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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-11-30
Notice Of Application
for Franchise.

Notice 10 hereby given that The South
west Missouri Railroad Company has
filed its proposition with the City Clerk
whereiuit proposes to construct, maintain
and operate an lnteFurban electric rail-
road into and through the City Of Baxter
Springs, Kansas, upon the streets named
I'm said franchise and upon the conditions
prescribed In the proposed franchise now
on ale with the City Clerk OF Baxter
Syringe, Kansas.
ThIs notice IL given and published IN
pursuance Of the laws Of 1915, Chapter "a
Section I.
This Fourteenth day Of November. l0is.
Alb. WILLARD,
o. sPRATT, Mayor.
City Clerk.
ISEALI
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-11-30
Postal Rates.

Washington, Nov. 2S-The
ways are now being CREASED for
the launching of the movement
for the readjustment of postal
rates in the next session of Con-
Rress. This problem was to
have been taken up in the last
session but had to be deferred on
account of the consideration re-
quired by railway mail pay.
Since this has been disposed OF
the committees are prepared to
take up the matter of placing
the various postal rates on a
more equitable basis.
A zone system of rates for Sc
cond class matter is being pro-
miueutly urged to take the place
of the present fat rate which
was adopted nearly forty years
ago. The present rate has for
some time been regarded as a
discrimination against the news
papes in favor of the great nation
al magazines. Like the parcel
post the proposed zone rates
would be based on the length OF
haul.
The postal committees have
been besieged by petitions bear
ing millions of names and sever
al hundred thousand letters from
individuals urging a readjust-
ment of postal rates with a view
of making possible one cent let
ter postage. A survey of the
situation indicates that sufficient
changes will be made in the var
ious rates to permit the granting
of 4 / cent rate on local delivery
letters in the next session of Con-
gress.
Chairman Moon of the House
Postal Committee, today said; Il
think that the Committee will
take up this second-class mail
matter at the next session and
press il to a conclusion at once,
While l cannot speak for the
Committee, this is my desire II
the matter. 1 do not know what
kind of a bill we will pass,
whether it will have a zone
feature attached to it or not
This view has been presented
j frequently in years past, AMI
sometimes received favor and
sometimes not. AS to wha'
shape the Legislation will be II
l am not able to say, ! am sur
: the Committee will give it thu
best possible shape in the publ
interest"
Senator Norris, of Neb. said
when fixing rates Of postag
, more consideration should b
E given to what it actually cost
b the Government to handle tn
E various classes of mail. TAX
!. for instance the point at issue
!. why shOnld the patrons OF tn
/. postal service be forced to pay
E cents to mail a letter which is I
|. be delivered in the same city Q
/. town in which it Is mailed Whe
= Il costs much less than 1 cent I
/, handle. In fact, postal expert
, say tuat such letters are handle
|. byShe Government at profit G
It several hundred bercent. Az
to official reports of th
!. Department the profits derEis
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-11-30

81 DQIIn| talIIIIItN.
Commenting On the pending
legislation. Senator Curtis Of
Kana. said ''when l FIRST began
boosting for cheaper letter rate
the general public and the mem
bers of Congress did not seem to
appreciate the ipjustic of the
existing rates of postage. For
the FIRST time since I have been
connected with the Legislative
branch of the Government the
patrons of the postal service, and
apparently 4 majority of the
members of the two Houses Of
Congress, have reached 4 real
ization of the true situation and
are about prepared to take some
definite action on the matter,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-11-30
SALE BILLS

Are printed correctly on short
notice and at lowest prices At the
O6ce # TIE Baxter SPRINGS News
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-11-30
% You Have
Sour Stomach!

