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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-22
RODERICKO. MAfHESON, EDITOR
Committee Government

IN HE question Of who shall fill the petty Offices
of the municipality is the least important
phase of city government Policies are important,
not the administrative servants chosen to put
them into effect but the tendency here in many
other cities is to disregard the policies except
during the few short months Immediately pre-
ceding general election
4 Perhaps the best suggestion made during the
recent public debates on methods to be adopted
for raising the funds needed to satisfy the grow
ing needs of this growing city, has been that
permanent standing committees representing the
businessmen be appointed as an ad>i>ory board,
to see that policies approved by the taxpayers are
put into effect 1t is not right for the community
to expect the supervisors to outline p"hclcs They
do not receive enough pay to enable them to de-
vote all their time to the management "t NUM-
cipal affairs and can not therefore be asked to do
more than they doing.
s Private enterprise always NOV eS faster. is more
flexible under changing requirements, and keeps
in closer touch with conditions they are from
day to day than the government. To illustrate,
. the fruit growing and marketing organizations in
California, the one State where more has been
done in the way of cooperative marketing than
any other, have recently fought the enactment of
law providing for the appointment of State
superintendent Of cooperative markets. The argu-
ment used by the California farmers was juSt this,
that cooperative societies under individual man
agement are far in advance of any government
official organizations, where real business is to
be done
The same truth applies everywhere 1t applies
here Business is always the leader in originating
civic movement. The businessman must keep
abreast of the times He has to meet competition
without creating enmities and unless he is keenlv
alive he is going to be left behind. There are
few businessmen who really want to take public
office and that is the reason why reform govern
ments mostly failures
Hence government positions must be filled by
citizens who are satisfied t. revove within pre-
destined orbits, but they ought to be paid suff-
Gent salaries to enable them to live, and devote
all their energies to administration of the laws.
If the businessmen be called on for advice
and to outline policies for the officials to put into
effect, the result would be a progressive form Of
municipal government.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-22
Uncle Sans La1u

THE Black Tom Island explosion which cost
u many lives and destroyed over twenty mil
lion dollars in property appears to have been
caused by fire which broke out on one Of four
bargeS loaded with trinitrotoluol and Shells moor
ed abreast at the end of a Jersey city pier.
The Interstate Commerce Commission had en-
acted regulations controlling the transportation
of munitions providing that when loaded
with explosives were left on sidings or at term
inals, they should be separated at wide intervals.
The. law also provided that when loaded into
. scows or barges these should be Immediately
towed to designated locality in the harbOr and
anchored at specified distances apart.
4. The arrest and federal indictment the charge
OF murder of the officials Of the storage company
owning the pier, and the officials of the railroad
company whose cars contained the explosives fol-
lowed testimony that four loaded barges were
left banked against the wharf, and that several full
tralnloads OF fNpI"slNes were crowded on the
wharf the night before the explosion occurred
n. The United States government does not con-
done or pallIatc offences against the law even
when, as IN tins case, the entire property OF one
OF the parties at fault practically annihIIatcd
The federal authorities have put the blame on the
high officials of the two companies, holding that
1t was through their negligence that the subor-
dinate officials were permitted to break the law.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-22
MAI. JOSEPH FRAZIER
ASKS FOR RETIREMENT
Officer Well Known Here Seeks
To Leave Army

