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The Harrison times., 1916-05-20
Neuro Normal Courses.

Circulars urging negro school
teachers to attend summer normals at
Hope, Camden and Mariana, begin
ming May 20, ana at Pine Bluff and
Dermott, beginning June 5, are being
sent from the State Department of
Public instruction by Leo M. Favrot,
state agent Of rural schools for ne
groes.
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20
Ask For Road Survey.

Petition for a road survey by an en-
gineer OF the Department Of State
Lands, Highways and Improvements
was received at the Office of Highway
Commissioner w. b. Owen from New,
port. The proposed road would run
from Newport through Union, Jeffer-
son, Village and Grubbs townships,
about 16 or Is miles. County Judge
w. D. McLain requested the survey,
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20
oo.year Litioation Ends.

Asheville, N. C.-After litigation ex-
tending over a period of 20 years and
involving court proceedings in several
states, the GilbertHopkins case to de-
termine title to timber lands in North
Carolina and Tennessee valued at ST.
100000 was settled by a compromise
decree entered in the federal district
court. The terms were not made
public.
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20
Can't Transfer Auto License.

State Highway Commissioner Owen
said that a certain official in Little
Rock has been instructing car owners
that they can transfer the license tag
from an old car to a new one. This
practice is in violation Of the law and
violators on conviction are subject to
a fine not to exceed $25.
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20
ebaye Yourself For a Dime.

Chicago-A barber shop where one
.haves himself was started in the loop.
II is called q shaveteria, The shop
is divided into compartments, which
are fitted with every accessory. The
patron has his choice Of the safety or
the old-fashioned razor The charge
is 10 cents.
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20
COMPANY Changes Name.

Notice of the change Of name Of the
Baptist International Life Insurance
Company to the International Savings
and Life Insurance Company was filed
at the otnce of the secretary Of state.
~. L. Adkins Of Little Rock is presi'
dent of the company.
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20
Sell state Cotton Crop.

Nine hundred and fifty bales of
cotton, sold to the p. p, Byrd Cotton
Company of Little Rock at 1S cents
per pound, netted the Penitentiary
Commission approximately $4,000 ror
the crop from the Cummins farm,
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20
New Bank Chartered,

The Arkansas State Bank at Ash,
down, Little River county, has been
granted a charter by the State Bank,
ing Department The capital stock is
S25,000. Officers are: ]. M. Johnson,
president; +, G, Payne, cashier; j,
Miller Johnson, assistant cashier,
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20

The Oklahoma Oil and Gas Com
many has erected $4,000 worth of ma
chinery to drill for oil near Prairie
view. The company also will sink
we'll near Scranton.
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20
SHORT ARKANSAS ITEMS.

The arrest of a man who was cash
ing forged strawberry tickets has call.
cd attention to the possibility o,
crooks working in the strawberryrais'
ing sections during the season, The
tickets are issued to pickers and are
often cashed by merchants.
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20
Fire al Muntion Plant

Cadillac, Mich.-Fire of undeter'
mined origin at the plant Of the Cadil.
lac chemical Company caused $780,.
OoJ loss. The company is furnishing
an engredient Of smokeless powder to
the allies.
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20
Issues ReauIsitlon.

Governor Hays issued a requisition
upon the governor Of Missouri for
the return to Arkansas of Frank 10.
sephs, wanted in Grant county to
answer to a felony charge, Sheriff
John r, Matthews Of Grant county
was named as agent
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20
Standard Orders Raise.

San Francisco.-A general wage in.
crease Of 10 per cent to all employees
receiving less than $4,000 year prior
to May was announced by the Stand.
ard OH Company Of California,
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20
Paws In S10.O72.93.

George w. Crews, sheriff and col
lector Of Clay county paid $1OO72,SS
into the state treasury in state war
rants. The payment was only a part
of the Clay county settlement
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20
lnoornoratlon Matters.

The Kempner Land and Improve.
ment Company of Hot Springs filed a
certificate showing that II had sur,
rendered It's charter.
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20

Or. 3. F. jackson, Celebrated PhyslcIasS
handed down to posterity his famoGy
prescription for female troubles. Now
sold under the name of "Femenina."
Price SOC and $100.-Adv.
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20
NeQhk for
sick Women
For Forty Years Lydia z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Has Been
Woman's Most Reliable Medicine
Here is More Proof.

