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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-24
. DAILY REMINDERS
n get vaI,,e .ell a hv auction

To get value sell it BY auction. See
auction ads-Adv.
Round the island IN auto, $500.
Lewis Stables. Phone 2141.-AdX.
Pure fruit flavors and Rawley's pure
ice cream at the Quality Inns modern
soda fountain.
Don't wait for any special time to
begin your financial Independence
start that savings account today with
Bishop & Co
Just reeeiyed. new spring models
front and back lace corsets. The Good
win Corset Shop, 21-22 Pantheon Bldg.
Phone 1699.--Adv.
If you want a5large variety of styles
from which to choose your dancing
shoes, go to the Manufacturers Shoe
Co., 1851 Fort street
The incest attention you can show a
departing friend Is to send to the
steamer one of Henry May & Co.'S fine
steamer baskets. Call 1271.
Handsome locks, knobs and hinges
in sets are on display In Levers &
Cookies windows for the benefit OF
those who expect soon TO build
The store Of Henry May 4 Co, Ltd,
will be closed ali day Tuesday--Wash-
ington's Birthday. Place your order
early, Monday. Call 1271-AdE :
The tatlishment OF Wall & Dough.
lerty will close at 1 o'clock on Sattr-
day afternoon to allow their employees
to attend the automobile races at
Kapiolani Park.-Adv.
The establishment Of, Wall Il Dough
erty will close at i o'clock on Satur-
day, February 26, 1916 to allow their
employees to attend the automobile
races at Kapiolani Park-Adv.
bits of Verse from Hawaii, a
dainty book of verse collected and
published by G. D.sWright, is on sale
at all leading book stores and curio
stores. 1t makes interesting souve-
Eir of the islands. ADV. IS
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-24
ALOHA
What To See

(For the benefit Of tourists and ar
rivals from the mainland. the Star
Bulletin publishes akbrief directory of
q few Of the scenic and historical at
fractions Of Hawaii Additional de
tails wiz be given on inquiry at the
rooms of the Hawai Promotion Com,
mittee in the Alexander Young hotel
boilding.)
Take Waikiki Car.
Aquarium.
Surfing and bathing at Waikiki.
Take kaiihi Car.
Bishop Museum, daily except Wed
nesday.
Fort Shafter.
Moanalua Gardens. :.,,.. ~.
Ten Minutes Walk H.. mi
from BusIness Center. ..... ~
Old Royal Palace. H.. :
Old Throne Room. ..=...@
Old Coral Church. =.
Old Mission House. =
King Lunalilo's Tomb.
Washington Place. =
Outside the City.
Walks in Tantalus Hills.
The Pail, by motor.
Coral Gardens. II miles by auto,
daily.
Haleiwa Hotel, by motor or rail
Wahiawa Hotel, by motor or rail-
Pearl Harbor, naval station.
On Other islands.
Volcano via ,Hilo, by steamers
Wednesday and Saturday
Haleakala on Maui, by steamer,
Wednesday; Saturday, Monday
and Friday.
Waimea Canyon, Kauai, by steam
er. Monday, Tuesday. Thursday.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-24

Doctors are so scarce in Vienna that
professional consultations over the
phone have become frequent.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-24
MITE BOXES FOUND
ABOARD THE APPAM

NORFOLK, Va.-Lieut. Berg, com
Eander of the German prize ship APP.
pam. has announced he would give to
the American Red Cross mite" boxes
found aboard the ship and containing
SO contributed for relief of widows
and orphans in England The boxes
previously had been reported confis.
Gated by the raider Moewe when she
captured the Appam.. The Moewe,
however. did take about s200, 900 worth
of gold bars from the ship, Lieut.. Berg
said.
The value of the Appam's cargo, dis
position of which must await deci-
sion of the Washington government,
vas estimated by port officials today
as about $650.OO0, including 1000 tons
Of cocoa worth s450,000.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-24

