IL therefore must be a matter of considerable
satisfaction to the sugar growers of Hawaii to
lave an impartial investigator of the high stand
ing of Frederick L. Hoffman, statistician Of the
Prudential Insurance Company of America, praise
hem for liberal treatment Of laborers, and for the
maintenance OF excellent sanitary and housing
conditions In a pamphlet just received, entitled
The Sanitary Progress and Vital Statistics OF
Hawaii" Mr. Hoffman states:
II has been my privilege to examine personally per:
haps half the labor camps the principal islands
and, broadly speaking, their conditions conform
nearly possible to reasonable ideal as could be
expected in the of popuation largely Of 0ren
tai or otherwise Asiatc, origin IL Is something very
considerably TO the credit Of the Hawaiian sugar
Planters tnnt respect tney bnOuu nave Set an
example humanitarian consd GRAFTON and conformity
to the eractng principles Of sanitary science far in
advance Of most Of the plantation housing conditions
in the of the mainland On of Cuba and
Porto Rico ~. .tt.r9 .%s#. r.N tt..N.
1t is even more their credit that they should
provided better hospital facilities and free medical aid
to relatively low class Of Oriental Filipino labor
the Hawaiian sugar plantations than Is available
the present time most Of the agricultural popua
fion rich and poor white and black the mainland
of the United States. Such hospitals are to be
found the island of Kauai OF Lhue and the island
Of MaGi at Puunene challenge comparison with any
similar institution regards the equipment, nursing
care, medical supervision, and the keeping Of
card records, the mainland. 80 ~ r.. ~.
It is primarily due to the persistent efforts the
part Of the planters to improve sanitary and housing
conditions hospital facilities and provide food
reasonable prices for plantation laborers, combined
with adequate wages free fuel pure water; etc. and
the hearty cooperation Of efficient and thoroughly
well organized Territorial Board Of Health that such
farreaching sanitary results have been achieved in
recent years.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-17
Information Wanted

TINE application of the Lofd7Xoung Engineer
i ing Company for the right to erect some sort
of hosting plant at the brink of the pafGson the
public road or somewhere near it, is one'that
should have considerably more light shed upon il
before any action is taken by the board of Sgri;
culture and forestry.
Certainly this community does not propose to
have any blot stuck upon the very face of what
is today our greatest scenic asset, and it is hard
to conceive Of any freight hauling apparatus that
could be installed without marring what is now
an Incompatible view.
There should be some way of bringing freight
over the pail without the plan involving general
damage to the community. That some such dam
age is involved in the present plans of the Lord
Young Company is suggested in the fact that that
corporation is so reticent about giving out any
information. The Advertiser has been able to
secure none, at any rate, although the attempt
has been made.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-17
WADE WARREN THAYER
DODGES ALL QUESTIONS;

Wade Warren Thhyer intends to hand
In his resignation, probably about the
first. of the coming year, but he prefers
TO say nothing about it just at present
the habit of official secrecy clinging
to him hard and fast!
+ All he would say about the matter
yesterday, in response to additional
questions, prompted by the statements
printed in yesterday mornings AdVer
tiser, was:
~ have not resigned yet, and car
not say when I shall do so. 1 do want
TO say that there has been no friction
between the Governor and myself"
In this last statement Mr.. ThayeI
was supported by Governor Pinkham
who said that he could not say any
thing about the resignation save that
he had heard reports to that effect sew
eral days ago. He added that his re-
lations with the territorial secretary
have. always been cordial He lodged
questions as. to the reasons for Mr.
Thaver's reluctance to discuss his res
ignation.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-17
jill. .NALLACN Will
VISIT HERE AGAIN
Once Man Of the Hour In Ha-
wall Thanks To His Fake
Cure

