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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-27
LAD ESCAPES Harm.
WHEN AT BY AUTO

Leong Kong, a four-year-old Chinese
boy, was struck by an automobile driv-
Ell by d. o. Duggan yesterday. The
accident occurred at NageIlen near
School street.
The child was taken to the Queen =
Hospital where it was found that his
only injuries were a few body bruises.
Motorcycle Officer Chiffon, witness
to the accident, declared Duggan was
not in fault. LeOug Kong, according
to the officer, ran in front of the ma.
chine. Duggan was not arrested. He
is employed by vom, Hamm- Young Com.
panY.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-27
|DANS CASE AGAIN
| IN FEDERAL COURT
District Attorney Huber Contends
indictment Is REGULAR

Application for a writ of error in the
Foster L. Davis case will be heard in
the United States district court today,
Judge Morrow On the bench.
District Attorney Huber Is expected
to raise the same points that he did in
his argument to set aside the ruling { t
the court which sustained the demurrer
to the indictment.
He maintains that the indictment
against the former clerk of the United
States court is good in all respects, ard
that the case should be heard On its
merits.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-27
AMENDED COMPLAINT
ADMITTED BY ASHFORD

Argument was heard before Judge
Ashford yesterday afternoon for the
dismissal Of the joinder in demurrer in
the suit of Kelia Solomon against the
city. Defendant commended L was en-.
titled to q default judgement against
the plaintiff due to the latter's alleged
violation of Section 1865 of the Re,
vised Laws which relates to demurrers
and their joinder. Judge Ashford over.
ruled the motion and allowed an anne nd
ed complaint to be filed.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-27
LATE PRESIDENT YUAN
TO BE BURIED IN HUMAN

Mr.. WOOhuan, Chinese consul here. is
in receipt of cablegram from the Chi.
nese legation in Washington. to the
effect that the funeral of the late Presi.
lent Yuan Shihkai Of China will take
place on the twenty 18th instant, end
that his body will be conveyed ON the
same day directly to his late home in
Chang Te Flu, Province of Human, for
burial
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-27

". If the City Fathers, or County Grandathers, as
perhaps they might more properly be called, really
want to get a rise out of the taxpayers and show
how easy it is to save money these stringent
times, it is suggested that in the interest OF
economy they abolish the police, fire, and road
departments. The saared positions and expen-
sive "oVerhead' could thereby be materially in
creased and much money saved. This plan is so
simple it is a wonder no one has suggested it
before.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-27
SOMETHING DEPENDABLE.

Diarrhoea is always more or less
prevalent during this weather. Be pre-
pared for it. Chamberlain Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is
prompt and effectual 1t can always
be depended upon. For sale by all
dealers. Benson, Smith & Co, Ltd,
gents for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-27

Worth o. Aiken, who has been in the
city the past few days, will return in
the Mauna Kea tomorrow TO his home
at Paia, Maui.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-27

The fact has developed since the North Sea
battle. that the superiority of the German guns
lay in their higher trajectory rather than larger
caliber and greater weight of metal thrown The
newest German guns were longer and lighter than
those aboard the British vessels and the point of
attack was the comparatively weak dec -armor of
their opponents which could not withstand the
plunging fire to which it subjected
X Il
Word comes from Chicago and ST. Louis that
during the recent conventions there were two
newspaper men to every individual delegate For
the first time in the history of the American press
all that two-thirds of the special correspondents
could do was to mill around like bunch of long
horns in dried-up waerhoe and interview one
another The eastern papers are good naturally
poking fun at one another and asking, "Wcll, who
did you seer"
The sun., 1916-10-18
MILK.

If u %eugenic brethren and sisters
succeed in inventing II generation of
babies not dependent on milk rs n
food or beverage the world will have
much to thank them for. In his prc
ent Imperfect condition, man finds
milk Indispensable. This is IL grave
Inconvenience, as every sufferer from
the recent dispute between dairymen
and distributors can testify.
The Chinese make milk from soy
beans, we believe; they also make
soup from birds nests. But the eau.
casian has never succeeded In devils
ing n substitute for the generous cows
highly esteemed product. Even the
bedevllment of commercial handlers
cannot rob it of ull its virtue, al
though the stuff they sell rs cream
Is useless, ms the late En- MERRITT dis.
covered, In the composition of that
delicious salad dressing to which nm
Irish Countess OF great distinction
MN. Hut manlllnnlcd
though it Is, subjected to heat, to
cold, to the violence of the separator
and the boillngs Of the pa~steurizer,
II retains to n remarkable degree its
goodness, and knows no rival.
Beer Is good, our dry friends to
the contrary Notwithstanding; but IL
cannot replace milk, although we
know sturdy German men and women
whose youthful bodies were nour-
ished on II. But It does not take the
part Of milk and none of the So
called temperance drinks Is to he
named In the same day with milk. We
know otherwise respectable men who
put ginger ale In whiskey; we for.
The sun., 1916-10-18
Pennsylvania Sure: what Ncxtl

To EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: Ac-
cording To Wilson press agent dispatches
following his Shadow Lawn talk To
p.uusylvauiaus Wilson is now sure Of
election. II is not unreasonable to in
quire what majority he expects in Penn
s|ylvan!a.
one more Mr.. Vance McCorm!ck's
appointment OF October ~ to he OBJ
served as Wilson day is very significant
when YOU consider that during the civil
war ut twenty-siN places on October IS
the Stars and Stripes was under fire.
IL have a personal recollection OF two
OF them) In every instance old Glory
was triumphant. So October 81 is truly
an eveu,fu, day FOR Wilson day.
Keep your eyes on old Glory,
Il is perhaps the most opportune time
since that war for war veterans and
sons especially to rally To its defence.
for II is just now trailing too very near
to the ground, GEORGE u. Lorp.
NEW YORK. October Il.
The sun., 1916-10-18

inside from its excellence. there are
political reasons why 1t is likely to be
perpetuated.
Coalitions have strengthened the
Conservative Presidential and Con.
gress tickets. 1t Is true that the As
bertlstas, considerably reduced In
numbers, have gone back to the Lib
ernl pnrty. But there are several
Liberal factions with axes to grind
that have nominated local tickets and
Will support Conservative national
candidates-the Azpinzistas. for In
stance, because Senior AZPIAZO has
been accepted as the Conservative
candidate for Mayor; the C%onjuncial
P~rovincinls, led by Governor BITS.
TiLLO; the Reformist Labor party, the
Federal Workingmen's party and the
Republicans. There Is n consldera-
ton In each cnse, for ideals do not
interest the Cuban reformer. So, I'M
less all signs fail, there is to be the
extraordinary spectacle of n Cuban
President succeeding himself without
intrigue and bloodshed and without
the Intervention OF the United States
or any intimation that the election
must be fair and orderly.
The sun., 1916-10-18
Hard Days Under the Dome.

No humane man will withhold from
the World of this town his sympathy
In Its present distress.
In behalf of President WILSON II
worked itself into n fury of denuncia.
tiOn because certain citizens of T'eIl-
tonic extraction decided To vote for
MI. HrGHEs: and now Mr.. WILSON'S
supporters. represented by the chair
man of the Senate Foreign Affairs
Committee, are disclosed seeking dill
gently for the votes of those abhorred
electors.
1t sought to identify Mr.. HrGHEs
as the candidate of capital, and
Judge LovETT of the Hartman lines
and FRED UNDERWOOD of the Erie are
revealed ns Wilson men.
1t denounced Mr.. %IIuGuEs with n
violence that only c~owardice. inca
pacity and moral obliGuity could jus.
tify; and then the will OF JOSEPH
PULITZER, in which Mr.. HrGHEs was
nominated as n trustee of his estate.
was read for the ediiication Of an
amused public.
The business Of conducting n pick
thank journal has its difficulties.
The sun., 1916-10-18

give them because most OF the whis.
key served should wear a disguise.
We remember n day when birch beer,
pink and full Of tang, was fit to drink,
but when we took some by u New
England roadside recently 1t had lost
its SAVIOR. Raspberry vinegar: who
knows now the secret OF It's compost.
ton? 1t Is an occasional, n hot
weather r%eviver, but does not pretend
to compete with milk. Root beer, we
nre panied to say, has undergone
commercial degeneration. 1t Is now
an essence, diluted by the purveyors
to the point Of insipidity. Yet we do
not pretend that even when root beer,
home brewed, grew In bottles Of mixed
antecedents. with corks restrained by
strings, II was more than Il luxury.
Pop, pink lemonade, sarsaparIlla 4:
they do not fill the bill. The baseball
diamond, the circus tent, the shack
by the lakeside. may render them
ei durable, but can never raise them
from their class to the heights that
milk s%erenely holds. We have re-
marked that the cugenic regenerntors
of the race may bring forth success.
sors who can dispense with 1t. W.
rejoice that THE SuN will be alive to
observe them but we are sure we
shall not envy their lot.
The sun., 1916-10-18
A Defiant Little Oakland.