The final accounts Of j. p. Medefros,
guardian OF Caesar Lopes, were ap
proved by Circuit Judge Whitney yes.
terday.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-24
IMPERIAL HEAD
OF SHRINERSTOI
COME in March
]. Putnam Stevens and Dele
CATION Looking for Pilgrims
to Buffalo Council

BUFFALO, n. I.-Headed by j..
Putnam Stevens, imperial potentate,
d delegation of officials Of the Imperial
Council of Mobiles Of the Mystic Shrine
will arrive I'M Honolulu on March 81.
The imperial potentates is making an
extensive tour of the Southern states on
shrine business, an important part of
which is the arrangement for the an
Iual imperial council session. which
will cause some 100000 Sinners to
make a pilgrimage to Buffalo next
July, so that with mobiles, their ladies
and the crowd the event attracts,
something like double that number Of
people will attend.
To Meet Local Shriners.
In Honolulu Potentate Stevens will
meet the officers OF Aloha Temple.
After his business conference with
them he will participate In the shrine
doings, If any are scheduled while he
is in the city. On part OF his trip Mr..
Stevens is accompanied by other Off
GERS Of the imperial council, among
them Imperial Recorder B. w. RoweII
ard Imperial Chief Rabban Charles e.
OvenshiFe Geofss K. Staples Of Buff
faio, past potentaie OF Ismailia Tenn
rle, Will be in the party for part Of
its Journey to explain to temples visit
ed the entertainment that win be pro-
yided when the, imperial council ses-
sion is held in Buffalo.
Mr.. Stevens is devoting two months
to his tour of Southern temples, max
ing q swing through cities OF Virginia
North Carolina. Florida, Georgia,
Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Mis-
siscippi, Arkansas, Texas, Arizona,
California and the Hawaiian Islands.
Big Event In Buffalo.
The pilgrimage of mobiles of the
Shrine and their ladies' to Buffalo,
which is the big event of the pote1-
tacy of Mr.. Stevens, gives promise OF.
being the greatest in the history Of
Shrinedom Arrangements are being.
made by Ismailia Temple for enter
tanning their guests In q manner that
viii make the pilgrimage of 1916 >;
memorable one. Besides the natural
attractions of Buffalo and the Niagara
Niagara Falls. the Whiri.
pool, the great electric generating
plants at the falls and steel plants al
Buffalo. Fra Ebert Hubbard's Rycroft
shops, the original Chautauqua, near
fy Canada with its Fort, Erie, Brooks
monument and other historic spots
tie Buffalo Mobiles are arranging
an extensive entertainment program
They have decided to put 100000 into
the entertainment fund; and the best
(I.e<1 a. 6rf1f IA 4,,.,..s f7o 0f,f,d fnr fhafr
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-24
FEAR OF STRIKES
HOLDING UP MANY
DEALS in SUGAR
September Delivery Figures for
Cubans Continue Strong;
Domestic Trade Supplied