J, Lor waIlach IL soon TO pay Homo.
lulu another visit. l vi. #t.,
10 anyone who has yeen here over
five years this item will mean good
deal. Wallach 10 the man who turned
this Territory upside down q few years
ago, stampeded a legislature, aimos,
provoked riot at the Molokai Settle.
ment, had elected Representatives Of
the people In his pay gs touts, and was
the man Of the, nour, all because he
claimed to have a cure for leprosy.
This cure contained, among other
weird ingredients, oil from worms
Lound only seven and half miles
north Of Bombay and boiled without
killing; the inner bark Of the squee.
dunk tree, and moss from female rocks,
dredycd from mile deep holes in the
Pacific. The more ridicule poured
upon WRllach and his absurd "cure''
The higher he rose in the estimation Of
The hoi polloi and the bigger thorn he
became in the side of the health au.
thorities. T. .. ~. g., .-
Along with walIach were the Atch.
nrlcy comicalities, all Of which are a
part Of the comic history Of Honolulu.
81 have learned number of things
since 1 was having all my fun in Ha.
ali, " writes Wallach to The Adver.
tiser from Los Angeles. lone thing
that have learned is that no man is
ig enough to 60 up against the law
nd make il stick. Aiter 1 served my
time in Honolulu jail went TO New
'rlcahs with my leprosy cure. did
we'll there for a while, until the health
authorities got after me and did me up
again, II was then I discovered tina.
10 law was too big a thing TO buck
ow lam busy working Mt my trade as
mechanic. have Just invented q
Spokeless automobile wheel, which
xpcct TO make some big money out Of.
"I see that Pinkham Is Governor
down there now. hope to see him
ncn / 90 down. IWant to lind out
he still has that bag of gold he
offered me if I would leave the Terri.
DRY. That was funny thing. There
vas Pinkham' with what he thought
vas, a lot of money to tempt me, when
could 60 out and get that much In
two days from the Hawaiians.% You
.cmembcr that took twenty dollars OF
is gold and brought It 10 The Adver.
iser office, because / thought Pinkham
vas slipping me marked money in or
Ger TO have me arrested for stealing
rom him. %.-.,, =
al spent that twenty on fruit for
tn" hcvs I spent time in jail with. "
Wallach is living quietly in Los An
geles, happy married man with two
line children. ~ was really married
all the time was in Hawaii, he ex
plains, "b6t I didn't want them "a
know that, because they got enough on
me as It was"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-17
TWO MORE DAILY
Papers TOAPPEAR
English Publication TO Be
Launched In HiIo; Another lap
!, anese Daily Fpr Honolulu

Two more daily papers. are, to make
their first appearances in tba rst.ifoFy
this week. IL the plans Of those bacI q
The Seuturcsomc experiments ipetsrlal
ize. One win have the distinction o.
being the hrst daily paper outside of
Honolulu. ..y =. r.
\ This is to be the Hawaii Post. 70 be
published at Hilo by T. Wake, a recent
arrival in the Islands. HiIo already
has q daily publication, Today q News,
but 1t Is not, strictly speaking, news.
paper, inasmuch As ~ isl issued solely
for the purpose Of presenting the wire
icss news report sent out from Homo.
lulu. 1t carries no Hilo news. The
Post, on the other hand, Is to be u
tric'ly Hilo publication, with the. war
news and other news Of the world only
one part of its news service. The Post
win issue, according 20 plans, at noon
every day except Sundays. ~ 4. 10 >
The second new daily is TO be in
tapanese and is to be published In Ho,
nOlulu. This Is to be the Hawaii
Ghoho, 70 be published and edited by
r. MurAkami, formerly connected with
he Hawaii Shinpo. The Choho will
be the fourth japanese daily for tho
ity and is coming into field pretty
well garnered over. II IL succeeds Il
will be because Of its management. Mr..
Murakami is well.known Japanese
journalist, and if anyone can make a
nccrss Of q fourth Japanese daily In
this city he will. A.'-. ......
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-17
GENERAL MACOMD NOW
ON ARMY Retired LIST

Brig. Gen. Montgomery NJ. Macomb
president Of the Army War College and
former commander Of the Hawaiian
Department and the First Hawaiian
Brigade, was retired last week for age,
having been born sixty-four years ago.
He has had nearly six years as a gen
eraI officer.ss - =. .'
1 General Macomb came to Hawaii in
1871, taking command of the local de,
partment. He was relieved in 1912 by
Funston and took command Of
the First Hawaiian Brigade upon its
organization, being thus its first com
mander. From the latter position no
as relieved in the following year by
Gen. Clarence Edwards, going from
here to Washington to become presi.
dent of the War College, which posi-
ton he has held ever since.
General, Macomb's service with the
army has been with the artillery de
nartment. He was graduated from
West Point in 1874 as second ieuten'
ant Of artillery, and held all grades of
an officer up to brigadier,general, to
which he was named in November,
1910. The fact that he is retired for
age today will be of interest to many
people Of Honolulu, both civilians and
ervice folk.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-17
The Militia's Border Task