If you are troubled with sour
stomach you should eat slowly
and masticate your food thor
Oughly, then take one OF Cham
berlain's Tablets Immediately
after supper. 0btainable every
where.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-11-30
The County n0k0f

aAO
The following Official tabula-
ton of the county ticket does not
change any of the results given
last week. It-Shows that some
of the races were close. That for
probate court where $50 votes
out of over 5000 would have
changed the election; that OF the
race for clerk Of the district
court where If 40 of Mt Sim
kin's votes had been given to Mr.
HodsOn It would have elected
the latter instead Of the former.
II will be seen that all the races
for the FIVE vacancies ON the
broad of C. C. n. S. trustees
we're very close. D. h. Holt, OF
West Mineral, was the only Re
publican elected on the board and
his majority was but 81.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13
SURE OF
BUSY SESSION
THIS evening
Many Improvement Questions
Sure to Come Up: Bond
Issue Message Due

Tonight's meeting of the board of
of important measures are due to
come up-more than have occupied
the attention of the board at any one
meeting for some little time D. H..
T. Lusitana assessment rolls as propos-
ed by the city engineer will come be-
fore the board for approval. There
will doubtless be long discussion be-
fore their adoption and the naming
of date for the public hearing. Some
of the members of the board have
begun to doubt the ACCESSIBILITY of the
city making $500 appropriation TO
make up the difference between the
engineers, estimate on the work and
the contractors bid.
Manoa Hearing Due. -.." =.
Public hearing on the ManOa i'm
proyement assessments will be held
tonight, but il is doubtful il there will
be any contention as the property
owners who have come into the city
engineers Office to examine the roll
have expressed no dissatisfaction.
The mayor expects this afternoon
to have a message to the board rec,
ommending bond issue OF $750,0O0
for the construction of a city hall
and the building of belt road ready
for tonight's meeting. but the city
attorneys office is not so sure. A. NJ.
Cristy, first deputy city attorney. de-
clares that he has not had time to
prepare q legal opinion for the mayor
on the matter and doubts, whether he
can complete 1t before nightfall.
There are other more pressing
matters occupying my attention just
now" he said. There is no money
in the general fund to pay the ex-
penses Of special election on the
bond question and hence there is no
great rush about it." -.
May Postpone One Hearing.
A motion TO postpone the public
hearing on the Kalakaua avenue i'm
provement will probably be made, so
as to give the city engineer time to
investigate the need of sub-drainage
system for the avenue. Charles r.
Forbes, superintendent of public
works, has been so insistent in i'm
pressing the need of such system
on city officials that it is felt that a
more thorough Investigation should be
undertaken. ....
City Engineer George M. Collins
was not given an opportunity to make
any recommendations on the matter
at the last meeting of the board,
where a report was made by the road
committee declaring that there was
no need of sub-drainage in the dis
trict.
Pay rolls and several minor mat
tiers will also come before the meet
ing.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13
RUBBER YIELD TO
RUN Three TINES
over ESTIMATES
DR.. {. c. WaterhouSe Here
From SeIama- DingdingS
Holdings in Malaga .

Though the estimate of this years
yield of rubber from the Selama rub
Der estate OF the Selama Dingdihgs
Plantations company was for 1850
pounds of rubber, the actual yield will
run al ebout 10000 pounds, according
To the 6God news brought TO Honolulu
this morning by DIR. L. c. Naterhouse,
who, with Mrs. Warehouse and his
daughter, Miss G. Warehouse, arrived
from the Far East in the Tenyo Maru.
Last year about 5000 pounds of rub
Der was obtained from a small area
Of new trees, which were not expect
ed TO yield at all in 1915, but the
growth was exceptional. This years
output will be more than three times
the estimated yield, and next year
says DR.. Warehouse, the plantation
will be on a paying basis, even II rub
Der should drop as low as 40 or so
cents. There are $4,000 trees on the
1905 acres in the Selama plantation
which is in the state of Perak, Malay
Peninsula.
Bearing at 8 ~ Years.
Many Of our trees we're bearing at
three and half years. said DR.. Wa
terhouse this morning. This is very
extraordinary. | have never in my
life seen a better growth"
Equally fiourishing is the Dingdings
coconut estate, where 1900 acres out
OF the 6400 acres of land owned is
planted with about 125,O00 coconut
palms.
"copra was $3.50 rer picul. when
1 left and q picul Is l33 poundsS con
tinued the doctor. This is the high
est price known in the history of the
Industry. We shall have much larg
er crop of coconuts than was antici-
pated This early bearing of our CO.
conut trees-a few of them even al
three years-is unheard of, and is due
solely to clean cultivation of the plan
tation, a method employed on very
few coconut estates. For 1917 our
copra yield will outrun our estimate
by so per cent, and in 1918 it will be
many times above what we expected"
To Stay Here Some Time.
DIR. Waterhouse, who will remain in
Honolulu for some time, and may visit
the mainland before returning to the
Far East, says that despite the pros
porous times now prevailing for copra
and rubber plantations, there is very
little new land being planted out This
is due 10, the fact that all European
capital is tied up by the war.
DR. Waterhouse was the man who
started the Tanjong and Pahang plan
tations, both rubber plantations in the
Malay Peninsula. The stock of each
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13
FARRINGTON'S TALK
ON CITIZENSHIP is
AR0USlNG INTEREST

