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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-03
TERRITORY Wins
SUIT INVOLVING
WATER QUESTION
CONTINUED from page one)


Honolulu. Judge Matthewman sitting
in Circuit Judge Whitney's court to
take the testimony OF certain aged
Hawaiians and other witnesses who
would be~fnconyenienced by trip TO
the Big Island. Prior to that date,
30 DAYS of trial had been had at Wal
mea and, last August, the case again
was reviewed for another 80 days.
Villagers and homesteaders at Wal
mea obtain all their water from the
ditch over which the litigation was be-
gun. Ten years ago the government
built a reservoir there, and installed
a system of pipes to meet the de-
mands of the residents. The conten-
ton Of the government was that If the
plaintiff won his suit, and the Parker
Ranch was made sole claimant to the
water, the people Of Waimea would
be entirely without this necessity.
According to counsel for the terri
tory. the suit was brought in time tn
avoid the statute of limitations, as it
had been nearly 10 years since the
construction of the reservoir and pipe
lines. Judge Perry holds that the
suit was of vital Importance, for the
reason that the residents of Waimea
would have no other source OF water
should the claim to the contents OF
the Waikoloa stream divert to the
Parker Ranch.
Judge Matthewman's first ground
for finding for the government is the
unsatisfactory evidence given by wit
nesses for the plaintiff. The second
is acquiescence in modification of the
run, which is taken to mean that no
objection was made by representatives
of the Parker Ranch to the construc-
ton of reservoir and pipe lines. Aban-
donment and non-resistance by the
plaintiff is given as the third ground,
the fourth ground stating that gov.
eminent conservation for household
use is of paramount Importance under
section All"
Section All of the Revised Laws,
which has to do with the rights OF
persons in taking water from streams
and springs, states that these waters
shall be free to all"
An appeal to the supreme court
from Judge Matthewman's decision
may furnish the next development in
the case.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-03
LOCAL men Will
VISIT MINERAL
PRODUCTSLANDS
C. G. Beckus Leaves Tomor-
row and Albert E. Judd
Goes This Month

y C.. G. Bockus, secretary and direct
or of Mineral Products Company,
leaves in the Great Northern tomor-
row afternoon for the purpose OF
making a thorough examination OF the
various activities of the company on
their property in Stanislaus county,
California.
There are over 200 local stockhold-
ers of this company, and it will inter
est them to know that track laying on
the first 12-mile section OF the rail-
road began March sc, and the con-
tract for grading the last section has
been signed, and work on this section
began March 20. In wireless mes
sage received this morning from Hen
nv G. Ginaca. general manager OF the
company, he informs the local direct
ors that the development work now
in progress on the chrome ore and
manganese deposits is progressing
very favorably, and with flatterlng
prospects, which means that large
quantities of these valuable minerals
will soon be ready for the market
No further action has been taken
with regard to the optional offer for
control of the stock of the company,
made in February by Eastern steel
interests. The officers and directors
of the company believe that recent
developments and expected develop
ments do not justify them in enter
tanning any offers for the control OF
the property by outside parties at the
present time. President Albert r..
Judd will leave in the next Lurline to
VISIT the property of the company, and
on the 18th inst Director John Watt
will sail in the Wilhelmina for the
same purpose. 1t is believed that this
visit of the directors will greatly help
to expedite the work on the railroad
and on the various factories which
will handle the products of the com
pany.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-03
VESSELS TO AND
FROM THE ISLANDS
Especial Wireless to MerehantS
Exchanoe.)
PORT SAN LUIs-sailed, April

PORT SAN LUIS Sailed, April 2.
str. Santa Maria for Honolulu.
Radio Messages.
u. S. A. T. THOMAS arrives from
Manila at 4 p. m. today and pro
ceeds to San Francisco Tuesday, 5
p. m.
STR. TENYO MARU sails for Yoke
hame at 5 p. m. today.
STR. .SHINYO MARU sails for San
Francisco Tuesday, 8 a. m.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-03
ALOHA temple
AMONG FINEST,
SAYS STEVENS
Head of Shriners Lauds Local
Order; Ball Tonight to End
Entertainment

