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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22
AMERICAS CRADLE
A NEGLECTED SPOT
San Salvador an Example of
Forgotten Shrines in the
Western World.
GREAT GAME OF "HIST"
SEEN ON PASSING SHIPS
War Creates Suppressed Excitement
Among Nationalities on West
Indies Voyage.

Special Fr,sn a STAFF Correspondent.
ON BOARD :. :. SINAOi..\. At SEA,
NEW YORK TO SANTIAGO. CUBA,
Arril lt.-Tak" a map showing the
eastern part of the United States. the
West Indies and the Bahama Islands
AND lay upon it rule. due north and
south from New York. If the rule is
lon. enough there will he found at
one cud of it exactly LOO miles south
IF New York. the greatest city
Of the western hemisphere, an is
1ani about as big Manhattan
Island. which should he the most
celebrated piece of land in song
ami story in the Americas. but which
viii never be anything like as we'll
known as Manhattan Island. because,
as has often been Sd d. the citizens oil
tho United States care nothing for
their shriueS. This piece of land is
thu Island of San Salvador the first
landing Ilace of Christopher Columbus
GA tnis side of the world. and it is in
close view of the writer as this is set
90,
THIS article. record o. a voyage to
The West Indies. is not to concern 1t
self with the history of San Salvador.
otherwise known AS WatlinSs Island
in memory of an Engiishman VINO
claimed it Other incidents and events
of life on shipboard, more human in
their interest. more up-to-the minute.
crowd in upon the record. but the Is
land of San Salvador must stir the
emotion. in any account of a voyage to
the West Indies 1t is painted is
Iand''-a part of the picture of which
this painted ship upon painted
o can" is another portion. SO still are
the seas and heavens in this great
Ia acknowledgements. three hundred
miles east of and below the coast of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22

Davis. whose newspaper work is well
known in Central America. had been
found dead beside his telephone. This
underground information bureau is
doubtless the result of the close lntl-
macy of shipboard on a voyage like
this. which is really an occasion of con-
centra ton. The stewards know at once
how each persons toast should he
cooked. how each person likes his or
her bed made. the proper temperature
of the bath. Thus, life goes as upon Il
summer sea. All things are made easy.
There is but one worry for the Anglo
Saxon. The Caribbean sea will soon
be reached, and the thermometer will
be 10 degrees. Not in the shade,
either. For there will be no shade.
w. B.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22
AMERICAN FLIER KILLED.
W. E. Hodger Meets Death While
Serving With the British Army.

OYSTER BAY. n. T.. April pr. A.
Horton said here last night that he had
received letter announcing that
Lieut. w. f. Hodger of New York, an
aviator with the British army, has been
killed in action. The letter, he said,
was signed by Robert Black. flight
commander.
THE letter contained the announce
ment that Lieut.. Hodger fell from the
air in an encounter with the enemy,
said Horton.
He was awarded the British war
cross and the D. c. NJ. with five clasps
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22
Under British Flag.

From that shingle of white beach be-
hind the coral reefs of San Salvador
have sprung all the hopes and promises
of the new world. all OF its wonder
full fuIfIlment-the ideals of liberty,
the sewing machine. the telephone. the
telegraph, the wireless. the steam
engine, the electric railway. the aero
plane the submarine and the printing
press as the latter is known and de-
veloped in the Americas today. But
the island lies neglected. and ii is a
British flag, not that of one of the
twenty-five republics of the Americas
which owe their free institutions and
their existence TO the fact that there
America was discovered. that flies
above its dark-skinned ihha bitants.
and their humble toll fishermen and
raisers of oranges. pineapples and
hemp.
There is too much of up-to- the mi n =
ute interest this voyage to inspire
any passing tears for the fate of San
Salvador. Names cannot be set down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22

Work is being pushed on the other
steel plant here, that of the Interna-
tional Steel Corporation. on Quanticc
creek north of the town. The concern
is to make boilers, tanks and other
sheet steel work, and is to occupy a
twenty tiVe-acre tract. Nork is al
ready we'll under way on the buildings
and a force OF men is erecting cottages
for the Workmen. these being loca tee
on streets newly opened.
1t was stated yesterday that the new
Ouantico Hotel is to he completed by
June 10 that il is to contain thirty nv.
rooms each with bath. and is to b.
electrically lighted and modern through
out \ big banquet and ball is to h'
given at the hotel as soon as it is fur
niShed ready for occupancy.
Richmond contractors are laying
miles of cement sidewalks in the Ole
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22
GOOD ROADS LAW FAILS
TO OBTAIN RECOGNITION
Senate Adjourns Without Voting on
Bankhead Bill, Which Indefinite
ly Postpones Action.