A translation of the address deliy.
cred by wallace r. Harrington at a
meeting of Japanese and local Y. M.
C. A. workers at the Hongwanji high
school last Friday night, has been
printed in the Hawaii Shinpo, Hawaii
Hochi and Nippu Jill, local Japanese
daily newspapers, and is attracting
widespread interest in the Nipponese
community. The Doho, monthly
magazine published by the Hongwan.
il Mission, is to Issue special edition
containing the address. Mr.. Earring.
tons address appeared in full in the
Star-BuIIetin's edition of March IL.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13
Decides In Is
Minutes to See
Isles of Peace
O. K. Gaymon IoinS Hill Liner
lust as She Sails Away
From San Pedro

Leaving behind him his extra
clothes and other belongings which
were in a Los Angeles hotel at the
time, 0. K. Gaymon, wealthy globe
trotter, decided to come to Honolulu
from San Pedro on the Great North
ern, and made up his mind in Is min
uteS. f.. ..-'<:.
Gaymon was at the pier in San Pc
dro watching the ship get ready to
sail. He had come down from Los"
to see the sights which always inter-
est tourists. When the hour of sailing
time was only Is minutes away, he
rushed up to the agents representa-.
tive on the dock, deposited a check
for ticket, and joined the ship as a
passenger, without even a toothbrush
in the way Of luggage.
He arrived this morning, and put in
a busy hour or more buying clothes
suitable for the tropics, and to take
the place of the wardrobe he left be-
hind him in the Los Angeles hostelry.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13
GERMANY HAS MORE
THAN MILLION MEN
AS WAR PRISONERS

The Japanese liner Tenyo Maru,
which arrived In Honolulu this morn
ing, received the following radiograms
while at sea from the Orient to this
port:
TOXIC, Japan.--A wharf to cost
100000 yen (about $4.O00,000) is to
be erected at the port of Sakurashima,
Osaka, by the Mitsubishi Ship Yard"
TOXIC, Notwithstanding to an
official cablegram from Germany to
Japan, Germany now has 1,429,171
prisoners of war. and has captured
19. 1000 cannons, 5000 machine guns
and 100000 rifles.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13
DAILY REMINDERS
Round the island in auto, $500

Round the island In auto, $500
Lewis Stables. Phone 2141.-Adv. :.
Corsets correctly fitted The Goodwin
Shop. Rms. 21-22, Pantheon Bld.-Adv.
Individuality is the keynote of the
millinery creations of Miss Powers, in
the Boston block on Fort street.
Bits of Verse from Hawaii" a
dainty book of verse collected anu
published by G. D. Wright. is on sale
at all leading book stores, and curio
stores. 1t makes an interesting souVe-
mir of the islands.-Adv.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13
RIVENBURGH TOO
BUSY TOLOOKUP
Land AGREEMENT
Judge Wilder Declares Contract
Between Territory and Metz
ger May Be Fraud

