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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-02

Help Wanted-Oalesmen.
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WANTED live wire salesman with auto
to call on auto owners. high class propo-
sitiOl- Address Y 40. care Herald.
SIDELINE SALESMAN wanted-New far
and holiday line now ready. largest concern
IL country; high class salesboards only. Com
s. to SIC each order Chicago Diamond I'm
porting Co. 220 So. State St, Chicago
TRAVELLING SALESMAN wanted. best side
line on earth something new; entirely dif-
fereut- s. commission each order and re-
pests. PAN MFG. CO. 1855 Cottage Grove
Chicago.
$3.50 COMMISSION each sale and repeat or
ders- travelling salesmen among gen
eral mercantile trade. every state. weekly
settlement: no competition; pocket sample
Toledo cable Co. $50 Davis Bldg. Toledo. -
MEN WANTED everywhere. TO place Favor
ite cigar boards with dealers. five dollars
easy every day for your spare time: sample
95c; free particular Southwestern Sales
Co San Antonio. Texas
Statesmen SIDELINE-Make big money
selling ou- new sc art picture knife punch
boards Big commission write for exclusive
territory. Address Dan oualls Speciality Co.
box as. Knoxville, Tenn
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For Sale-MotorcYcIes.

FOR >ALE-Indian twin cylinder motorcycle
in good condition SIS takes H. P O. box 81
FOR SALE-ls14 twin Indian motorcycle
good shape. cheap for cash Call GIL san
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-02

WANTED or room house on
terms Of 500 down. S25 per montB
Write full description. D. s a. care
Herald
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Wanted-Bids.


BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUN-
Gil OF THE CITY OF Ell PASO-
That the CITY Clerk be and hereby is d.
rec-ed to advertise for bids for the con-
struction OF pavement on AnEe street from
the intersection OF the north lire OF Mis-
souri, street 70 the south line Of Crosby
street
said pavement In all respects 20 conform
, with the Specifications therefor prepared by
TIE CITY Engineer and file in his
Office which said Specifications have been
approved bv this Council said advertise
ment shall appear in each issue Of the Of
fetal paper which appears during the ten
tl0i DAYS prior to the eth dav OF September.
1916 All bids must BE- sealed and each be
accompanied hv certified check in the
sum Of one thousand 81. 000 00l dollars
PAYABLE TO the Mayor Of the City OF e PssO.
and which shall become the property OF
the CITY in the event that the bidder il
ccssful does not within ten t10l days OF the
acceptance Of his bid enter into contract
with the City Of z Paso TO complete said
pavement in accordance with said specifi-
cations within two months from the time
Of the signing Of the contract All bids must
be filed with the CITY Clerk before ten
tiol o'clock a. m the 9Th day Of September.
1916.
The City Of e Psso reserves the right 10
reject any all bids.
Passed and approved this. the cath day
OF August. 1915
Tom Lea Mayor.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-02

WILL PAY CASH for OF room home.
close in: give price and details. c. H. care
Herald
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-02
Situations Wanted-MaIe.

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CARPENTER WORK-Cau 5737 for build
ing or repair work
AMERICAN WITH 3 passenger ford wants
work deliverine for good store Phone 1888
SPECIAL NOTICE-Let Gus. the carpenter
DO your odd Jobs and repairs SIS y Flo--
ence. phone S@sS
WANTED first class carpenter
and millwrieht- scales repaired Address
Il. care Herald.
CARPENTER WORR-Porches garages. re-
Pairing large or small jobs. Best work, reas-
enable Guaranteed Phone 5Se4-
YOUNG MAN with clean habits desires posi-
ton chauffeur with private family. can
furnish bonds or references. Call George =
Bird. at sheldon hotel
YOUNG MAN. capable stenographer and
general office man viii be open for posi-
ton September 10. now employed: any ref
erence required y IS. care Herald
YOUNG MAN with good references desires
position as English-Spanish stenogra pher.
assistant bookkeeper or general office work
Reasonable salary; willing to leave city Ad-
dress J. ". j.. 409 East Boulevard, or phone
2s73-
ADVERTISING MANAGER.
With practical knowledge Of sales. collec-
lions and costs wants position in Texas;
connection preferred. hut will consider retail
offer. Write T 15s. Herald
DRUGGIST, single temperate neat; now
half owner and manager OF drug store in
good West Texas town Am selling and de
sire permanent position with live firm IN
southwest. speak Spanish. understand buy
ing. stock keeping. advertising. record keep
ing systems and store mana cement. \ thou
sand references II YOU want them Write
1Ss. care Herald.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-02

WANTED-Good paying mercan-
tile business or manufa curing bus
ness in which 10 invest $4,000 or
SO 900 with MANAGEMENT Of same.
Write D. : A. care Herald
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-02

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HALF INTEREST in newly invented burElsi
proof paddock for sale cheap Phone 6569-
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Situations Wanted-Eemale.