To women who suffering from some form Of
womans special Ills and have constant fear OF breaking
down. the three following letters ought to bring hope-
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20

Two can play at almost any game
but one is apt to quit loser.
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20

DR.. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver,
bowels and stomach One little Pellet for
a laxative-three for a cathartic.-Adv.
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20

Instead OF speaking his own mind
many az man echoes his wife's.
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20

Every womans pride, beautiful, clepg
white clothes. Use Red Cross Ball BIZ J
All grocers. Adv.
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20

There are more strikes now in the
ball parks than in factories.
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20

North Crandon, Wis., When was l6 years
old got married and at IS years I gave birth to
twins and it left me with very poor health. Icould
not walk across the floor without having to sit
down to rest and it was hard for me to keep about
and do my work went to doctor and he told
Inc had displacement and ulcers, and would
have to have an operation This frightened me so
much that 1 did not know what to do. Having
heard of Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
II thought would give it trial and it made me as
lwel as ever. cannot say enough In favor Of the
s."-Irs. MAYME AsBACH, North Crandon, Wis.,
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20
Testimony from Oklahoma.

Lawton, Oka-"When I began to take Lydia E. Pnlham's
Vegetable Compound seemed be good for nothing Id easily
and had headaches much of the time and irregular took agan
before my little child born and did wonderful amount Of
good at that time never fail to recommend Lydia Pkhams
Vegetable Compound ang because has done much
for me-Ars A. MOCAsLAND 500 Have St, Lawton, Okla
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20

And the more confidence we have in
others the more we are disappointed.
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20

Misery makes sport to mock ITSELF
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a Gen
eral Tonic because it contains the well
known tonic properties OF QUININE and
IRON. 1t acts on the Liver. Drives out
Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds
up the Whole System. SO cents.
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20

When two men are talking, each
tries to work in his hobby first, so as
to head the other off.
The Harrison times., 1916-05-20

Pride often gives truth a severe
Jolt.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-26

and broke 96l. 1t took her four hours
and thirty five minutes to shoot at the
one thousand clay boys. 1t only took
her five hours and twenty minutes to
shoot at the two thousand targets, of
which three hours and ten minutes
were spent in actual firing. Thus her
improvement will be noted
No man has ever shot at two thou
sand targets in one day and only one
has shot at one thousand He is ]. W.
Garrett, of Colorado Springs, Cal, and
he broke four more targets than Mrs.
Topperwein did on 1908. In her mag.
nificent performance in Montgomery
Mrs. ToPperwein used only one gun,
weighing seven and one half pounds,
and did not rest a minute, despite the
fact that the barrel Of the gun became
so warm a number of times that ice
water had to be poured over it. II
was difficult to hold, and Mrs. Topper.
vein suffered blistered hand, but she
was shooting better at the close than
when she began. She broke ninety-six
Of the first one hundred targets and
ninety eight of the last one hundred.
The lowest score she had in any one
hundred was ninety-Gve, and her aver.
age for the 1000 was a shade less than
ninety-eight. She compiled straight
runs Of 100, III, 1870 and $50, which we
might say in conclusion is "some"
shooting,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-26
TOURNEY
BIGGEST IN HISTORY
ennis Matches To Be Held Week
Previous To Carnival
Stars Coming