Just how large a part threatened
refinery strikes have played In recent
New York fluctuations In the price OF
sugar, Is shown by the following mar
ket review put out on February IL by
Neyers & Callaghan of SO Wall street.
New York:
A sIaekenine up In the demand for
refined and the fear Of labor strikes
spreading TO other refineries than
those already affected, caused buyers.
early In the week. to hesitate about
making further purchases. and there
fore offerings of Cubas at 3Rc basis
s6' c.&f for February and March
shipments were neglected
Holders refused to weaken to any
great extent, as the closing down Of
some of the local refineries on account
Of the strikes tended to divert some
refined business to outport refineries
and created an inquiry for raws from
that source, resulting in sales to New
Orleans at 27-32c. basis go c.&f. Of
Cubas for February shipment which
really netted the sellers, because Of
the lever freight rate obtainable,
shade above 7-Sc basis 96 degrees
c.&f, that was being asked for New
York shipments. However, after the
outport requirements had been salts
fled. holders found II difficult to effect
sales at 3 27-32c basis So degrees c.&f.
for either February or March ship
ments to New York, and although
spectators paid this price for two
small parcels OF Cubas for March
clearance to New York, further offer
ings Of about $4,000 to $4,000 bags,
principally for February shipment, at
3 27-32c basis So degrees c.&f., could
net be placed
"Rumors OF the likelihood Of the la
Dor strikes spreading and the an.
nouncement by the English govern
ment of their intention OF restricting
the importation Of sugar to the United
Kingdom, created some uneasiness
among some holders. and slight con-
cessicn In their asking price to
3 1916 basis IS degrees e.&f. resulted
in sales Of about 5000 to 100000 bags
Cubas for February and March ship.
ments at this price, with all offerings
absorbed and buyers willing to con-
tinue at this basis. The buying at this
period also included some 10000 to
10000 bags Porto Ricos fer February
shipment at 4.70c basis 9s degrees eli.
The report that labor troubles had
actualy spread 70 another refinery
ana tnat sun others were threatened
. pc closed down Dy strikes caused
nuyers 70 completeiy Witharaw from
me maIket ieaylns limited .oIlerlngs
q tseees A. tscs OASIS. ~ degrees
S:xL. lot Feprahkt ana elarcn shlp- !
,1en.s anu swo sInaii parcels OF Porto
1,cos LOT FeCreary Shipment neio az
1'svc OASIS ~ oss.ees ell, N ,Millcn /
no interest was Delns SHOWN. Al the
close. CuDan 3'2ers are very s urn ~
ahu sno~ no lnhSion = l,Esss su1
sars LOT saie' sn11s Dsins olIere1 ~
less tiidh - pasfs 70 uSBrees c.0i.,
and cOnslderah'st inquiry from specu-
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-24

A delegation of about fifty of the
boyhocd friends and acquaintance Of
Gov. Whitman Of New York, escorted
him TO the nearby village Of Garfield,
where the Governor spent his youth
A proclamation issued by the mill
tary government of Egypt allows the
shipment OF raw Gotten to Switzer-
land II it is consigned to certain
firm which has guaranteed to keep it
from Germany
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-24
CORPORATION MEETINGS

Annual meetings OF sugar COM
panies and other Hawaiian corpora.
tons will soon be einiuiI SWing. From
now on for the next few weeks large
number Of shareholders meetings Nili
be held, to 90 over last years activi-
ties and choose officers tor act for the
ensuing year.
Meetings Of corporations 30 far adj
vertIssd include the felloudnn: It
FEBRUARY Is.
WaiaIua Agricultural Company, 10
q. m. -1sae s1 1
Kahuku Plantation, 10 q. m.
kona Tobacco Company, lLtd.s 10
Mutual Telephone Co, 1850 p. m.
oisa Sugar Company, Ltd, at 2 pm.
FEBRUARY Is.
kohala Sugar Company, 10 .. "a.
FEBRUARY 2e.
InterIslsnd Steam Navigation Coz
Ltd, 10 a. m.
Alexander & Baldwin, Ltd. 10 4. N.
IFEBRuARY q.
Waianae Company, II a. m. s.
kekaha Sugar Company, Ltd, 10 a.
10.
Pacific euano & Fertilizer compa-
ny, 2 p. m.
MARCH 4
keokea Cigar Company, II a. m.
MARCH 2
Mesryde Sugar Company, Ltd, 10
a. m.
Kauai Railway Company, 2 p. m.
Kauai Electric Company, Ltd, 2:45
p. m.
KAUAI Fruit & Land Company, Ltd,
3:15 p. m.
MARCH 8.
Pepeekeo Sugar Company, 10 a. N.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-24
|IOlM And GHlERM'