eyes. I've joined the Come Back
Club" declared Imperial Potentate j..
Putnam Stevens today. And you can
say for me that Aloha Temple Of Shrin-
ers Is the finest ever. Those are my
feelings and the report that will
make on this temple will be in tune
with my feelings"
After viewing the initiation ceremo-
MES and attending the Shriner BAN
quet on Saturday; meeting the mem
bers OF the local Shrine, and enjoying
a sightseeing tour about Honolulu
and vicinity, Imperial Potentate Ste.
vens says he has completed his inves.
tigation of Aloha Temple.
"y visit to Aloha Temple has been
a great treat not only to myself but
TO the other members of the party, in.
GLIDING j. E. Chandler, imperial out
side guard. who has assisted me in the
inspection" the imperial potentate
says. ''The work done last Saturday
was beautiful. 1t had a snap and a
zest rarely seen. II would be hard
for me to recall any other temple
and I have visited very, very many
that has impressed me as much as
Aloha Temple.
Honolulu is both delightful and
beautiful. / have been most pleased
with the hospitality OF the people, and
you can say that one of these days !
am coming back to the islands for g
longer stay"
A bali at the Moana hotel this even.
ing will bring the Shriner activities
to close. Local and visiting Shrin.
ers, with their ladies and friends, have
been invited, and the affair gives prom.
Use of being one Of the most brilliant
Of the season.
The banquet on saturday night was
in the nature of "get together" at
fair, where local Shriners had an op.
portunity Of meeting those who came
in the imperial potentate's party on
the Great Northern. Yesterday was
spent in sightseeing tours about Ho.
nolulu and around the islands.
Imperial Potentate Stevens and a
large number Of other visiting Shrin'
ers will sail back to the mainland on
the steamer Great Northern tomorrow
afternoon at 4 o'clock. Members OF
Aloha Temple are planning to give
them a rousing send-of.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-03
ARMY ORDERS

In the case of general prisoasr John
S. De Wolf, formerly private Co. /,
list Inf, now confined at Schofield
Barracks, the unexecuted portion OF
the sentence published in g. c. NJ. 0.
No. 277, Hawaiian Department, 1915,
is RENTED; he is honorably restored
to duty under the enlistment entered
into by him Jan. 20, 1915, and is trans
ferred as a private to Co. ], 1st Inf.
Pvt. 1st CT. Carl Redder, O.. M. c..
Honolulu, will be sent on the April
transport to Fort Mcdowell to report
to the commanding officer of that
post, who will send him to. Fort Sam
Houston, Texas, for duty as teamster
in the Southern Department.
In the case of general prisoner God
frey Johnson, private, Co. H, I'd Inf.
now confined at the Pacific Branch
& u. S. Dist. Bks., Alcatraz, CAL, the un
expired portion of the sentence award
ed him by G. G. M. o. No. 19S, Hawai-
ian Dept, 1915, is RENTED; he is
honorably restored to duty and IL
transferred to infantry, unassigned
and is detailed to duty at the Pacific
Branch, U. S. Dis. Bks. for perioc
not to exceed three months.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-03

+. Decorated automobile parade, pau
riders, baseball and swimming races,
a Japanese lantern parade are some
of the features included in the tenta-
tive program for the annual Fourth
of July celebration at Hilo. There
will also be a grand ball and fire.
works in the evening. .
After first being cautioned to be-
ware of any PIED Piper of Kohala, the
school children and the Boy Scouts of
that district on the big island have
started rivalry as to which side can
capture the most mongoose The
chase after the pests, Hawaiian
squirrels" as one sc1eol child called
them, is made doubly interesting by
a bounty of 10 cents head. .-
That no properties in the United
States or other part of the world are
better conducted or more conserva-
lively managed than Hawaii's sugar
plantations is the declaration of Henry
st. Goar, who expects to leave for the
coast on the Matsonia next Wednes-
day morning after tour Of the
islands, .-..:s.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-03

Col. w. d. Sanborn, general freight
and passenger agent in San Francisco
for the Burlington Railroad. who ar
rived in the last Great Northern. was
guest of honor at a picnic at Waimea,
Oahu, yesterday, which was attended
by about 30 persons. Tonight he will
be the honor guest at luau at NIX
ko," the Young street home Of Ches.
ter A. Doyle.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-03

That Christ is the first great moral
and religious teacher who accorded
equal rights for women in his pro-
found scheme for the ideal social
structure, is the base from which Rev.
A. A. Ebersole will discuss the topic,
"The Social Status of Woman" in his
Tuesday evening Bible Glass at the
Y. M. C. A. This is the third in the
series. Glass starts at 6:45. All young
men welcome
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-03