Good roads legislation by Congress
appears doomed. for the time being, AT
least. The Senate adjourned last even
Rankhead good roads bill, which had
been under consideration for three
days Today is to he given over to
consideration of the free sugar repeal
bill. and the rural credits bill is to
have the right of way in the Senate
Monday, according t" the legislative
program outlined by the majority.
Charges that the good roads hlll is a
pork. barrel measure were made by re-
puhlicanS during the debate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22
Prof. H. T. Cowling's Lecture Theme

"Photographing Our National Parks"
was the subject of an illustrated lee
ture by Prof. HEREFORD T. Cowling. chief
photographer of the United States
reclamation and national parks serv-
ice, this afternoon at the American
-niVerSitv. The talk was illustrated
with motion pictures showing Yosem-
=. Yellowstone, Glacier. Crater lake,
Rocky Mountain National parks and
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado in
Arizona.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22

run the ship. IL she he young enough
to remind him of his kids at home. and
gray hairs and experience listen to
that which comes out of the mouth of
a babe. and leases her upon her beaus.
The bachelors, a gloomy. forbidding and
stern looking lot of men. sneer at the
mental eXhilaration involved in the
game of Switchboard, played all day
tong by some people, and repeat:
II knew it was going to he long
voyage. We ha a list to port when
we left New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22
New Buildings Going Up.

Building operations are getting well
under way, the buildings mostly being
of brick. though many cottages and
smaller structures are going up in all
parts of the old village and the new
additions. Accommodations for the
workmen are at premium, as those
now available are taxed far beyond
their capacity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22
Senator Bankhead's Futile Effort

Senator Bankhcad, in charS" Of ;hc
bill. which would appropriate $4,000
600 during the next five years to hc
by the states for road building, tried
unsuccessfully to get unanimous con-
sent to a vote on his measure. Sena
tor Lodge refused the necessary con
sent.
obtained the adoption of an amend
ment which would require the states
to guarantee to maintain the roads
built by federal aid for a period of ter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22

Frank NJ. Tully of ClarkshurS. w.
Va. was found dead in his bed in "A
Baltimore rooming house. 1t is thought
he failed to properly turn off the gas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22
Offers a Substitute Bill.

Senator Smoot offered as a substitute
for the Bankhead bill-itself a suhSti-
tute for the Shackleford bill passed by
the HouSe-the So-called Bourne bill,
which would provide for the federal
government extending its credit to the
states for fifty years to the extent of
$500, 100000 for road building purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22
Announcement Made Regard
ing Establishment Contem-
plated at Quantico, Va.
WORK OF CONSTRUCTION
is ALREADY UNDER WAY
Planned by Pittsburgh Pressed Steel
Car Company-Progress in Other
Building Operations Noted.

special correspondence or he star.
QTANTlCo. Va. April o2-The resi-
dents of this newest Virginia magic
city" are jubilant over the announce
meut this week that the big plant of
the Pittsburgh Pressed Steel Car Com
pany, preliminary work on which has
been started. is to employ from 1000 to
200 men, and that foreign labor is to
he barred far as possible in man
ming the plant.
The announcement. which was the
first official statement regarding the
compauy's plans. was made by George
T.. Thomas. superintendent and chief
engineer of construction of the COM
panS. While here inspecting the site
of the plant Nj Thomas stated that
the output of the Quantico works is to
he not less than twenty-five pressed
steel ears a week from the beginning.
AS soon as the various units are com
pleted and manned, Mr.. Thomas said,
the output is to I've increased, together
with the number of men employed
and within 4 year, he said. the com
pany will have not less than 1000 men
on its payrollS here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22

The company" said Mr.. Thomas, is
building two new plants, one here and
the other near Pittsburgh. 1t is the
company's policy to employ none but
Americans and this policy is to be fol-
lowed at the Quantico plant. No more
foreign labor than is absolutely un-
avoida BILE is to be employed here
The company has tract of fifty
acres just south of the town. and all
of the contracts for the buildings have
been awarded, work to be under way
on actual construction work within a
few weeks. Spur tracks have been laid
from the railroad and material is now
being unloaded on the tract.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22
Numerous Snap Shots.