The grrat..t tennis tournament in
he history Of Hawaii is planned for
he month of February.
The opening match viii be played on
february ninth and the tournament will
Ontinue through that week, with u
disability that final match may be
Ilayed the first day of the Carnival.
he reason that the tennis tournament
viii not be staged during the Mid Pa.
life Carnival, AS in former years, Is due
0 the fact that George Church and
iarOld ThrOckmOrtOn, who are now
playing in japan, will be required to
cave the Islands on February twenty.
FIRST.
Church ranked third among the ten.
mis- players this year. He is the man
who played the Japanese star, Ku.
nagae, to standstill in the national
championships, and finally put him out.
He also defeated McL0ughlin and Muir
ray. The work of such II star will be
watched by Honolulu lovers Of the
racquet game with interest. ThrOek
morton received ranking of seven.
'eenth this year. He is steadily i'm
growing his play, cnd although not such
I luInin'lIS HS nnEtn, VIII nevertheless
" un attraction.
Arrangements are also under way to
DTing doubles team to Honolulu for
he tournament. 1t is very probable
hat the star Coast and national player,
Johnston, win b. the first choice for
his team Other COust players who
may be chosen 10 make up the TEEN are
Johns or Struchun.
With \ l.. Castle. AlIun Lowrrv,
william Eklunh and Billy Hogs, in I'D,
iition to the stars who will come, Ho,
nolulu is PROMISED some interesting
matches in the men = events
A class Is tournament will begin soon
to determine entries for the big Febru,
AIRY tournament. Th" best six in tbia
tournament will he eligible for the pre-.
Carnival tourney. As some confusion
has been experienced in eliminating
men Ut the hnnI moment, il WAS thought
best by the tennis committee to stag
this preliminary tournament
One of the features OF the big tOurna.
ment will be the ladies matches F"ir
Wiclders of the racquet will have OppOr
tunity to enter both the ladies singles
and mixed doubles at this time
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-26
D|ANAOF THE TRAPS WHOSE
SKILL IS EQUALED BY FEW

When it comes to SCATTERING the elu,
i've cIays, Mrs. Ad Topperwein comes
pretty nearly being in a class by her,
self.
She is beyond all question the great
st Of oil fair Diarrs of the traps to,
lay and is possibly the best trr pshot
in the United States.
That's quite compliment and q
great honor to pay any one, especially
woman, when you take into consider.
Gtion that there are more than six
hundred thousand trapshootCrs in the
United States, but it is no more than
Mrs. Topperwein deserves.
Year in and year out for dozen of
hem she has shot ut 5000 to 10000 tar.
Gets and has always compiled an aver
.ge of better than ninPty-fve per cent,
out on November 10 she accomplished
the greatest feat of her career when
he pulverized 1852 out of 1000 targets
brown in succession from the traps Of
he Montgomery (Ala.) Country Club.
Not only did Mrs. TopPerwcin es-
sblish record for performance, but
The also established records for en-
lurance and for the greatest number of
,hots fired over the traps in one day by
me shooter Back in 1908, when she
lad been shooting four years, Mrs Top
perwein shot at one thousand targets
n San Antonio, Tex, her home city,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-26
SPOR II .
TH|RTYFOUR PLAYERSUSED
MASINGLE BASEBALL GAME

In these days of rctrenehment, not
only in the matter Of expenses, but
also in the number of players, it seems
like stretching the Imagination to say
that IN = game this year thirty.four
players figured In the box score. II one
thinks back only two decades ago, when
few teams carried more than a dozen
men, this statement appears preposter.
Gus. However, on August Is, 1916, in
= game at Boston betty een the Boston
American League team and the Chicago
White Sox, the Bostons used twenty.
one men and the ChicaEOs thirteen.
This will appear more remarkable when
t is remembered that in the National
League the number of players for each
team Is limited TO twenty-one and in
The American League to twenty-five.
Fhe BostOnS just touched the National
League limit and came within four of
going to the extreme bounds set by the
American League.
There were several games this year
which thirty or more players we're
Employed. On April 20 the Chicago md
Cincinnati box score showed thirty
layers in action, seventeen Cubs and
hirteeu Reds. Ten days later, on April
10, the Detroit and Cleveland teams
presented thirty-one players, twenty.
m" by Detroit and ten by Cleveland.
These figures were beaten on July 10,
when the Chicago and Brooklyn teams
worked thirty-two players, eighteen by
'hicago and fourteen by Brooklyn.
In the Boston lineup the frst break
anne in the seventh inning, when For
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-26
TO .
EXAMINE WHARVES
Harbor Board viii Get Outside
Opinion On Stability Of
Work Being Done