THE SUNS defence Of the little Oak.
lands against the rich and overgrown
California Oakland which schemes to
rob them Of their common name and
birthright is bearing fruit.
Mr.. +. a. BRIGHAM. Mayor OF the
Kansas Oakland, thus addresses the
prcsumptuous, grasping Oakland town
Of California
None of the present oniclals Of Oak
land, Kan. are inclined to accept your
proposal of favorable hotel and trans
portation accommodations az q price or
consideration for selling the name Of our
municipality to your city.
Your communication have been duly
submitted to the City Council of this
city and they unanimously authorized
me to say that your modest request APP
pears simply an xh!bit OF excessive
egot!sm or gall on your part.
This city has been known as Oak
land for about thirty years. OF the
California city most OF the people at
that time here had never heard"
Spoken ana typewritten as II nice
ana worthy representative Of the
bleeding Kansas" immortalizel by
JoHS BRowN and pcrpetuated by men
whose names constitute an honor roll
OF heroes In the struggle against all
breeds AMI kinds of greed and usur.
patton. What else than such n dec.
laration could have been expected
from such Il State:
But The SrN never feared for the
Kansas Oakland. 1t wac some Of the
others. the spiritless. %cringing little
onklands. that 1t felt were In Peril.
The danger Is not past; the scheme.
as an earlier corresi omtlent said. Is
well planned and monstrous.' and
TIE SrN again calls upon the friends
of the weak ana the enemies Of monop-
oily to he on their guard.
The sun., 1916-10-18
The Third House.

II can say. in entire good humor,
that l desire government through two
Houses and not three" observed Mr..
HUGHES, and the Ncbraskans shouted
with laughter. The reference to the
mysterious EDWARD MANDELL House.
was a witty and deserved rebuke to
Mr.. WILSON. Besides, 1t was fresh
minted; whereas WOODROW WILSON
talked about "invisible government
way back In 1910, when he was stump
Ing New Jersey for the Governorship.
1t was n Of his stock phrases then.
So were such words as Serving hu.
manity," Every frankly" Sincerely
and cordially" II don't care n pepper.
corn" forward looking men, and so
on. At the time they were thought
to mean something.
The third House. like JOHN LIND,
one FERGUSON, and sundry. represents
Mr.. WILSON'S way of governing by
personal agents. lie Is Il great he
liever In amateur Investigators with
out special training or fitness for their
tasks. 1t is his notion that such men
are the best instruments tn carry out
his ideas. That they may bungle
matters does not disturb him not
having been elected by the people, nor
appointed by the President. and not
holding any office or possessing any
lawful authority they can be instantly
dlsowned and replaced.
The sun., 1916-10-18

Cash balance In general
fund september 80. 1915. 50 ESQ 500 80
The temporary bonds OF 5000. 900
issued by the State Comptroller had
not been paid on september 80. 1915.
80 that the Stat" treasury actually had
Il deiici, on September 30. 1918. Of the
difference between the temporary
bonds outstanding of $4,000, 900 and
the cash on hand Of $3.50, S23.59. being
s2.1l0,l76.Il, without counting the
amount Of the unexpended appropriate
tons at that date.
In the budget of the city OF New
York for this year appears an item for
a direct state tax Of sl~3.975,O2l.T3. this
being 66NS per cent. Of the entire
budget. 1t became evident early in the
session of the Legislature of 1915 that
in order to meet the urgent require
mcnts of the states business "A direct
tax would be necessary. This situation
was Immediately used by the Demo-
cratic party for partisan advantage.
In the political discussion which fol
lowed the business necessities of the
state were overlooked. and many peo-
pie in the city of New York were led
In believe that the state was forcing
upon them an unjust burden. In fact
many Of our citizens seemed 10 think
that n direct State tax was an entirely
new method Of serving the state treas
ury. Thos" who were most active in
|denouncing the direct State tax never
referred to the fact that when they
were in control of the State Govern
ment only "A few years before they had
regularly levied direct State taxes Of
which this city had paid just as large
a share as 1t has of the tax OF 1915.
Here are some facts:
RIO tn the year 1902 the State had
yearly levied IA direct State tax. II was
Governor Odells belief that the indi-
rect revenues of the state would re. or
should he. made sufficient to meet all
The sun., 1916-10-18
Wilson by Night.