James T. MacMu-ray, city clerk of
Plainfield. N. j., for % years, tender
ed his resignation. r.: .-.-..
The Supreme Court held that the
Florida and Washington trading
stamp law was constitutional
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-03

Inquiry for producers of kukui oil,
made to the secretary of the interior
by A. Klipstein & Co. of New York,
has been referred to Governor Pink
ham by the national government off
cial. 4. =. ! -. ~
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-03

One thousand head of cattle change
grazing grounds as the result of their
transfer by purchase from the Hutch
ison Plantation in Hawaii to the
American Sugar Company's ranch on
Molokai. George p. Cooke of the Mo-
lokai company made the purchase.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-03

The Sacred Eearts Altar Society OF
Punahou will old a meeting In the
church parlo' on Wednesday 6after-
noon at OF eek.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-03

Olney Arnold, United States Consul
general at Cairo, Egypt, died in hos.
pital at Lisbon -. -. i -.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-03

Charges that the members of the
hoard of supervisors are incompetent
and that the city fathers should dis
solve and go out Of business are made
in last weeks edition of the Kuokoa,
the Hawaiian weekly newspaper. The
editorial is based on the financial
troubles which the board is now hav-
ing.
The Little River news., 1916-01-22
NOn-AL0CHGLlC BEVERAGES Cider Which Has Mere Than One Per
 Cent Alcohol Is Named.

Little Rock, Jan. 22.-(Special.) )- Cider which has not more than one half of one per cent of alcohcd in it's composition, will pass muster by the Arkansas Anti-Saloon League. Any thing ever that will cause the arrest and prosecution Of the vender.
 Hillarity and happiness was so ay:- dent about. cold c..
 Rock and Argenta that Senator T. J. White, the head of the prohibition forces, instituted an Investigation The wholesale concern supplying the cider asserted that it had purchased the cider under the representation it was 8 non-alcoholic beverage,
 Former Congressman Minor Wal lace, now lecturer fer the prohibi- tion forces, spent Tuesday in Little Rock in consultation With Senator White. and it is possible that he will assist in the prosecution of the boot leggers who are daily being arrested in various parts of the state.
 We hardly need detectives or spe- cial prosecutors said Senator White, flor the regular officers of the law are vigilant and they are letting Iew yiolators get away. Their display of assistance is most gratifying, and we are receiving cooperation in places where we actually anticipated trou- ble"
The Little River news., 1916-01-22
SLIGO per year-~Cash Hi Advance-~Stops When Out
BANK BANDIT
 WAS KILLED
Men in Adjoining Store Witness Affair at VandCTy0Ort and Kill R0bber.
 Man Is Unidentified.

Mena, Jan 20-A lone bandit who had robbed the Bank of Vandervocrt at Vandervoort, IT miles south or nere was shct and killed by men of that town as ne was attempting to flee with $2o0 that he had taken from the bank. He was killed at $50 tnis aT- ternoan. There is no clue to the iden- tity of the rCDber. who appears to be about 5 years old
 Cashier r. F. Craine and Mrs. Mar tha George, a patron of the bank, were the only ones ill the building when the bandit entered. He covered them With his automatic revolver and ordered t1em to turn over to him the mone ;. on the counter, amounting to atou: s2O0 He stuffed the money in his pockets and then ordered the cashier and Mrs. George to walk ahead or him out of the rear dcor of the bank
 He forced them to walk about 50 yards. Then he seemed to change n1s plans for he ordered them to return into the bank threatening that ac . "0uid Gili them if they gave an alarm.
 Nen in Store SGc Hold Up.
 Several men WhO |cTe sitting in the rear of the Cecil store which adjoina tue bank building saw the bandit for cing his prisoners ahead of them The | Bank of Vanderyoort was robbed In a similar manner about a year ago, and the men did not need a seconc glance to realize what was transpir- ing. They seized some shot guns that were in the store and started in pur- suit of the robber. They overtcoK him about two blocks from the bank. 1 As they called on him tc halt, the man attempted to pull his revolver. One . of the pursuers fired instantly. TEe charge of shot entered the mans neck and he fell. He died within an hour without speaking Tile robber was ct a light complexion and had red beard. There is no clue to his identity.
The Little River news., 1916-01-22
WILSON TO TRGE DEFENSE
President Plans Campaign Before Pub. lie and Congress for Preparedness.