81 agree with Mr. Wilder when he
says that the contract between the
territory and Senator d. Z. Metzger,
providing for the exchange of lease
lands for fee simple to part of them is
void, although ! am not so fully in
formed on the subject as he appears
to be-" replied Bertram G. Riyenburgh
when questioned this morning as to
his probable action on the matters
brought to his attention in a letter
from A. A. Wilder's attorney, r. w.
Breckons, mailed Saturday.
Wilder charges that the contract
is void as il provides such inadequate
consideration as to brand il fraudu-
lent; that it was entered into by
Joshua Tucker, former land commits
sioner, against his wishes and at the
direction of the governor and that the
fact that the land to be given to Metz
ger in fee simple would yield large
profits when used for quarry purposes
was concealed from the land board.
He declares through his attorney,
that he will bring the matter to the
attention of the national government
if title is given to Metzger or if action
is not brought for waste committed on
the lands now under lease.
Too Busy to Look II Up.
81 have been too busy with routine
affairs to hook up the agreement be-
tween Mr.. Tucker and Senator Metz
ger, but / understand that it was new
er approved by the governor and is
hence void" Rivenburgh added. The
governor tells me that he does not
intend to approve it and the whole
transaction will be dropped. ! hope
Mr.. Wilder will be satisfied with, that.
ANY action instituted for waste
will have to be brought by the Waia-
kea Mill Company, who have the land
under lease from the territory. Mr..
Metzger sub-leases from it. At least
that is the way look at it now.
have never seen the agreement or
lease, and my only knowledge of the
matter is CLEANED from what | have
read in the newspapers and what !
have been told by territorial officials.
Sometime this week will look more
thoroughly into the matter and reply
to Mr.. Breckons' letter" =>.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13

Of these companies is listed locally on
Change, and each is now dividend
payer.
He recalls that when he first went
10 the Malay states in 1905 the total
rubber production there was only $50
tons per year, and that everyone was
predicting an over-production within
Ave years. The worlds total rub
Der production then was 10000 tons,
and is now over double that figure.
Now the Malay plantations produce
so geo, and despite, immense new areas
bearing there is a rubber shortage,
and prices are soaring.
For some time prior to starting for
Honolulu DIR. Waterhouse and his fam
lily were in Sumatra They sailed
from there for China on February 2.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13

Kansas grain dealers and growers
estimate that the probable wheat
yield has been reduced 25,o0O.0 900
bushels by the coating of ice on the
ground. --. ...">~.~~~.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13

Nearly 1.0GU employees of the Erie
Railroad shop in Meadville, Pa, are
to be given an increase in wages. The
advance amounts to from one to two
cents an hour.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13

HENRY H. HERRICK. night fore
man of the Advertiser, has been re.
moved to his home from the Queens
hospital. Herrick is suffering from a
seriously injured hand which caught
in duplex press.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13

ROBERT w. SINGLE is planning
to leave next Thursday night on the
Great Northern, for San Francisco,
where he will meet Mrs. Single, who
will have returned from washington,
where she has been at the bedside of
her sister, Princess Abigail Havana.
nakoa, who is convalescent after an
attack of typhoid. Mr. and Mrs. Shin.
gle will return On a Matson steamer.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13

d. YANAKURA, president of the
Japanese Merchants Association of
Honolulu. who recently left this city
on visit to Japan. has rendered his
resignation to the board of directors
At meeting Friday evening the COM
rlittee refused to accept the resigna-
tion and passed resolution asking
Mr.. Yanakura to reconsider.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13

JUVENILE JUDGE WHITNEY,.
Honolulu mothers cannot be given too
much information regarding the care
of their children. By all means. there
fore, let's have a Baby Week" here
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13
tIIIIEfNIEINIEIl

MISS LUCY WARD: | am heart
lily in favor of the Baby Week project.
and believe that the plan should be
carried out
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13

GEORGE CASPER, the violinist, re-
turned Friday from ten days con-
cert tour of the island of Maui, where
he was well received. Mr.. Casper has
been invited to give similar series
of concerts on the island of Kauai, I'M
der the auspices of the Literary Socie-
ty, backed by the Knudsens.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13