But all is peace in Central America.
and as it is not good manners to dis
cuss Central American politics except
with ones friends. the war in Europe
laws its heavy hand on all the voy
ayers The most interchangeable persons
on the ship are those who go around
taking the pictures-snap shot-of
every human being who does not hide
his face. one wonders in what en-
bassy or foreign secret service office
these pictures will be examined with
care. in a possible search for familiar
face.
But when progress is made through
the typical tropical sea, as smooth as
glass" one forgets the war and all
suspicion and mystery. for it is. or. at
least, it seems to be. through the
blessed isles that one passes. Mag
nificent palms rear their stately heads
above the low-lying coral islands.
fringed al their bases with stretches of
cleaning white sandy beaches one
hears the surf breaking in dull Boom,
boom, BOOM boom Flashing spray
flies high in the air. turned to golden.
purple and orange by the alchemy of
the suns rays Then, later in the aft
ernoon, the sun dips into the sea. and
the great stars lean down from heaN-
en- il seems. to guide the ship true
and straight upon her course. as the
night settles slowly. shyly down. and
deck chairs are gathered about the
best talker.
A pretty girl. at moments like this,
gives the captain advice upon how TO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22
Drilling Wells for Water Supply.

Drillers are sinking wells from which
Quantico is to get it's water supply.
The wells are down nearly 200 feet and
1t is expected flow of fine water will
be struck before they go much deeper.
The wells are eight-inch holes and are
located just across the railroad from
the new electric light and power plant.
The temporary structure of the latter,
of corrugated iron. is completed and
the machinery has been installed. Dur
ing the summer the present building is
to be inclosed in substantial brick
building.
Work of grading miles of new streets
is progressing rapidly and dozens of
teams. scrapers and wagons are at
work from early morning until dusk,
as it is desired to complete this work
in as short a time possible. En-
tensive repairs are also being made at
the wharf and the road leading up the
hill from the river has been newly
worked. graded and rolled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22

village and on the streets of the newly
plated additions. A big concrete mix
er has been set up and is being operat-
ed ten hours a day 1t is said by the
contractors that the work already ar
ranged for will continue until next
fall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22

nor can identifications be made. But
there is every nationality in the world
on this ship at this time with the eX-
ception of German, SO far as is known.
The great war on the other side of the
world continues. and the result is that
this ship on the high seas is a place of
suspicion and mystery. This is so not
only because of the great war and the
presence of Europeans. but because
the ship is bound to West Indian and
Central American ports with passen-
gers. whose passports proclaim them
residents of the latter countries. but
who have come out of Germany,
France England and other belligcrcnt
countries
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22
Low Voiced Groups on Decks.


Hist" is the big idea. There are
whisperings and low-voiced groups
on all decks. quick elances from
beneath the Visors of caps. a nod and
a glance at the smoking room door and
a silent exit followed by Il talk IN
the shadow of lifehoat. One of a
number of Guatemalans. who says
Va instead of 81 when he means
Yes perpetually assures every one.
and shows his passports. too. that ne
has been A student in Germany ana
couldn't get out before. Lucky Tor
him that he has his passports. because
many of the stewards are the sons ana
grandsons of English gamekeepers on
such estates as those Of the Earl of
Derby. and they are looking Tor Ger
mans. real hard. one of these stewards
was asked this morning
Are there any Germans IN the
crew.
"Of course sir. cawn't say. positively.
YOU know. sir. But ! fawncy not. SIT.
one of the begsars showed up. s:r, not
long ago-I knew i'm well. the
Brighter had Flemish papers. just
fawncv sir We soon had i'm off. And
then what" Cheek My word, + show
ed up on another of our ships. Cheek !
My word. f had swiss papers. But
We are awfully careful SIR. GU
needn't he worried. sir.
IT is the Central Americans VINO are
doing the most worrying. They want
to know others destinations and why.
Iiondurans. GuatemalanS, alleged
Frenchmen and Frenchwomen. Jamai-
cans who speak English with the
broad "a and JamaiCans tallegedb
who speak Spanish or Portuguese as
no real English Jamaican of dark color
can speak these languages. are all
very much interested in one another.
watching, listening. noting accents OF
language nicetieS of dress or manners.
or other points that would he useful in
the grand game of Hist" going on
all over the ship. A group of good.
ard-working conscientious reporters,
not limited in their wireless expense
bills could send three or four good plot
stories a day off the ship. with perhaps
some basis for each and every one. The
tourist season is ended. and those on
the ship have business in hand.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-22
POPULAR SALESMAN
IS PRISONER Of WAR
Friedrich F. Lacks, Formerly OF
Honolulu, Has Been Interned
At Australian Camp