Maj. Joseph Frazier, Twenty sixth
Infantry, former major in the First In,
fantry at SchoReld Barracks, has been
placed on the retired list, at his own
request, after service of thirty years.
tie was appointed to West Point in
July, 1886, and was graduated in 1891
and assigned to the Nineteenth In
fantry aS q second lieutenant. He was
promoted to his first heutenancy in
January, 1898, and sent to the Ninth
Infantry, joining his regiment at San
Juan Hill on July 7 of that year in
time to participate in the siege Of San.
tiago.
Following this service he was appoint.
ed aid TO General Ewers taking station
at Guantanamo and San Luis, Cuba
and was ordered to join his regiment in
the Philippines in June, 1909.
He accompanied the Ninth Infantry
to China in the Boxer campaign, com.
manded Company II of that regime mt
and participated in all the engagements
On the march from Tein-tsin to Picking,
being recommended for a brevet and for
the medal of honor for his services.
When Col. Emerson H. Liscom, com
handing the Ninth Infantry, was shot
down by a Boxer bullet at the engage
ment at Tien-T sin on July ID, 1900
Major Frazier and three enlisted men
removed the body under heavy fire to
n protected portion of the field. On the
eleventh of August of that year he was
promoted to a captaincy in the Twenty
fifth Infantry, and a week later was
transferred to the Fourteenth Infantry
one of the regiments in China. He re
ceived his majority in the First Infant
ry in 1912, accompanied that regiment
to Hawaii and was transferred to the
Twenty-sixth Infantry on the border
about a year ago.
Major Frazier is a graduate Of the
Infantry and Cavalry School of the
class of 1897. The reason for his sub
hitting his application for retirement
is understood to be Mrs. Frazier s fail
ing health.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-22
n. P. BALDWIN MEMORIAL
CORNERSTONE is LAID

Ceremony of laying the cornerstone
for the H. p. Baldwin memorial church
at Paia, Maui, took place yesterday
morning. This beautiful structure, n
picture of which was shown in The Ad-
vertiser several weeks ago, is progress
ing satisfactorily in construction,
though it will not be completed for
many months. Rev A. Craig BOwdish
the pastor, conducted the service yes
terday morning. Rev. r. B. Dodge as
sisted him and delivered an address
H. A. Baldwin assisted in the actual
placement of the cornerstone. Mrs. L.
C. Jones and II. Washburn Baldwin
sang a duet, and the Molokai choir
sang two anthems, The church CON
gregation and hundreds of other citi
zens of the Valley Island witnessed the
ceremony.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-22
MOTORCYCLES CARRY
WIRELESS OUTFITS
Army Has Light Apparatus Car
rying Message Thirty Miles

The Signal Corps have been expert
menting some interesting tests with
wireless telegraphy on the border and
as result the army now has a new
motorcycle wireless outfit. 1t consists
of a sending and receiving apparatus
carried on the side bars of three motor
cycles. A motor attachment is pTovid,
ed to be run by the engines Of the
three machines.
This motor furnishes the power for
sending messages and is reported to
be far superior to the hand power re-
quiring the physical efforts Of at least
two men of the detachment, now in
use in all field signal compa MES. Seven
men are all that are required for the
motorcycle wireless outfit. One of the
features of the apparatus is an aereal
or tower of hinged steel, capable of
being raised to a height of forty feet
and of being packed in small compass
for transportation on motorcycle.
The equipment is capable of sending
messn res for thirty miles where static
conditions are good. Several motor
cycle wireless outfits are to be or
ganized on the Border so that wire
less communication even to small de.
tachment stations will be possible.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-22
RICHARD H. TRENT'S
IWALLABIES FLEE
FROM THEIR CAGES
Strange Australian Pets OF Real
! Estate Man Escape Into
Mountains

Richard H. Trent, Honolulu g animal
impresario, issues n call to all citizens
of Oahu today to join in a mammoth,
personally conducted wallsby hunt, the
first of its kind ever held in the Ha-
waiian archipelago.
Two of the three small kangaroos
which he obtained last week from Aus.
tralia, at great trouble and expense, es-
capped from the Trent geological gar
dens on Alewa Heights Saturday night
and at latest reports last night were
roaming at will in the Oahu forests.
Inhabitants ore warned hereby that
the animals positively are not danger.
Gus; will not bite anything more meaty
than grass, leaves OF succulent forest
shrubbery. The unfortunate owner Of.
fers a reward of twenty-five dollars for
their capture and return alive.
Unless the animals are caught they
may be come permanent denizens Of the
mountain districts and, like their dis,
tant cousins, the Australian rabbits
may propagate and produce eventually
breed of Hawaiian wallabies. But
meantime the public would be deprived
of gazing upon them at close range and
observing the peculiarities of the un.
usual antipodean animals.
Mr.. Trent zoo is practically a pub,
iic institution, maintained at his per.
sOnal, private expense for the public 4
pleasure, and his loss really amounts Ia
public deprivation. The wallabies are
perfectly harmless, it is said, but they
may prove exceedingly difficult to cap
ture.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-22
TOO LATE
STOP COCK FIGHTING