GEORGE ABE and MEREDITH NICuoL.
son are Ia hold II political debate on
an electric sign in the centre of In
dianap"lis, \ f~orty-tive word state
mcnt for Mr.. WILSON written by Mr..
NICHOLSON will he flashed forth for
seven nights. Mr.. .ADE's plea for the
election Of Mr.. HuGHEs will appear
aftcrwurl.
\ special arrangement should he
made for Mr.. NICHoLsoN'S assistance.
The sign should he equipped with an
apparatus 81 that his argu.
mentS will present the familiar vii.
s"nipn aspect of now you see 1t and
now you don't. And the sign should
have Il Mexican border.
The sun., 1916-10-18
E NEUTRALITY.
1t Is Declared to BE Justified by the
.Reverses Of Rumania,

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir. The
timely editorial article In THE Sun of
october IL on Rumania's III starred in
fasion OF Hungary and the fate that Is
impending. In consequence OF her rash
decision to enter the war. illustrates
forcibly the wisdom of the remark
I which King Constantine made to an
Associated Press representative at Athens
during ar interview about "A year ago.
The King said in effect when big dogs
hght, there is no place for small dogs
Has not the course OF events since
ne made that observation fully justi-
fed King C~onstantine's unshakable con-
viction that the interests OF Greece
would be better served by keeping out
OF this horrible blood cataclysm than by
plunging in IL?
what dispassionate or unbiased OBJ
server. be he Greek or foreigner. would
In the light Of these events still be
honestly disposed to accuse and con-
denim the King and his powerful and
loyal supporters because they had the
courage OF their convictions and stood
unfinchingly by them. thus thwarting
successfully the ingenious schemes of
the resourceful Nenizelos to throw
Greece I'm the arm of the Entente
Allies and their grasping satellite.
Italy?
When peace is restored in Europe and
the minds OF partisans are rendered
immune from the acrimonies and
hatreds incident TO the war, then, per-
haps. the historian will do Justice TO
that patriotic King and his devoted and
prudent advisers whose views he so
wisely and wholeheartedly espoused for
their patient and unremittlng EFFORTS
which enabled them to resist alike all
the tempting c~ajolery and whecdling
OF the diplomats Of the Entente Allies
and the tremendous pressure that the
allied navy could exert.
Meanwhile. We may well AFFORD to
await developments In the Macedonian
front. That quiet and unassuming hut
peerless warrior Mackenscn will soon
he putting the finishing touch on his
Ruinanian task. Then his military in
genuity will he obviously directed to-
ward the lower Balkans. where the
Allies seem bent on d,molishing the
Teutonic bridge to the place in the
sun" And incidentally our Italian
friends may then have To reconsider
their selfish aims in Ep'ris. hastily re-
trace their steps from tina, Hellenic
province toward Nalona, and thence.
duplicating their humiliating precedent
or TIE purazzo evacuation. rocross the
Adriatic. abandoning their meddlinG IN
the Balkans for all time.
CHRISTOPHER II. KozrAs.
ALBANY. October Is.
The sun., 1916-10-18

tary training. They were and are
among our nOblest citizens.
The high schools OF Boston have
furnished military instruction for
fifty years, and more recently It has
become part of the curriculum in the
high schools Of Washington, u. c.;
In California, Wyoming. Salt Lake
City. Omaha and Fort Worth. In
1914, In different parts Of the country,
there were eighty-two schools giving
military instruction to 1000 students.
In view OF past observation 1t Is i'm.
probable that the dire results feared
by The critics will ensue from the
present naturally great popularity Of
military schools.
The apprehension that enforced
habits Of obedience may destroy inl-
tiative In our young men or that such
compulsory yielding of the will is un.
American has been met by Secretary
BAKER, who says:
Il wonder whether the truth IL not
that we have so little OF the habit of
obedience In America that our da
really lies in the other direction, and
whether II Is not also true that obedi-
ence is really a fundamental virtue and
does not involve a sacrifice OF individu-
ality."
That our American youth stand in
Imperative need Of such training il
obvious. That there turks not the
slightest menace to democratic ideals
In universal military service on the
Swiss or similar plan has been dem
onstrated by u history. Those who
fear n militarism that may make our
people willing tools I'm the hands Of
ambitious or INSCRIPTIONS men little
understand the American people.
The sun., 1916-10-18