Z r.
The final accounts Of j. p. Medefros,
guardian OF Caesar Lopes, were APP
proved by Circuit Judge whitney yes
terday.
Serafina Torres. who last Friday
pleaded guilty to the charge Of exhib-
iting and giving away obscene pic.
lures. was fined $40 without costs IN
federal court yesterday.
Charged with having assaulted a
part.Hawaiian girl under is years Of
age, H. II. Padden pleaded not guilty
in Circuit Judge Ashford's court yes
terday. The case will go to trial on
March 8.
in the office of Sheriff H. Rose
some lady, il she can properly des-
cribe il, can get handsome solid gold
hat pin. which was found at the
armery after the masked ball Monday
night. Sheriff Rose wants to find the
owner. ~E
Approval to the plans for the sec
end floor of the new federal building
in Hilo, now under construction. hay
ing been given by the federal Judge.
the acting district attorney and the
marshal, the plans were sent back
to Hilo this morning.
The judgment which sent Benigna
Dagoman and Malicio Pacaro to Oahu
prison was set aside by Federal Judge
Clemens. yesterday. Counsel for the
defendants contended that, although
they we're convicted of the charge
brought against them, they were limo
cent.
Funeral services. over the remains
of LIST Sgt Rufus e. Chappell of c
Troop, 4th Cavalry, were held yester-
day afternoon in Masonic Temple, the
decedent having been a Mason. The
troop and band attended. Sgt Cha
pell's body viii be sent to- the main
land in the next transport for inter
ment.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-24

The Chicago Telephone Co. has APP
piled to the Public Utilities Commits
sion for authority to issue $4,000, 900
stock, the proceeds to be issued for i'm
provements.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-24

Exports from Alaska in 1915 amount.
ed to 55,000,0 00 Imports were $685.
eles 900 y
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
HUGE SEAPLANE is
ORDERED IN u. S. A.

Buffalo, N. Y, March 8. - A local
manufacturer of engines for aero
planes today received from q North
Tonawanda boat manufacturing com
pany the body Of what is said to be the
largest hydroaeroplane that has been
built in America. When completed 1t
will carry thirty-four men. After be-
ing equipped with motors and propel-
lers, it is said, it will be shipped to
Great Britain.
When fully equipped, ready for ser.
vice, this flying boat will weigh 81 900
pounds. The body is fifty-fve feet long
and Is completely enclosed. In it will
be four motors of 240 horsepower for
flying purposes and one 200 horse
power motor for propelling the ma
chine on the water. When the three
sets of planes are constructed the ma
chine will be 12O feet from tip to tip.
The hull has two gasoline tanks, which
have total capacity of about 1000
gallons. Apartments are constructed in
the body for food and ammunition. The
hull Is of cypress.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
/" TONG" sLAYERs WARNED
Posters In San Francisco's Chinatown
Advise Gunmen to Make Sure Of
Identity Of Victims.

San Francisco, March 8.-Tong
leaders in San Francisco's Chinese
quarter received warning today
from the chief of police which stated
t at unless peace was made immedf
stely between the Suey Ong and Hop
Sing tongs he would declare a block
ade upon Chinatown and warn all
tourists to stay away from the quar-.
ter.
The dead walls in Chintown today
famed with red posters cautioning
tong gunmen against mistakes in the
Staying of their enemies. The post
ers, translated, read:
"Gunmen, before shooting, will use
every precaution to ascertain the
tong connections of the men they are
about to kill.
mo more mistakes will be toler.
ated. 1t would be better to lose man
than to involve society In diniculty
over the shooting Of . wrong one"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
MOBILIZATION OF
RESOURCES FOR
WAR DISCUSSED
NAvY's ADVISORY BOARD MEETs
WITH ENGINEERS AND tx.
PERT ADVERTISERS.