Misinterpretation of an excited Jap
anese woman's telephone call for help,
caused the captain of police at Homo
kaA, Hawaii, to make an exciting ride
with two of his officers last week, to
the new camp in that district, think
ing he vas to interfere in a mortal
combat between a Filipino and Jap.
anese. The combat was mortal all
right, and the captain arrived too late
to save the victim, but the cOmbatants
proved to be only game cocks.
One was "a bird of Filipino pedigree
and the other was japanese. The less
skillful of the two was the property
of the japanese woman who had
phoned the authorities. When the cap
tain and his aides arrived he found a
crowd of men gathered around the two
birds, the winners hilariously collect,
ing bets from the others. The officers
arrested as many Of the fellows as they
could catch, and took them to Jail on
a charge of encouraging and abetting
cock fighting.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-22
EXAMIN|NG,DOARD8.
ORDEREDiCONVENED
win Test Enlisted Mems Fitness
For Promotion To Second :
Lieutenancies a.

A board Of officers has been appoint,
ed to meet at the call of the president
thereof at Fort Shafter August 81, to
hold the competitive examination Of
such enlisted men as may be ordered
before IL and TO determine their fitness
for promotion TO the grade Of second
lieutenant in the. cavalry, field artillery
or infantry. y s-A5t- ~
The detail for the board is: Mai. Eu.
gene H. Hartnett, Medical Corps; Capt.
Ohio B. Rosenbaum, Second infantry;
Capt. John Randolph, Second Infantry:
First Lieut.. Raymond w. Bliss, Medt.
cal Corps; First Lieut.. Alfred II, Hob
ley, Second Infantry: The junior mem.
Der has been designated to act as re-
corder.
The following named enlisted men
having been found qualified to enter
the final competitive examination for
promotion to the grade of second lieu.
tenant in the mobile army, have been
directed to report to the president OF
the board of officers appointed to meet
Mt Fort Shafter by paragraph 1, Special
Orders No. 1876, Headquarters Hawaiian
Department, August IS, on August 81,
for the purpose indicated:
Sgt. Eugene Landrum, Company G,
Thirty.Second Infantry; Bugler Corday
w. Cutchin, Company H. Second Infan-
try.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-22
Conscientious Cop
Lays Wee Wife
Just For Gambling
Policeman Abe of HiIo Depart
ment Herds Spouse In With
Other Victims

Hilo is Boosting possession of the
most conscientious known policeman.
On last Monday evening Officer Abe,
Japanese member of the municipal de.
partmPnt, arrested his own wife, in
company with a number of other men
and women, for gambling.
He herded her in with the others and
took her to headquarters. When she
was recognized by the desk sergeant
she was released on her personal recog-
nizance, and when the case came to
trial Wednesday she was discharged,
the court finding that she had not been
an active participant in the games.
District Judge Wise, in ordering her
release, remarked that it was one Of
the most unusual cases he had known
81 think Policeman Abe ought to have
his salary raised,'' the court comment
ed. Abe afterwards received the con-
gratulations of his fellow officers and
acquaintances. What he received from
the wife when he returned home, is noe
known.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-22
COLDS CAUSE HEADACHES

LAXATIVE BRoMo QUIN1NE re-
moves the cause. Used the world over
to cure a cold in one day. The sigma
ture of E. W. GROVE Is on each box.
Manufactured by the PARIS MEDI-
CINR CO., St. Louis, U. s. A.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-22
SUPPLIED BY ALL CHEMISTS

Physicians prescribe Chamberlain :
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoca Remedy
because it relieves cramps in the stom.
ach and intestinal pains quicker than
any preparation they can compound. It
can be bought from any chemist. A
bottle viii keen for wears and no home
is complete without it. For sale by all
dealers. BENSON Smith 4 Co., ltd,
agents for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-22