hOW does the Presidents explanation that
u i the presence of the national guard on the
border is necessary to prevent trouble square with
the gable about the country being kept out of
war through some of his performances?
If we can only be kept out of war by having
our border lined with troops, for an indefinite
period-because heaven only knows when Mexico
will be quiet again-something must be very
wrong somewhere. H.
Does the President suppose that this armed
peace of his is going to satisfy the country Does
he suppose that the militia can be kept indefinite
" on the border? There is no indication that
there will be any closer approach to peace in
Mexico than at present for the next FIVE, ten or
twenty years.
X Carranza is only Provisional President in name
Villa is in arms in the north and it only requires
a victory of some sort to gather to him again all
the ruffians of the Mexican border states; Zapata
is running his own independent banditry and Car
rama does not dare send force against him, while
IN other places other leaders doing as the whm
Of the moment impels them.
Evidently Mr.. Wilson suffers from the impress
sion that he can keep the national guard under
arms until there is some further Improvement
but if he so supposes he is due for an awakening
1t is fortunate that Governor Whitman Of New
York has been able to drag from him some ex-
PLANTATION for the continuance of the border mill
tia guard. Now that the real plan OF the Presi-
dent is plain the general voting public will know
what to do.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-17
Blew HIMSELF UP
WITH H|GHIExPLOSNE

y. Mitami, japanese, committed sui
eide yesterday morning by Getting off
q stick of dynamite under his bed in
q clubhouse of the Waianae planta-
tiOn. Death was insta ntaneous. An
inquest conducted by Deputy Sheriff
Asch win be held over the body to.
morrow morning.
According to the report of Police Of
fcer William Perry. Mitami waited un-
til all plantation hands had left the
quarters and then touched a match to
the explosive. Besides killing the Jap.
anese. the explosion tore up several
feet Of ground adjoining the shack.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-17

Wilson is certain that Republican victory
would mean the sending of American troops into
Mexico. Wilson prefers to let the Mexicans alone
to rape American women, murder and mutilate
American children and so threaten our borders
that we have to keep our whole standing army and
much Of our national guard on the watch. 1t re-
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-17
RODERICK o MATHESOEs EDITOR
Roosevelt and Kipl;nq

III
another characteristic canpaign. and the dis
cussion which has arisen throughout the country
over hiss diplomacy when in the White House,
has led to a going back into history for further
light ON the questions raised by the review of his
activities In the Roosevelt letter over the Vene-
zuelan question, pub 'ished in these columns few
days ago, for instance, the writer referred to the
fact that the British in little sympathy with
the Germans although the British and the German
fleets were supposed to be cooperating. Many
believed at that time that the Roosevelt diplomacy
was aimed more at Great Britain than at Ger
many, the general opposition Of the British people
to any action in concert with the Germans not
being appreciated.
q Just how strong that opposition was voiced
at the time in what is practically suppressed
poem by Rudyard Kipling. 1t was printed orr
ginally in the London Times, but it does not APP
pear today in any of his published works. It's
tone, so hostile to Germany, probably brought the
British authorities around to requesting its further
suppression The Venezuelan episode came, 1t will
be remembered. shortly after the close of the
Boer War. in which the Boer cause was warmly
espoused by the Germans. fF@
The suppressed Kiplng verse, OF interest to all
Kipling followers, many Of whom have never read
it, and especially interesting in the light Of the
Just published Roosevelt letter, Isl
. .,'-.. THE RoWERS
The banked oars fell an hundred strong
And backed and threshed and ground;
But bitter the Towers' song
As they brought the war boat round.
They had no heart for the rally and roar
That makes the whaleback smoke
When the great blades cleave and hold and leave,
As one on the racing stroke
They sang: "what reckoning do ye keep,
And steer her by what star,
If come unscathed from the Southern deep
To be wrecked on a Baltic BARI
''Last night ye swore our voyage done,
IS But seaward still we 60;
And ye tell us secret VOW
Ye have made with an open foe:
t'That we must lie of a Iightless coast
And haul and back and veer
At the will of the breed that have wronged us most
~. For year and year and year
"There was never shame in Christshdis
They laid not to our doors
And ye say must take the winter sea,
And sail with them once more
"Look south. The gale is scarce Ger past
That stripped and lay down
When stood forth. But they stood fast,
And prayed to see us drown
f'The dead they Knocked scarcely cold:
Our wounds bleeding yet;
q And ye tell that strength Is sold
a To help them press for debt.
!" Meath all the flags Of all mankind
That upon the seas,
Was there other feet to find,
That ye strike hands with thesei
'of evil times that could choose
On evil fate to fall,
What brooding judgment let ye loose
To pick the worst of allf
"In sight of peace from the %natrow seas,
(. 0'er half the world to -. -"
With a cheated to league 49,
(. With the Goth and the shameless Hunt"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-17
CHILpREN,s COLTS.