Notwithstan dIng the expressed opin
ION Of some Of the members of the
board of harbor commissioners that the
charges made by Ed Lord, the con.
tractor. that Superintendent Of Public
Works Forbes plans for Piers, 8, Q and
10 are faulty, and that the structure
will not be safe IL completed according
10 them, the commission, at special
session yesterday, decided TO appoint a
special committee Of two outside en-.
render an expert opinion.
This action was in accordance with O
request of Chairman Forbes, who in.
sisted that such an investigation be
made. Forbes stated that he dida Z
want the investigating committee TO
listen TO statements by either himself
or the contractor, but he wanted them
to make thorough examination of the
plans and Of the work that has been
done under them and to report accord.
ingly.
Ed Lord and several Of his employees
on the wharves under construction
were present at the meeting, md Lord
reiterated his statement That the re
tanning wall of Pier . is more than five
riches out of position in one place
This statement was contradicted by
Forbes. and at the special meeting FRI
dav night territorial engineers and in
spectors employed on the job stated
that there was no foundation 70,
Lord = allegation.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-26
CORNELL LIKELY ~ j..
TODROP HARVARD

ITHACA, N. Y, December O---Al.
though Cornell men alumni and under.
graduates, are Dissatisfied with the foot.
bah showing made by the big Red team
in the season recently closed, there is
no general disposition 20 rritize the
coaching system or TO blame Doctor
Sharpe and his associates to any great
extent. The coaching system at Ithaca
will not be changed, hut various alumni
have expressed the hope that In the
future moro attention will be given to
modern football plays and that the
Ithacans will abandon the policy Of
sticking to conservative, old fashioned
rushing.
These alumni and undergraduates, Of
whom there are many, hold that in all
her gumes Cornell used far too few
PLAYS and that she failed to take ad
vantage of the possibilities Of the for
ward pass. They hope that another
year will see more varied assortment
Of plays and a more complex offensive.
The task Of making q schedule is
progressing rapidly. Cornell Is not 10
play Harvard, II is understood, because
the Crimson is unwilling to give the
Cornell Harvard game an air of per
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-26

rest Cady battcd for Huh Leonard and
Mike McNaIly ran for Cady. Carl Mays
succeeded Leonard on the rubber in the
eighth. but Eddie Shore relieved him
before the inning was over. In the
ninth, left field got jolt. Duffy Lewis
got one base, and Harold Janyfin was
sent TO run for him. Charles Shorten
took Lewis's place in the field, but
JanvriR was sent TO run for him. Gainor
was sent to the batter's box in his
place. Before Gamer had served hiS
foil term ct bat he was replaced by
George Ruth. Then Sam Jones was put
into left field. In the fourteenth in.
ming Sam Aghew batted for Jones and
J. Weldon WyCkoff for Agnew. In the
fifteenth inning George Foster went to
left field, making the twelfth substitute
and bringing the number of players en-.
gagged TO twenty.one.
The thirty.four players were divided
between the two teams as follows:
Boston-Hubert Leonard, Carl Mays
and Eddie Shore, pitchers; Chester
Thomas, catcher; Dick Hoblitzel, first
base; John Barry, second base; vii.
ham (l.arry) Gardner, third base; Ev.
erPtt Scott, shortstop; George f.
Duffy Lewis, Charles Shorten, Sam
Jones and George Foster, left field
Clarence (Tilly) Walker, center field ;
Harry Hooper, right field; Forrest Cady,
batted for Leonard in the seventh ;
Mike Mentally, ran for Cady in the sew.
enth; Harold Janvrin. ran for Lewis in
the eighth; Del Gamer, batted for
Shorten in the ninth; George (Babe)
Ruth, baited for Gamer in the eighth.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-26
All KUN IS REAL
LAND OWNER HEREAFTER

Mrs. Chvrles Templeton r. CrocEer,
formerly Helene Irwin of WAIKIKI, re.
numbered All Kun Tu when she went
over her long list of Christmas gifts.
Yesterday All Kun received deed
70 three quarters Of an acre of land
here, the gift of Mrs. Croker, which
fOct he joyously proclaimed in The
Advertiser office. making q special
visit Cor that purpose. For thirty.two
wears All Kun has been in the
employ of the w. q. Irwin family
and he is still caretaker for the
heUutiful home and grounds Rt Waikiki.
The Chinese intends to build a homo
on the property, at Waikiki, given him
by Mrs, CTocker.o
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-26
UNNATURAL FATHER
SENTENCEDFORL|FE
Murata Tokubeye Slew Own
Daughter After Living With
Her IlIicitIy