1t was alleged editorially in the columns Of the
Maui News of August L. that the representative
Of The Advertiser at the Maui races, July 4, was
INVESTIGATED. This was allowed to pass because
The Advertisers reporter, G.. J. BOisse is not
a drinking man. as the editor of the Maui News
was we'll aware when he insinuated that this paper
was living" in the cause of prohibition. Mr.
Buis,c sat beside the Maui editor in the grand
stand during the races and having received many
ruurtesies from his fellow journalist, did not care
to reply to the unkindly nsinuatiOn at the time
it appeared in black and white Now however,
that IIilo paper has fit to reprint this dis
courteous untruth, The Advertiser takes this OPP
portunity of denying the allegation of the Maui
News as fabricated out of whOle-cloth Our re-
porter at the Maui races did not have a skate"
on quote the elegant dictlOn of our Maui critic.
After conducting go complete milling and
baking tests of different varieties of wheat from
1907 to 1914, f. F. Laid of the North Dakota
experiment station declares there is no marked
variation in Ioaf-vQlume, or bread making quail
ity in the different commercial grades of wheat
from locality in one Climatic and
seasonal influences more important than vari-
ETY. in producing quality in -four, and have more
influence than variety in varying the proportion
OF -four that be manufactured from a given
quantity of wheat.
Our telegraph editor agrees with General Sher-
man. War is all that and then some. No sooner
does he get acquainted with set of names of
places along the different European "fronts" than
the armies move forward, or back, or SIDEWAYS
and uncover a new bunch of Consonants which
have to be memorized and used in their proper
sequence. Sherman said it,
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-03-10

got away when she struck" he went
on carelessly.
She did not strike" corrected
Count Frederick, "she was blown up
by an accident"
TOO bad, too bad-well, well. But
l say, perhaps the young lady would
like to change? There may be some
sort of woman's togs in the cabin be-
low. My sister comes aboard once in
a while, you know" And he essayed
a portentous wink aside at Count
Frederick.
THAT will be agreeable, l am sure, -
replied Count Frederick quietly, "and
if you could send down to the young
ladys cabin bit to eat and a carafe
of water, | am sure it will be appre-
ciated. She has had neither food nor
drink for more than two days. SIR
Nor has he-my friend" said Kitty
Gray, smiling family.
God bless my SOUL" said Mr..
Wyndham. Il never thought of that
Send you down some wine-send you
down a brace of stout II you like,
can recommend tiny father makes
it, don't you see."
Count Frederick, liking his new sur
roundings only by comparison with
those he recently had left. signed to
Kitty Gray and presently the two, con
Quoted by boat stewards, departed fol
the cabins to which they were as
signed by the owner of the boat. The
latter. whether from his late imbibings
or through the effect of the beautiful
young girls presence. evidently was
what the French call tete montee.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-03-10
SULPHUR AS A FERTILIZER
Experiments Conducted Seem to Prove
That 1t Is of the Greatest Value
to the Soil.

In parts of France the residue from
gas works is extensively used as fer
tilizer. Analysis OF several samples
of garden soil prove that the value of
this unusual fertilizing agent is due
in part to the large amount of sulphur
in it, 40 per cent of sulphur and from
] to per cent of nitrogen, in the form
of ammonia or its salts. Experiments
in flour of sulphur are said to promote
the growth of both roots and leaves
and to give to the plants deeper green
color than they would have without 1t.
Probably it helps to form chlorophyll.
Moreover. some of the sulphur Is oxi-
dized and becomes sulphate in the
soil
In this relation, it may be pointed
out that experiments at the University
of Wisconsin have been regarded as
proving that the generally prevailing
theory that sulphur in the soil is of
little value for promoting fertility, as
compared with phosphorus and nitro
gen, is erroneous and that sulphur Is,
in fact, of vast Importance. Continu-
Gus cultivation, together with INSULT
cient fertilization, causes a large an
nual loss of sulphur which cannot be
compensated from the atmosphere. and
little is brought up by capillarity
from the subsoil. The experimentera
therefore, recommend the application
of fertilizers containing sulphur to
lands which are frequently cropped.
The failure hitherto to recognize the
great value of sulphur in the soil is
ascribed to faulty analytic methods
employed by early Investigators.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-03-10