Situations Wanfed-Female.
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COLORED WOMAN wants place to cook.
Phone 1883.
PRACTICAL NURSE. best Of references
Phone 51S6W.
WANTED Work by American woman
Phone 71S6R.
GOOD COOK wishes place; understands Ger
man and Mexican cooking also Phi s2Sl
WANTED-Position as housekeeper by mi<-
die aged lady. Address 50. care Herald
COMPETENT and reliable woman. first
class cook. wants work cooking and house.
work in nice place; best 81 refs PHI $685.
[NP0MSs APSlesN
UNION IMIL4REN
~ szSa g.
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WANTED young lady stenographer de
sires position Address NJ, care Herald.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-02

SALESMAN 10 sell general trade IN Texas
Vacancy sept Il. 4 NEW merchandising
plan. commission contract. S35 weekly for
expenses. established in 1900. CONTINENTAL
JEWELRY co, 1886 Continent;t Bldg,
Cleveland Ohio
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-02

Business finances.
CASH PAID for stoves Phone 11O6-
FOUTZ FOOSHEE CO.
E4AUTY PARLOR-For sale. fine location,
reasonable. IL T. Main.
ORNDORFF dining room and kitchen for
rent. Apply Hotel Orndorff-
STORE Building rear College for rent
Box IS Las Cruces. y n
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Sell-LivesEock-Buy.

FRESH year obi Holstein COW for sale
1900 Nagoffin-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-02

HOTEL in New Mexico. twenty eight
rooms doing practically the entire trade OF
a live town. Thoroughly successful. estab-
lished nine years. Bakery and Grocery,
doing $4,000 monthly extra low expenses. no
competition in bakery. located In good town
Of $500 population Established ten years.
Details Of both businesses cheerfullv given.
HOWELL REALTY COMPANY
20e Herald Building.
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I'M. Tho south rose in arms.
as il had risen a@ains the Mdnchus,
The north, wen as the pawn of tho
iosuurrcful Fmpcror-Prcsident. failed
to H. vciop %dd"uuit" powers of rcpres-
sion. a. 1t had failed under the Man
chus.
Moreover, Nuln's Wpuld-ho empire
pow confronted a decisive force which
had originally opposed the republic.
That force was Japan. Japanese
st.t",raft disapprovcd the projected
rcversion to the imperial form of ov-
eminent on the adjacent continent. 1t
opposed the coup d'ctat, not because"
ii loved the republic, but because it
dreaded any change in the midst of
the European war; and enemies Of
Japan would have 1t because the
Japanese saw in tn" nominal republic
IN" best auaran'"" "f q continued lack
"t cohesion and of resisting power at
T. kin.
>uan nov found himself between
the devil of southern opposition and
tho stormy SEA ~ japanese hostility
Vet, with characteristic contempt Of
In" south and uf tho republic, he held
q" hi scheme oi empire, The south
Iccoptcd tho challenge The rc,nlu-
iionary generals orgiu.2cd u provI-
S.onal government at Canton. They
began To- make elaborate preparations.
either ~ driN" Yuan from power or tp
resist amy attempt which he might
make 10 rccStlhlish his authority
south of the Nangtsc-kianc.
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UNION SQUARES ASTRONOMER

TbR at least thirty years the Union
Square has been a
familiar figure. When Col, Wat
tcrson used to %soiourn at the Everett
House, when Tlffany's still occupied
the corner Of Fifteenth street ana
Broadway. with Mrs, Lynch's diamond
store at Fourteenth street. the man
with the telescope could be seer almost
any clear night. greeting customers
who paid ten cents for n look through
the instrument, t.nd explaining to them
about the mountains If the moon, n
the principal characteristics Of this
planet or that.
The old Everett House Is no more:
Tifany's, Mrs. Lynch's, and other
landmarks Of bygonc years have van
ished from the ncighhurhood. but the
telescope remains. and the man with
it, Sometimes he spends an evening
ON the broadway side of Union square,
sometimes on Seventeenth street, and
again across on Fourth avenue. II all
depends upon the varying positions Of
heavenly bodies.
AT the southern side of the square
are moving picture houses with thrills
enough to satisfy the most faded of
nervous systems; not far away can
he found vaudeville, and music of a
kind. Rut tho telescope man does o
lack patronage, Seemingly human in
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WHEN BATTLE CRUISER MET
N IN NORTH SEA