Indicted by the territorial grand jury
on charge of first degree murder and
allowed later TO plead guilty TO second
degree charge, Murata Tokubeye vas
sentenced by Judge Ashford yesterday
to Imprisonment in the territorial pen.
itPntiHry for not less than twenty
years, the ma ximum being life 1t was
not necessary TO add the costs Of court
to the sentence.
Toknheye's crime was probably the
worst ever rccOrIc in the criminal an
mails Of Hawaii. In accepting the
man = plea to second degree murder,
md thereby saving the criminal neck
from the hangman moose. the city
attorney told the court that the prose.
.utiou had evidence that the man had
)cen living in iIlirit relations with his
laughter, seventeen .year-Old girl.
rhen, claimed the prosecution, Toku-
DeyP discovered that his daughter had
peen living with another man, this time
aid to have been the unfortunate
girls uncle.
Swaycd by jealousy. the government
further claimed. TOhubeyr stabbed his
laughter to death. The public was
pared the real details of tho horrible
rhine, not only of the father in slay
ng his own chill. hut of his incestuouS
citations with her. az well as the story
VI the alleged criminal uncle. The
brutal and murdProus father is man
veil on in wears. He may be parOlPd
after serving twenty years in prison,
md even the minimum sentence may
re cOmmuted later on.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-26
THANKS
AND GOLD FOR THE
STREETCAR MEN

japanese residents of Honolulu, in
appreciation of the courtesy of rapid
transit mOtormen and conductors, yes,
terday forwarded TO The Advertiser O
Christmas gift Of thirty, dollars con,
tribnted by fifteen Japanese of the
fity. Ten dollars was designated foi
Thomas Young, conductor number one
and the request was made that com.
pany officials select two other platform
men whose caTefulness and courtesy
were deserving of the balance of the
Christmas fund.
The money was turned over TO the
company by The Advertiser, and after
Mr.. Young had been given ten dollars
the balance was deposited in the treas
ury of the Honolulu Street Railway
Employees Benefit Association. In this
way all the employees benefit equally,
the company believing this would carry
out the desires of the Christmas givers
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-26
BABE RUTHGAN FEWEST
EARNED RUNS IN LEAGUE

Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox
led the American League pitchers last
season, according to the Official aver
ages, which were made public by Pre-
sidcnt Ban johnson yesterday. The pit.
chers are rated on the same basis as the
National League twirlers, not on the
games won and lost, bu' on the number
of earned runs per game. Ruth allowed
only l.7J runs per game and he took
part in forty four games. Eddie Gcotte
Of Chicago was second, allowing ITS
runs per game. Walter johnson OF
Washington was third He allowed I.SN
runs per game.
Davenport of ST. Louis was the hard,
est worked pitcher, taking part in fifty,
nine games. Reb Russell of Chicago
was next, with ffty.six, and Bob
shaw key Of the Yankees pitched in
ffty'tbree games. Walter Johnso
however, pitched the greatest number
of innings, 81. He also led the league
in Nrikeouts, with 22S to his credit.
Meyers Of the Athletics was the most
liberal Of the twirlers, and gave los
bases on balls. Zoe Bush of the Athle.
ties was the widest. with fifteen wild
hrsVcs. Duuss Of Detroit did the most
damaF" TO his opponents ~ hitting six
teen players.
Nick CullOp led the Yankee pitchers,
permitting 2O5 earned runs per game.
He STOOD ninth among the league pitch
ers. Shawk"y was eleventh, and he took
part in more games than any other Of
Donovan's bOxmen. Mogridge was rat
I'd twelfth in the list.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-26
WELLS FARGO EMPLOYEES
GET SOME GOOD NEWS

c. G. Graves, superintendent of the
Hawaiian Islands division of Well'
Fargo & c., express, received Mar.
conigram from the mainland yesterday
notifying him that all employees Of the
company working for an annual salary
of $4,000 or under would be given {
Christmas present Of one month i
salary extra. The bonus is based on
one wear continuous service and the
salary rate as of October. 1916. -Four
men in the Honolulu Office of the com
pany will benefit by the extra wages