New York. March 8. Members OF
the naval advisory board gathered
here Today to attend conference with
the representatives of engineering
societies and the Associated Advertis
ing Clubs of the World, to consider
plans to mobilize the industries, in
cluding railroads and other resources
of the country in the event of war.
The purpose of the conference is tc
ascertain how much assistance in the
way OF preparedness can be given by
the large business concerns. This in
formation is to be classified after
which 1t Is understood that certain
work will be assigned to each industry
factory and railroad.
It Is stated that leading advertising
men and owners Of periodicals have Of
fered their services free for an exten
sive advertising campaign to be sub
mitted to the conference today. By
this advantage an appeal would be
made to manufacturers and the heads
of railroads and ammunition plants to
offer their services to the government
In movement to prepare for war.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
WOMAN FOUND DEAD:
POLICE PROBE ON

Chicago, March s.-Circumstances
surrounding the death of Mrs. Nellie
Shaw, 80 years old, said to be an ex.
pert billiardist, in a crowded down.
town restaurant last night, are being
Investigated today. & She was the wife
Of Lew Shaw, also q billiardist, who
is said to be making tour of Illinois
and Iowa. &a
Mrs. Shaw, accompanied by two
other women, whose names have not
been learned, entered the restaurant
and ordered supper. Half an hour
later two of the women left and short
ly afterward it was discovered that
Mrs. Shaw, who remained at the table,
was dead.
A physician who examined the body
said the death might have been caused
either by poison or heart disease.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
FALL OF SLATE
CAUSES DEATH
Charles Harkless Crushed
When Room Caves in on.
Him While at Work
FELLOW EMPLOYE
ESCAPES FATALITY
Miners at Bidwell Victims
Of Accident; Relatives
Reside in Ottumwa

Clarence E. Harkless, 40 years old
employed in the Bidwell mines, was
instantly killed Tuesday afternoon at
3:40 o'clock by fall Of slate. Frank
Williams, another. employe of this
mine, working with Mr.. Harkless, was
about to enter the room when the fall
occurred and was slightly injured. The
slate fell without warning, pinning
Harkless to the floor. He was removed
in few minutes but life was extinct.
The deceased resided about two and
one-half miles west of Bidwell, and ia
survived by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Harkless of Ottumwa, his wife
and three children at homo, one SON,
Montella, and two daughters, Freda
and Ustina, also one sister, Mrs. Ber-
tina Dale Of near Bidwell. 'and four
brothers, Emmett, Fred E., =. G., and
Earl Harkless, all of Ottumwa.
The funeral services will be held
from his residence Thursday afternoon
at / o'clock and at ; o'clock from the
Pleasant Home church, conducted by
Rev. G. A. Field. Interment will take
place in Brook scemetery. The U. M
w. of A., Local No. 3o39 Of Bidwell,
will have charge of the services at
the grave.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
RAILROADS UNABLE
TO HANDLE WHEAT

Hutchinson, Kan, March sAn esti.
mate that 100000 bushels of wheat
were piled on the ground awaiting
freight cars for shipment on the El
Paso division Of the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific railway between
Herington, Kan, and Tusumcari, N. M
was made today by Luman Osborn. di.
vision freight agent Of the road. The
elevators along the line were full, he
said. and cars could not be obtained TO
move the surplus. He said it probably
would be several months before the
road could handle adequately the grain
offered it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
EIGHTEEN VICTIMS
OF GASOLINE BATH

Ell Paso, Tex, March 8. The death
list Of the city Jail fire remained at
eighteen today with six Of more than
9 score of injured reported in critical
condition. The disaster occurred
while prisoners, mostly Mexicans,
were being bathed in volatile disin-
fecting fluid under direction of health
authorities to prevent spread OF
disease from Mexico.
Charles Phelps. motorman, who was
shot and seriously wounded Monday
night, was reported in precarious
condition. Phelps was shot by a Mex
ican who boarded his car, after reports
had reached Juarez that number OF
Mexicans had been burned In the El
Paso jail.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
TERROR
IN THE TRENCHES
WHEN NOISE ENDS
SOLDIERS FIND SILENCE UN-
6EARAeLE AND LOSE ALL
sEMBLENcE OF REASON.