OF Sachio as he heard these words.
He was soldier. and he reasoned
that now in the opportunity for arms
he might win back something Of his
lost favor.
TT is well. your majesty" said he.
Il shall carry your word at once to
all the different departments. Your
men are but waiting to follow you.
Success will be easy for us now. for
we know all their defenses now as well
as our own. We shall win!"
yes" said Cortislaw. "we shall win,
II 1t costs the life of every man, wom-
an and child of this kingdom. I take
charge now myself and trust no more
boasters like certain advisers ! could
name. I grant you your place in your
regiment, once more, Sachio. See II
you can fail in that! II your men give
back I'll have my own guns of the
guard behind them TO blow them OFF
the earth"
BE not too hard upon me. your
majesty, admit my error in allowing
that young girl to leave our shores
she could have told us the secret had
she llked-all the secret OF the Gretz-
hoffen coin. But we shall win yet.
though at greater cost"
"You had your chance. Sachio You
did not handle the woman. Well, I
thought you knew more"
ITO handle woman. your majesty"
said Sacblo-'who ever knew enough
for that" | confess my fault and
stand ready to pay my share of the
added cost True, we should have
kept her until we had all she knew.
'Tis doubtful If she ever sees our
shores again. We may see the face
of some American admiral-see their
battleships before our port-but as for
her-never,"
at Is enough" said Cortislaw. I'VE
march. We advance no more clinging
to woman's skirts. 1t is our guidons
now shall lead us to their city's Sc
crets"
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-03-10

The others scattered like sheep and
left the captives standing there dazed,
yet happy at their deliverance. The
petty officer in charge of the landing
came up to Count Frederick and sa-
luted. He seemed to recognize in him,
tattered as he was, a man of former
authority. How do you do. your hon
orr" said he. I'VE came just in time"
Yes, my men, and we thank you.
Who are you?"
Private Yacht Princess. Liverpool
registry, owned by Arthur Wyndham.
He's on board, sir-shall we take you
off?"
Certainly, as quickly as possible
But have you any water in the boat? ?
We have had none for more than two
days"
Tho sailor turned toward the speak
er's companion whose garb was scarce
that of lady, but whose form and fea-
tures surely seemed such.
do you mean to say that this young
lady?-" he began.
Yes. she has not had bite to eat
nor drop of water in two days"
Come quick, sir, then. We've a
water breaker in our longboat Have
you anything to fetch along?"
Count Frederick laughed at this
and even Kitty smiled.
You see us as we are" said Count
Frederick. "We were castaways here,
shipwrecked from the steamer Adler
"Oh, yes. we heard of that. / see, /
see-it is most fortunate we came this
way"
How far must that have been from
shore where she went DOWN"
Perhaps hundred and seventy-five
miles from her port of departure
You're half that distance. here, from
where she went down. as near as we
can tell. No other survivors have
been picked up so far as we heard
How have you got on here?"
Count Frederick shrugged his shoul
ders. They'd have burned us both
II you had not come. II you had no,
seen US we'd have starved"
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-03-10
Endless Battle.

Look around today. Lo, here and
now in our civilized society, the old
ailegories yet have a meaning. the old
myths are still true. Into the Valley
of the Shadow of Death yet often the
path of Duty leads: through the streets
of Vanity Fair walk Christian and
Faithful; and on Greatheart's armor
ring the changing blows. Ormuzd still
fights with Ahriman-the Prince of
Light with the powers of darkness. He
who will hear, to him the clarions of
the battle call.
How they call, and call, and call. till
the heart swells that hears them!
Strong soul and high endeavor. the
world needs them now. Beauty still
lies imprisoned. and iron wheels still
go over the good, the true and the
beautiful that might spring from hui
man lives.
And they who fight with Ormuzd,
though they may not know each other
somewhere, sometime. will their
muster roll be called.-Henry George.