!, Washington, Jan. 20.-PTesident WilsHn is planning to assume personal leadership in the fight for a stronger lmy ana navy. Reports over the is- sue in Congress and of the uncertainty Of the outcome have influenced him to go before the country in public ad- dresses and to confer further with leaders of the Senate and House.
 Representative Hay and Padgett, chairman Of the hcms Military anG NaVal Committees, have informed MT. Wilson that it will be six weeks to two n.0rths before the committees viii be ready to report army and navy ap- rOpriation bills. While this wocn is 3oing on he proposes tc do his utmost to satisfy sentiment among the peO- DIG aAG menEc-s oi Congress ill favor of the plans.
 Friends of the president say ne IS unGeterred by the open opposition Of former Secretary Bryan and other pacificists and by difference among ad vocates of defense over the exact plans to be adopted. He is said to be firm ly of the opinion that the program prepared by Secretary Garrison and Daniels is the best which can be of fered at this time.
The Little River news., 1916-01-22
CAPTURE U. >. SOLDIERS
Mexican Bandits Capture Seven Init
 ed States Soldiers.

Douglas, Ariz., Jan. 20.-Seven sol diers of the Seventh United States Cavalry were captured early today by Mexican bandits at Doyle Wells, If miles south of Hachita, N. M., accord ing to reports received here. The sur- rounding country is being searched by cowboys hunting the bandits.
 News of the capture of the soldiers was telephOned here from HachlLa ear ly today. The message said that cowboy named Doolittle had arrived there with the neWs shortly after Llid- night.
 Doolittle said he had seen the iigl, between the soldiers and Mexican bandits and escaped unnoticed by the MeXicans.
 Fifty cavalrymcn were sent from Hachita to aid in the pursuit.
 Would Send taFaIrymen.
 A second request for permission to send between 600 and 800 Carranla cavalrymen through American terri tory from Naco., Ariz.. tN Juarez., Mex, will be presented soon to the state department at Washington, ac- cording to l. G. Lelivier Carranza con sul here The first request made last week was refused it was said because of the temper of Americans at Fl Paso following the massacre of mining men at Santa Ysabel.
 Information tC the effect that Fran cisco Villa was assembling his scat tered forces with the intention O.; fortifying himself in the Sierra Madre mountains of Chihuahua was to be the basis of the second request |. vas said,
The Little River news., 1916-01-22
! QUITS AS FARMERS SECRETARY
J. II. Fry Tenders Resignation at Exe-
 cutiye Committee Meeting.

Little Rock, Jan. 19.-J. H. Fry, sec retary of the Arkansas Farmers Union since August, 1914, yesterday rendered his resignation to the Executive Com mitteo of the union at meeting at the Mahoney hotel. Markham and Cross streets. The resignation was accept ed. Members of the committee last night would not admit that MT. Fry had resigned, althcCgh they did not deny it. MT. Fry said he resigned inn mediately after the committee conven- cd The committee will be in session today J.P. Paign of Van Buren, said.
 Mr Fry denied vehemently that his resignation has any connection with the resolutions adopted last week by the Pope county union, asking that he be dismissed, or that it was due to friction with members of the commit tee
 "The charges made against me by the sO-called Pope county union were net mentioned by the committee" he said. "The committee did not ask me to resign. Private business affairs and my health had caused me to decide to resign some time ago. When the Gym mittee met today presented my books for inspection. As soon as the members of the committee had said they ware satisfied with them, l offered my resig- nation, giving my reasons. The ccm- mittee accepted it and then adopted resolutions endorsing my work In be- half of the union I have not severed my membership with the union. There is no friction in the committee so far as 1 know"
The Little River news., 1916-01-22
BANKERS GROUP 6 MEETS
Fifty aelegates Present at Texarhana
 HessioG-Banque at Nighi.

TeXarkana Jan. 20.-Group sS.X ot the ArRansas Bankers As3aciation convened in annual session hero today with abcmt 50 delegates present. The meeting was called to order by Chair man B.G. Powell Of Camden. President Omenhauser of the TeXarkaGa Board ot Trade made the address of welcome which was responded to by ChairmaS Powell. Several addresses followed One by President Futrall of the Uni yersity of Arkansas, caused much e9.- tEusiasm, and he was tendered ris- ing vote of thanks.
 The following officers were elected: Chairman, George II. Bell of the Pant CTS Bank and Trust Company, Nash vile; vice chairman, T. A. Monroe Of the Merchants and Farmers bank Magnolia; secretary, R. C. Childs or the Clark County bank. Gurdon, mem Der of state Executive Committee, Stu a"t Wilson of the State National banK TeXarkana. The visitors were enter tained tonight at banquet given by the lCcal bankers association at sne ountry Club
The Little River news., 1916-01-22
CHIEF OUTLAW SHOT TO DEATH
Af!er Execution Corpses ef Rodriguez
 and Baca- Eailes Put on Display.