accompanied by n destroyer screen.
Quite some distance behind him
steamed the seCond division, the In
vincible. Infiexible and interchangeable,
under Rear Admiral Hood. and the
older armored cruisers,> Of course all
screened by destroyers. The reports
state dist Nctly that the action vas
we'll under way before the latter ar
rived. Behind Beatty were he four
Queen Elizabeths, the supporting ly-
ing squadron, with the enormous
punch of sixteen Is inch guns.
From what we can gather the Iep-
pelins gave the Germans the initial
advantage and told that Beatty was
coming on unsupported. And Beatty
~ the misty weather could have no
inkling of the German main fleet
operating behind its own fast wing If
battle cruisers. He had no air craft.
The visibility was low"
The position of IA commanding Adj
miral in Great Britain, or for that
matter IN any nayy during war. is that
of a popular hero who must make
good no matter what the odds. Sir
David with the bulldog jaw ~personifed
British sea powcr--a young man for
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moi untiI then Is proof furnished that
britain has los, sea control.
The frank. and honest %oniuion i'm he
American hattie flee, without any pro-
This mr. nru-th,, sentiment. il ma, the
Germans "nut ono ,ver" b,it that the
Erl,ish ara s,iu nm IN, ioh An Adj
m,rai IN. nayy's greatest
student of strategy and tactics. writes
me as follows:
After reading all 7 could and talk
ing with a number Of officers have
come TO the op,nion tina the first ac-
cn,,n, Wa receiyed of IN. hattie was
substantially correct exce,, the Ger
man helief that IN. War.uite was sunk
Tho German strategy was superior To
that Of the British in thu vital matter
o. catching n mar, of tho British fleet
ont. of supportinr distance of the rest
of the fleet and then ammering it.
..r,o pr,,,.h Admir-, na,,,v was
,,,dh .oa r~mnrraon, =" no IN cnmmond
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council OF the Mtnchus, When the
wuulc family was assembled Ne spoke
To- them respectfully but in vigorous
fashion.
'>ou see how things stand ] can
not make your troops fight because
thoy are ali out of rice and the treasury
- empty. The Cantonese refuse To lis
ten 10 reason. ana they are on their
way her" with blood in their eyes. |
ShaII throw up my hands and go back
To iipnan To nurse my rheumatism I'M
less q place yourselves and yoUr for
tunes entirely in my keeping. 1t Is up
To YOU, gentlemen"
h result, wa that Nuan's premier
ship became a Dictatorship. And out
Of the prevalent chaos Yuan evolved
the most mastery settlement that ever
was devised 10y either a statesman or "A
politician. Tie induced the Manchus to
cIln,nat" themselves from ia situation
ON condition that they retained their
beads and part Of their incomes. In
view of the umlnouS advance of the
rebels this scheme c~ugendorcd feelings
of eratitnd. to Yuan in the breasts of
the nbdicatcd Manchus.
With this solid achievement to point
To the man of liOuan next turned ia
treat with the Republic ms. There
would be NJ moro fighting. he an
n%Ounc"d, If the rebel armies would
matt where they We're, The ManChuS
were no longer an element IL the sItua-
ton and he would he very glad to talk
things over with his Country;ncn from
the south ana sec what arrangcmcnts
could he made, II the Republicans
should want him to be tn ir President
he might possibly consider :he PROPOSE
ton. Fut of course ii was their af-
fair.
It 80 happened that the Republicans
already had Il Presidential provisional
President to ho sure. He was sun
Iat-sen. Or. sun, like most of his
Z followers, had reached the conclusion
ever before tn" abdication of the Man
chns that Yuan Sh!h-k'dI out of the
100, 900, 900 Chinese in the empire was
the one man to Ice r.Ckoncd with
quite true, he had commanded the
forces which had opposed them, hut
ON the other hand he had not OPP
posed them very hard. ST.
The moment Yuan had been elected
President by the newly organized ma
tiunal assembly the Republicans saw
grave reasons to regret tlclr immoll-
tiun upon the altar of their patriotism
The former champion Of the ManChus
showed a disposition TO play the En-.
pcror, He insisted upon tie honorifi,
forms Of address which had been en-
ployed in the imperial court. He eve
restored the tonfucian cult as til,
state religion and his first public par
t|iCipation in its rites was imperial in
- forms.
Yuan was already Emperor in all but
name, lie was dealing with the lie
pubiicans as he had dealt with the
Manchns this man from HonRn who
at height Of his power might well have
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the terrific smash Of a first salvo OF
IL and IL inch high explosives. from
which no battle cruisers can recover.
Beatty lost his first ships. The Ger
man fire control must have been rs
perfect as their initial strategy. one
after the other three British battle
cruisers went under.
1t becomes hard to piece together
the reports covering the next few
hours. Apparently the fight became a
melee, a Donnybrook Fair. The ar.
mored cruiser Defence is caught be-
tween two German fires: the Warrior
becomes helpless. The Warspitc. n
Of Beatty's supporting d~readnoughts,
Is standing off the Germans concen-
trating upon the helpless Warrior
And the four Queen Elizabeths hold
ing Off the entire German d~readnought
fleet until help came will go down to
history as probably the most brilliant
exploit in modern naval ANIMAL.
Beatty with his remaining battle
cruisers Is o trying to get the Ger
mans in the flank. Close toward eve
ming Jellicoe arrives with his Iron
Dukes. The rest becomes but a ter
rife smuggling match, the Germans
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ser's high sea fleet entered hattie for
tho FIRST tim" under conditions for
which their main batteries had been
originally designed.
As the action closed IN range the
secondary battery Of tho i inch tor
pcdo defence guns got in their work
ana this BATS will reopen the discus
sion of the pros and cons Of the me
dunn artillery.
What the war has already demon
strtted this action has again proved
~" particular nation has tho patent
To- bravery. The courage on both sides
WAS superb. The public loves the
man who dnrcs. Beatty VIII become
Greet Hritain's dol and 80 down as
the man who single handed engaged
the whole German fleet instead # do
ing what he should have done. run
north Ike the devil. Thereby he would
have effected an earlier junction with
his immediate" support and the grand
fleet coming southwark. Had such a
pi5u been carried out and succeeded.
with III" Germans following. the
action might have become a terrible
German defeat.
II II L. true, as now asserted 10y the
Germans at home and in America. that
the sea power of Great britain has
'.en broken In this fisht, Germany
will promptly take advantage Of the
situation and the command Of
TIA" sea-. II. un the contrary, the COM
uand of the sea still remains with the
British, it Will hc manifested 10y con-
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LACK OF ALL FIST YUAN' HANDICAP