Hard luck appears to have cRmpCd
m the trail of Friedrich +. Lacks, vho
formcrIr ronrosortod tho Cormor firm,
y, q ~
""PI'' '"' }" '"'H err''"ry an"
was ordered from Honolulu to Sydney.
'.otters received from him by friends in
HonoIulu toll of his imDr,sormort in
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poo ~" ''"u'u a'eS' "ue't ne NJ,
,s, or' TX, ""i1 ~ ~" amen enemy: u",,'
,au. tn - ,n, "n'' l ,"nsu'i.'"...n Nv
f"sn " "o'' ueNou'iy praying
'OI I0ct. anna horo oho,, euo
,,ro.ootinm ,Lo G "D"u, "Iy y'",o IE,'
o ~ sm' WrInu" Ilrn, "nicn
w., "Iu,u" I L"'a"y s"pp,.tS ana nlnttr'" al;
',,o. H.; ,rha ,'v VI iI'H nus a''
,n.. nH"''' mn n'n MS i,rm sent RIM I"
, NUS LnLo ."' WIS JuS' oetore 'h'
. .,u DtNo oU'' anu l'''NS ufoPP'u ou'
Ssn' A. -.
,,aU sr"n, u amr I'"1 1;.T nr . ."oE MN,
way from h""ah ulh nor get in ITS
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-22
THINK ROBBERY IS
MURDER SOLUTION
Friends of Dead Chauffeur Are
Inclined To Believe Money
Prompted Crime

Robbery, according TO the conten
tons of certain Japanese students of
the murder and brutal assault by some
unknown on the J. B. Castle Waikiki
premises a week ago last Friday
whereby Castles chauffeur, H. Emoto
was quickly butchered to death and his
wife, Tome, was cut severely, is alleged
to have been the motive of the crime
Statements were yesterday made to
the police which tended to show that
ole hundred and fifty dollars was
taken from the sleeping quarters OF
the Emotos on the night of the MY steri
Gus entry and attack. Friends Of the
murdered Emoto declare that he had
saved one hundred and fifty dollars for
the purpose Of giving a Gnp dinner at
which he was to announce his marriage
to Tome. He had worked hurd for
this money and had hoped that the
banquet would be sort of h love feast
at which he might become rrconr;Ied
With Fujimoto, Tones broth"r-in law
between whom and Tome there haG
been considerable unpleasantness NJ
money was found by the police On the
premises from which Emoto'S remains
were taken.
Fujimoto, who is fofmally charged
with murder in the first degree, will bc
arraigned before the gland jury Irxt
Friday afternoon.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-22
PEARL HARDOR HAS
IMPORTANT FUTURE
Indications Are Great Battle
. cruiser Division Will Visit
Station Periodically