Why let the children r9ct their little
bodies in ouch a distressing manner
when you can 30 easily cure their colds
with bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy: For sale by all dealers. Ben
son, Smith 4 CO., Ltd, agents for Ha.
wah.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-17
PILES CURED ING TO "A DAYS

PALO OINTMENT 10 guaranteed to
cure blind, bleeding, itching or pro-
truding PILES in s to IA days or
money refunded. Manufactured by
the PARIS MEDICINE CO., St. Louis.
u. s. A.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-17
BoOTLEGGING STOPPED

License Inspector ~. p. Fennell ar,
rested w. A. Monroe last evening for
bootlegging. A man was found drink.
ing in MonrOe's house on Militant
Street.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-17

Automobiles driven by Muraoka and
R.. r. Cation collided at Nuuanu Ave.
nue. and Kuakini Street last evening,
Damage was slight.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-17

What's the matter with William Jennings Bryan
these days' Has he lost his power Of speech!
.saE h &Hk&A
y The Kaiser, ever polite, says: mo tanks"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-15
CARRANZA Css< EN- CHANCE TO RESTORE ORDER
WHAT THE GAS FIGHT MEANS

Here should be of special interest to
the people of Northern West Virginia and especially people
OF the four Pan Handle counties.
There is deposit in the National Virginia
at Wheeling of approxmating which
sum is being increased month at the S5
10000 per month ~
The between the gas rates which
the manufacturers Light Heat Company sought
West Virginia and the rates fixed after the hearing
the Puohc Service Commission of West Virginia.
This and all the monthly additions
turned to the who
State OF West Virginia wins the suit with
turers Light d Heat Company.
Manufacturers of Wheeling in
fund nearly S50,00000.
Manufacturers and individuals county accu
mulated In this fund approximately S40,00000.
Manufacturers and individuals Wesburg accumulated
In this fund approximately S3O,OOOOO.
manufacturers and individuals in Weton and Follansbee
nave accumulated this fund approximately $50
Manufacturers and individuals
mulated In this fund approximately 100000.
rms fund has reached its present gigantic
is now lighting to the manufacturers and individuals these
four counties approximately S16o,O0OOO per year
The State of West Virginia is making this fight
The State administration is making this
The State administration
heves 1t to be a fight.
In making this fight State administration and
oughy organized and the effectively
ever carried by enormously rich corporation pur
breaking of
tions of the State.
This fight against the rapacity
been inspired by demaogc desire attack
ests The rates fixed by the Public Service Commission
fixed after long investigation and careful
to be sufficient enable the
handsome profit The rates
Public Service Commission have been declared by
ps 70 be eXtoronate rates and this exoron the State of
West Virginia resisting for the benefit of people and the
manufacturing interests of northern West Virginia
Do the manufacturers and individual north
West Virginia fully realize what this
the debt they the individuals making this
fight?
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-15
And Protect Foreign Rights in
Mexico Without Intervention
This Was Decision Following Meeting Yesterday
Wilson Will Not Be Stampeded Into Sending Armed Force
Across Border-Troops Now Pursue Bandits

WASHINGTON, Jan. l4.-General
Carranza and the de facto government
OF Mexico. are 10 be given full oppor-
tunity. without Intervention from the
United States TO run TO earth the muir
derers OF American citizens at Santa
Nsabel and To demonstrate ability to
restore order and protect foreign rights
In the southern republic. This was
the outstanding fact here tonight after
meeting OF the cabinet. a conference
between President Wilson and Chair
man Stone of the Senate foreign rela-
lions committee. and another day OF
stirring debate in the senate chamber.
The President. supported by his cabi-
net and the Democratic leaders in con
gress, Is declared to be determined
that the American government shall
not be stampeded by war talk and
cries OF vengeance into rushing an
army across the Rio Grande to destroy
in its infancy the de facto government.
which the United States. with the CO.
operation of the Pan-American nations
aided in establishing after the Mexican
nation had been torn by revolution for
years.
In the Senate Democratic leaders
firmly outlined the position of the gov
eminent in tho face Of denunciation
from the Republican sides and another
resolution demanding Intervention.
proposed by Senator Works. Of Cali
fornia. At The state department. Off
cials were vigilant in their watch over
the situation. awaiting official word