LIEUT.. CHESTER P. BARNETT
and his wife. who is a granddaughter
of the late Gassaway Davis, who died
Saturday, will leave on the Great Nor
thern next Thursday night for the
mainland. A leave of absence has
been given to Lieut. Barnett from the
4th Cavalry. T..
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13
MORNING ON CHANGE

Too busy waiting for word from
Washington anent action on the sugar
tariff to even trade in local issues
that's the attitude of local brokers and
investors apparently, for trading has
slumped from several thousand shares
daily to reported sales of only 125
shares, both between boards and at
this mornings session. Eva is down
one quarter, and McBryde up one
eighth. Otherwise prices are un.
changed from last weeks close.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13

CITY ATTORNEY A. M. BROWN
is expected to return to his office
Thursday Mr.. Brown has been spend.
ing the last two weeks on his ranch
on Maui, recuperating from an attack.
of grip. z...--..cc... !. b.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13

: In proportion TO population among
cities in the United States Cleveland
has the greatest number of tele-
phones and New Orleans the fewest.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13

fMen4lOfG!

MRS. WILLIAM GALBRAITH and
son will leave for the coast on the
Great Northern Thursday evening.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13
VIA lIn An0
Af$'FT.lfs@:@1eal1fY'pD
FOR sALE-AuToMo8ILE

Ford touring car; excellent condition;
bargain for cash Phone 3570.
6421-6t
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13

Copies of the abstract of title to the
Irwin estate, which has been selected
for Honolulu's new federal building,
and Of the petition to condemn the
property, will be forwarded to Wash.
ington, d. c., in the steamer Lurline
tomorrow afternoon. The petition and
abstract We're prepared by the local
u. s. attorneys office.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13
LOCAL AND GElVFRkL

Honolulu Lodge, No. 400. F. and A.
NJ. will hold regular meeting tonight
at Z: 80 O'Clock. Third degree.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13

An-thventory of the estate of thu
late Henry Gaillard Smart, who wa.
husband of the late Thelma T. X
Parker Smart, was filed in circus
court today by the Trent Trust Com
pany, administrator. The inventory
shows that the estate is valued a
$l0,564. ....=...-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-01
Seen, Heard,
Talked About
ELIZABETH TwIGGs,

THE coiffure of the moment Is i'm
modest. inasmuch as 1t bares the fore
head and even shows the tips of her
dainty pink ears. The simple back
to-nature" arrangement of the hair
AT the nape of the neck. sans curis
and puffs, looks well enough for the
street costume. but with a picturesque
dance frock the hair Is gracefully
twisted into soft knot in the middle
of the head after it has been waved.
favorite coiffure shows an un-
broken line that follows the shape Of
the head in the back and Is a new
feature recently introduced by clever
hairdresser.
A pretty woman may make hide
Gus caricature of herself. however, by
adopting ultra-smart coiffures which,
they are entirely unsuited to her type
OF beauty.
For a great percentage of her APP
pearance depends on the way she
wears her hair If the simple part
on the side or in the middle brings
out her good features and detrGcts
from defects. better to continue this
mode. although the girl who can dress
of her charm is fortunate.
| her hair in many styles and lose none
! Earrings have long been consid-
cred relics of barbarism. and mary
women think they add years to ones
age and refuse to wear them: but in
this day of extremely high coiffures,
when the skilful hairdresser success
fully tucks locks into solid tnbunds
on the head, long earrings are smart
and becoming to all save the debu-
tante. who should remember that
youth and simplicity Cloth in clothes
and thought) should be synonymous
and next year she will no longer be
IN the spotlight
The simple Grecian bandeau of sill
yer or gold, studded with Jewels. is
effective on the young woman who
combs her hair straight off OF her
face. This ornament is worn across
the forehead.
Wristlets to correspond with the
| bandeau are novelties Of the moment
The dainty maline scarf worn over
her shoulders may be held in place
with these.
The girl who is fond of ultra fads
may sport anklets of gold or silver
with her brief dance frocks.