With the passage of the naval ap-
preparation bill by the house and sen
ate, authorizing eight capital ships t,
be laid down this year -four battle
cruisers and four suprrdreadnaughts)
the future Of the Pearl Harbor nava
station is clearly outlined.
The new drydock, which is 1000 feet
long, will be completed during thu
summer of 1918. simultaneously, -four
battlecruisers, laid down this year, viii
be nearing completion. These ship,
will be about 900 feet in length, and
the drydock at Pearl HarbOr, the Pana
ma Canal and the League Island navy
yard will be the only ones Immediately
available for docking these great ships
This clearly means periodic cruises t,
the Hawaiian Islands by the battle
cruisers division, as the regulations re
quire docking at intervals of siA
months. Each of these battlecruiser
will have a complement nf 1000 mel
and sixty officers.
That the importance of the Pear
HarbOr naval station is realized by tn
navy department, especially with tn
passage Of the appropriation hill, we
the sending of Capt. George r. Clark
L. s. N, as commandant of the neN
station at this time Previously; anS
until the present time, the navy-yar'
has been in constructing state, an
officers with only about a years dut,
ahead of them on the active list hav,
been sent out by the department a.
COmmandant.
The new commandment has almOs'
three years remaining on the active lis
# tn" navy, End it is Captain CLARK
"hO will rctnNlly pvt the ward in com
mission and operation after all con
structiOn work is over
That the navy department forecast
the passage of the important navy biz
an be seen by the selection Of Captain
"larR as the rommnndnnt of the Pear,
H"rbor naval station. This officer, be
sides having had experience at tn
naval n""dPmv AnnnpOlis, as head Of
one Of the important departments. wa
cOmmRndant of the Great Lakes train
ing station in Illinois, which station
""'u'" ""' "f our greatest naval train
ing institutions while under his charg,
CNptain Clark is an enthusiastic al
vOcate of preparedness and larQ
navy. He has already shown gren'
interest in local matters. snch as GOO
roads, transportation facilities 70
Pearl Harbor, so that Pearl Harbor ma
be brought a little closer to Honolulu
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-22
MORE JAPANESE
. TROOPS IN CHINA
Picking Protests Against 'Agres-
sion As Result of Trouble In
Cheng CHA Tung


WASHINGTON, August 2O.-China
has filed formal protest against the
despatch OF 1000 japanese reinforce
ments to Cheng CHA Tung as a result
of the recent outbreak there, according
:" dispatches to the Chinese embassy
here last night
Picking officially claims that the jap
anese there refused to obey the order
of the Chinese magistrate to take pre-
cautions against the expected raid of
a large body of bandits. The resist.
ance of the japanese, il is asserted, re.
suited in the killing of seventeen per.
sons on both sides.
According to dispatches from Toxic
yesterday, the Japanese governmental
authorities held n cabinet meeting Fri
day afternoon to discuss the situation.
Following thu. conference, it was an.
nounced that the attitude of Japan
would depend largely upon whether
China cooperated in the punishment OF
those guilty Of the attack upon the
japanese soldiers.
Members of the Chinese legation here
declared last night that no serious de.
velopments are to be feared.
The state department is watching
the situation carefully, as America is
interested, in view of possible even.
Qualities.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-22
CHAMP CLARK PANS
REPUBLICAN LEADER
Speaker Tells People Of Maine
Hughes Has Shot Bolt
ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wlroloss3

ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wirelessJ
BRUNSWICK, Maine, August 49,
'hamp Clark, speaker of the house of
representatives and candidate for the
Democratic nomination for President in
1912, today formally opened the Demo
ratio campaign for the reelection o,
Woodrow Wilson.
With humOr, sarcasm and earnestness
the speaker raped the Republican cam.
'aiRncrs and Candidate Hughes, an(
eviewcd the achievements of the Will
ION administration. He declared tha'
President Wilson and the Democrat,
Congress have done many notable
things in the past four years. Turn
ng to the Republican opponents, he
aid: Hughes has shot his bolt, but
e has failed to hit the bullseye."
He declared that it is impossible ia
make a national issue out of the dis
nissal Of +. d. Durand, former director
If the census, as much as it is i'm
possible to make a national issue out
If "Who hit Billy Patterson2' or the
IDENTIFY of the MAN in the Iron
Mask
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-22
CONSUL GENERAL -
MOR0I DECORATED
Receives Order of Sacred Treas
ure and Money Present
As Well
Especial cablsgrsm to Ntppu Ji,D

TOXIC, August 2O-Thc Mkado
yesterday announced that he had dc.
cidCd to decorate a number Of japanese
diplomats, members of the house of
peers and members of the house of rep
resentatiNes as well as his privy coun
cillOrs, and the vice nistcrs of every
department, for the work they have
done during the war with Germany.
Viscount s. Chinda, former nmhnssa
dor to the United States and A. Sato
former ambassador to Austria and
later to the United States were givcr
yen 1000 each.
Rokuro Moroi, consul general to la.
waii was given the third class order
of Sacred Treasure and yen 700.
Twentyfour privy councillors wcr,
given golden cups, and most of tb'
members of the house Of peers and OF
the house of representative rccriver
the fourth class order of the Sacre,
Treasure.