Yuan at the beginning of his career
Is President had announced That M"
did no care To lie q Napoleon If W"
could he a Washington. NJ TINS juno
ture Of events. however. he found HIM
self ocCupyinE a truly \dpoloonic pn-
sit.on-thc sort of position To- which
the little Corsican had been reduced
on the eve of Saint Helena.
In order to avoid "A Saint Helena or
perhaps "A decapltation the Emperor
President now achieved another re-
vcvsal. lie announced that h" had
abandoned his intention to assume Tn"
imperial title and pledged himself 10
observe s~crupu,ous.y the forms Of re-
Iuhlican government. But his SUI
render To- the cianor of the south and
the power of Japan came too late, TIT
south would have mono OF him and
Japan showed a mcnaciuS willingness
To- help the south.
\ man OF less ambition 0v NOR"
limited resources would NaV" ,ltini-
rated himself from a hopeless slttla-
ton. Not ~ Yuan ShIh-kai Tn" old
mandarin who had played the Man
chus against the republicans and then
III" republicans against IN" Minrhu>
IN hi, determined struggle 10 become
Emperor showed a determination to
uEht To the last ditch and then IL keep
On fighting At the bottom al the ditch,
His death came at a moment when
a.. definite cleavage of China into w.,
parts appeared inevitable, Tn" no
ment If his elimination was 50 oppor-
tune AS to CIV color to the runors
that he had died 10y a method Pc
Cu!iar,y Oriental; that he had died hy
poison administered by his enemies.
Much Of Yuan's shifty policy L. to ho
interpreted IN the lirht OF his ~reall1a-
tlun that the republic was a farce
from It's inception aud Of his desire "a
retain his mold upon the powers of
state for purposes that do not appear
Ia have been entirely or even prcdumi-
udntly selfish. Yuan knew. as any
body wiz knows auythiu- about CHINA
might know, that the country IL NOT
adapted Ia the republican form 81 GOV
eminent, lie know that the success
of the republic would mean d|cccutraI-
cation and Weakness in the face uf an
cNigrnt foe. lie knew that the uuIy
' '. l'''~ 'iA ~ 'lH'l
to" was the establishment of central.
i2ed power, such as TIA" Manchus had
n,Ncr been able To establish. And tu
the achievement of this task hr ap-
piled himself with a wealth of guile
'ul Resources.
Ills opposition to Japanese spolia-
''nn WAS vigorous and persistent. Al
through III" negotiations he cNert.c
every cNped!enl, up to the final en-
pcdicnt of threatening the aggressors
with armed resistance, IN his endeav.
cIs To save his country from ~foreicn
control. II he failed II was because
the words OF diplomats are of no ay,i,
unless they are backed by the "
To drive them home ny force, And this
power China lacked in her supreme
! hour of need and peru
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beating back. And with dusk the
main destroyer attacks commence.
The melee becomes a running fight to
the southwark.
Able to fire more rapidly with their
lighter guns Of II inch, the Germans
gained as tn" distance closed down
below 10000 yards. Their turr,t guns
We're at this range as effective As the
cncmy's. At this shortened range
the heavier British guns had lost in
initial advantage, curious!y, the Ma
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his rank. And attack he must-thc
tradition OF the great British navy de-
manded il.
He law nothing but the enemy ana
with his thinly protected battle cru!s-
ors he closed ny. HIS strategy was peril
ous HE tried to cut off the German nv
nE wing and get behiHd 1t. Apparently
he did not reckon on tn" approach ut
the encmv's newest dreaiuoughr.
which supported their h.ttlo cruisers.
TIE Germans landed first and under
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appropriation bill will add to our naval
personnel persisted during this battle.
so far the greatest and most impor-
tant sea fight in this war.
Here was the first instance in re-
cent times when two up to date fight
ing machines met in IA combat whicH
became a thorough test of all tn"
intricate and scientific contriyances
which belong 10 the floating fort
known as ~drcaGnoughts. 1t was nut
a fight fought L. a |s;andsi!lI. But it
will give the naval world the true
dope. It viii answer many question:
to which SO far the replies have beer
hut theories If proving ground and
target practice.
The articles If war Of the British
navy say that 1t x upon the navy
that under the good providence
of God. the wealth. prosperity and
peace Of these Islands and Of the man
empire do mainly depend" Nod this
is why the people Of Great Britain.
though still ecure behind their set
power, ara now thinking hard. Not
alone are the British upset. Eut thu
faith in the great British navy. with
~
ns ->c'a"h ''"o'' mas t''e''tu " i" /
"a, "''' 49, '''''' ava 49, ""'
NUN ni,'s'!S' s"'''e""''' '"' "V''A
were SP''"u'
As We know the action il seems II
nave been neither victory nor defeat.
Inc losses inquire practically equal on
bolt sides. But 1t was a shocking ia
10 BRUSH rrld" that IN" AdlniraltS's
strategy was slich that prtctl'aIlN a
Iast wing 81 cruisers, thre" OF them
battle cruisers, could he virtually cur
up before rtcnforc"ments and IN"
grand meet @ the scene OF action
ready I" punncl the G'rinans nj"
bits, The question Will Ice asked ~
Parliament. Was Churclill right
m"e" III sam ''"' INV maj" h'''S''
meet was naSeu 10" lar away IN IA"
nortn' r"r' as we KNOW, IN" gram
meet mas curing th' war SHIFTED from
one pase L" announcer III the nr'hs OF
Scotsahu'
NATURALLY IN" Germans are )uhllan'.
ltlstory Will NOT deny lhai the patti"
OF Jutland Is IL great moral victory
for the Kaiser. The Germans became
the aggressor, they finally came
out"
This moral German victory at sea
was the last gasp of "A starving. war
tired nation willing to risk their fleet
on a gamblers chance. II was the
kaiser's bow Of submission to the
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Lessons of the Great Naval Battle
Where Modern Machines Met
First Real Test