Juare2, Mex, Jan. 19.-The bodies of Jose Rodriguez and Miguel Baca- Valles, executed Villa leaders, which were placed on exhibition here yester- day as an evidence that the de facto government is determined to exter-- lninate the bandits who slaughtered lC American miners near Santa Ysabel, were put aboard 2 train late today, and sent to Chihuahua City. There, according to Mexican officials, they will be exhibited again as examples of what will happen to anyone adopt ing the career of an outlaw in Mexico. Rodriguez, whC. was captured DJ em- ployes of the Bamricora ranch anc executed by Carranza authorities at Madeira last Thursday, was positively identified as the Villa leader wno has been burning railroad bridges, lootins mines and ranches and threatening the lives of foreigners ever since Vil- la was driven out of Sonora.
 Executed at JuareZ.
 Baca Valles was captured II miles west of cAumbus, N. M., and execut- cd early today at Juarez after ne had boon brought here on the train which bore the body of Rodriguaz.
 Enrique isueros. another Villa off cer, who was captured with BacaVai- les. is being brough' overland to 1aca the court martial
 Baca Valies begged for his life. Ac- cording to Americans who saw Rodri- gpe4 killed, he crawled, suppiicatins before his eXecutioners. and was shot to death as he groveled
 A train from the interior is expect ed tonight. Only three Americans are reported on board. The train for the scnth today carried several Amer jeans into Mexico.
The Little River news., 1916-01-22
SLIM AND SHORTY
Officers New Think They Known the
 Mems Identity.

Sheriff w. D. Waldrop informs us that detectives now think that they know the identity of the two. men sen- fenced to the penitentiary here las: week under the names of Slim and shorty According to the information Sims name is Allen Willis, who lived near Rich Mountain north of Men.. and whose family now lives at tha. place. Willis is said to have been Oil the sfolt for long time. but What crimeb he may have committed is no. stated. Shorty is thought to be Chas. Beckhem, a well known and wanted character in Louisiana and Southern Texas. What he is wanted for has net been stated. but the detectives possds information that lead them to the belief that they know the identity of the men as stated.
The Little River news., 1916-01-22
NEW MACHINERY
 FOR FLIGHT PLANT
Company Will Install Fuel Oil En- zines Soon Instead of Steam.
 Two Plants Proposed.

l.. NJ. Warmack, new owner of tie AsEdoWn Light and Power Company, states that he has purchased tile new machinery fer the rebuilding ot the plant. The plant at present Consists of steam boiler and CorliSs engine with dynamo. The new plant will consist of two crude oil engines ano an extra dynamo, which with the ona new in use will make two complete CT duplicate systems. The new dy- naTno will be double the size oc the present one and will be used for the heavy night load. The lighter dyna- mo will be used on the day load, as l. is the purpose of MT. Warmack to give a 24 hour service. One of the new er- zines will be 75 and the ether p horse power.
 In order to carry out the pumping tract with the city the twin
 fire pumps will have tc De replaced by electric driven pumps. As sOc.l as the change is authorized by tne under writers this will be done at tie ex- pense of the light company, as the fire pumps are the property of the city Engineers endorse the change anu state that the reason the electric pumps were not Orlglnally supplied was because the underWriters' engin- eer at that time was a man who cclld see nothing but steam. The object Of the change is that the new engines are much mere economical, and the underwriters have come tc be coz vinced that the electrically driven pumps are better. or at least as good as steam, and cities all over the coun- try arc now installing them. The machinery has all been purchased pending the acceptance of the state unGerwritrs.
The Little River news., 1916-01-22
AN ARKANSAS HERO
Silver Medal Awarded to Arkansas
 Man for His Bravery.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Jan 19.-At the l2th annual meeting of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission today the hero;sm ol William D. Bard Sr.. of Little Rock, Ark, who died in attempting to save 16 year cld Elsie Busick from drown ing at Benton, Ark, on July Il, 1915. was recognized and a silver meda: ordered presented to the widow. T..e medal will be sent to Mrs. Bard at 1121 Scott street, Little Rock, togeth- CT with pension of $35 per month and $5 per month additional for each of three children until they reach the age of 16.