Paris, March 8.-"You are not cool
enough to feel fear during battle,
said captain of light infantry, who
In civil life is a professor Of philosophy
and who fought in the battle of Yer
run, but when the uproar ceases,
when the cannon are silent, you have
a sensation that something Is going
to happen, but what, you do not know.
You expect anything. Those are the
horrible moments and the following
is an instance:
"The German attack was beginning.
In a little wood near Vaux we had
made ourselves hiding place, taking
advantage of a hollow in the ground,
where the searchlights passed over us.
All day and evening the German artil-
lery searched out our lines all around
our shelter. Great shells tore craters
but our improvised trench remained
untouched. Toward o'clock in the
morning the guns stopped. For nine
hours my men had not moved nor
spoken for fear Of revealing their
presence. Their nerves were worn to
rags. I could feel their powers of re-
sistance failing and was afraid every
instant that some one would shout and
bring down shower of heavy shells
upon us.
Mysterious life filled the night, life
which none of us understood, full of
strange lights and sounds. My men
began to grit their teeth. This en-
veloping mystery tortured their Aer-
ves. Some closed their eyes, others
gnawed their fists. Before us we saw
crawling forms; they were certainly
Germans. We waited for them with
machine guns loaded and pointed but
our orders were to lot the assailants
APPROACH and to shoot them down safe
ly from our shelter. But the men
could hold themselves In no longer.
Those cropping shadows, in the dark
ness pierced by mysterious flashes, set
them mad. and they ragged at not being
able to understand why they were kept
tied down in hole. A
Suddenly before could stop them,
they leaped from the hole and fell upon
the Germans In the dark, yelling like
madmen. They should have perished
to a man under the fire of the German
machine guns but luck was on their
side and in minute they were all
back in the trench"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
BOMBS USED TO
DESTROY PLANT

Niagara Falls, N. Y, March S.-Fire
following an explosion in the chlor-
ate department OF the Niagara Elec-
tro Chemical Co. today threatened to
complete destruction Of the plant be.
gun last night when several explo-
sions did $150,000 damage.
DR.. H. R. Carvath, manager Of the
company, issued. statement today
saying the plant had been bombed .
No one was injured by the explo-
sion today but one man was killed
and another badly injured by the ex-
plosion last night
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
GERMAN REpoRr.

Berlin, March 8. The capture Of Z
French position west of the Meuse on
both sides Of the Forges brook below
Bethincourt, six kilometers wide and
three kilometers deep, was announced
today by German army headquarters
It was also announced that the vii
lagos of FORCES and Regneville, the
heights of Raben and the Cumieres
woods were in German possession.
The capture of flfty-eight officers,
3,277 men and ten cannon is officially
reported.
In the Woerve district the French
we're driven out Of the last houses they
held in the village of Fresnes. More
than 700 prisoners were made.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
SHOP OWNERS INDICTED
Employers Charged With conspiring
Among Themselves To Fix The
Wages of Common Laborers.

Youngstown, Ohio. March s. In.
dictments were returned today by the
Mahoning county grand jury against
the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.,
the Republic Iron and Steel Co.. the
Brier Hill Steel Co., the Youn gstown
Iron and Steel Co., the Carnegie Steel
Co., the United Steel Co., and Judge
e. H. Gary, executive chairman of the
United States Steel Co.
The defendants are charged with
forming a trust to fix the wages OF
common labor The indictments fol
low sweeping investigation of the re.
cent East Youngstown labor riots.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
CIRCUS FUNNY MAN
COMMITS SUICIDE

New York, March S.-Frank Oakley,
who, as "Slivers,' circus clown, made
millions of people laugh throughout
tha country, was found dead, suicide
from asphyxiating gas in theatrical
boarding house here early today.
"Slivers," who was 45 years old, came
by his nickname through his height
and slenderness. His cleverness as a
contortionist earned him a circus job
at the age of IA and for years he
travelled with Barnum. Later he ap.
peared in vaudeville.