seas fleet retreated, battered and torn.
lf its mission was to win the ad-
m!ralty of the Atlantic II failed.
Every naval student knew that
sooner or later the Germans would
come out. \ year or more ago | wrote
from London: THE German fleet viii
make for the sea only when forced 10y
public opinion. II has always been so.
National pride made CerNera steam to
destruction out of Santiago h1rhor, and
the handspring behind the Russian
sortie from Port Arthur was also the
public pulse
NJ yet We 10 not know:
/. What vessels of the German fleet
were in the North Sea at the time Of
the action.
.. Same as to the British fleet.
3. What forces of each side were in
actual contact during the first. the
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This comment is based upon as
yet incomplete reports of the
action.1
By HENRY REUTERDAHL.

~ URING n few hours fighting
the other afternoon both the
- British and the Germans lost
practically as great a number
of ships as the naval Appropriation
bill now before the Senate will add 20
the American navy. This figure of
curse does not cover the submarines
nor thc supply ships which the bill
provides.
II the reports are true both tho
Germans and English lost more than
half as many capital ships as are now
in actual commission in the American
fleet. And more than t~wo-thirds VI
the entire number of men which the
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-09

The tax office insists that you take
your tax bill with you when paying
Jour taxes before November IS. Make
separate checks for Honolulu and
country districts.-Adv. -" =