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The sun., 1916-10-18
WORDS, D L WORDS.
The Attempts TO Braxen Out the Sur.
render Of the Adamson Law.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. AT
least five hundred thousand words have
been said and written by Democratic
partisans in the past month to make the
action Of their President and Congress
In the trainmen's wage grab appear
proper--appear to have been something
less wrong and unjust than 1t was.
However, IA hundred times five hundred
thousand words cannot alter the truth
of the matter or absolve the President
and his party from blame in II.
They are not excused because Uncle
Joe Cannon. suffering from dotage, and
"A few score Republican scare-bellies In
the House voted for the Adamson bill.
The Republican Senators were a unit
against the law. La Toilette is not a
Republican. He Is ar anomaly.
Nor Is there any sense at all in pre-
tending that right or wrong In the
premises had anything to do with the
result. The Adamson law is not an
eight o u law in effect. whatever 1t
may he in profession or name. II
simply raised the wages OF a set OF
workmen for no other reason under
heaven Than that they threatened a
strike IL they did not get the raise.
One finds many people who believe.
though enormously, that the yielding to
force was commendable as a temporary
move. Nevertheless the Democrats do
not undertake to defend themselves with
this argument. They deny the fact OF
.compulsion altogether, and assert bra
zenly in the words OF their leader. we
passed the Adamson law because 1t is
right" But no one can pretend honest
ly that under any circumstances raising
wages or altering hours OF labor by
law, without investigation or proof of
necessity. is right. Nor can n man
t,uthfully say that the Adamson law
was passed for any other reason in the
world except that the fear OF a railroad
strike dictated it's enactment. unless the
scandalous charge Is made that 1t was
done to win votes.
"a national humiliation the Demo-
Wilson supporting New York
Times called It in bitter protest. Such
1t was, and nothing less.
FREDERICK PALMER LATiMER.
NEW LONDON, October l6.
The sun., 1916-10-18
Mr.. Seabury: A Cha meleOn In Pub.
lie Life.

MIR. SEABURY has declined to an
swer real estate mems questions ask
Ing whether or not he believes In the
single Tux theories of HENRY GEORGE.
and whether or not he would try to
secure the passage Of II law untaxinc
buildings in New York city. This is
Il new attitude on the part of the
Democratic candidate for Governor.
Heretofore the candidate has never
concealed his views.
1t Is true that he has shifted and
changed his stand on public matters
almost rs many time as WOODROW
WILSON. Judge ~SrAnrRy'S c~volutions
have, however. been spread over n
longer period of time. The transit
tions have not been so abrupt. Who
now recalls S~EABURY's fondness for
BRYAN, which led him tn break with
his patron. WILLIAM RANDOLPH
HEARST? That was ten years ago.
and two years after SENnuRY had
bOlte1 the Democratic national ticket.
Mr.. HEARsT's and Mr.. MrRpHY's com.
bined efforts finally put the young
mar who had been such an ardent
advocate of municipal ownership on
the Supreme Court bench. Then he
manifested at various times Il passion
for all sorts Of political projects. lie
astonished the bar by temporarily
describing the judicial crmine and
assuming the motley If the stump
speaker. This was to help elect Mr..
HEARST lie Governor and rs Mayor. II
n not Il successful effort on either
occasion.
As recently rs two years ago Mr..
SEABrRY was publishing his opposi.
ton to the repeal of the Panama
Canal tolls exemption. Mr.. WusoN
was urging the repeal. AMI rightly.
hut Mr.. Sr,EuRY said Of the Pres
idcnt:
I'm place OF reasons tus'ifying repeal
10 n hidden suggestion that a surrender
to England on the Panama question will
aid him tMr. WILSON, in dealing with
other foreign problems"
Shadow Lawn finds II convenient
to forget fbt-, for it hopes that SEA
Jury rAi pull the national ticket
through in New York State. In this
hope lies the seed of II bitter disap-
p%Ointment. by n campaign of per-
sonal misrepresentation directed
against II few individuals, by feeling
his way on such subjects rs physical
and military training of school chill.
dren, by blank silence upon such prac-
teal queries ns those of the real cS.
tate men, Mr.. SEABURY has completely
confirmed in the minds of the people
Of this State n distinct conception of
him as a chameleon.
The sun., 1916-10-18
The Beneiclaries of the Eight Hour
Pay Are Enemies of Labor.

To THE EDITOR % THE SuS-Sir. As
President William q. Lee Of the Brother-
hood OF Railroad Trainmcn admits tina,
the public has not been informed cor
rectly a. 10 the effect OF the .\damson
law, suppose YOU print the enclosed for
the benefit II labor. both orsanized and
unorcanized.
tNoRGASizEp RAILROAD WoRKER.
NEWARK. y. j. October -.