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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03
Gazing at Fire
Engines Causes
Man to Faint
Hot Tar Makes Much Excite
ment in Downtown Section
This Morning; No Damage

Excitement abounded at King and
Fort street this morning about l0
O'Clock when overheated tar in a
bucket burst into flames as II was be-
ing poured upon the roof Of the Gun
ha Music Company's store. which was
being given fresh coat of tar.
Using sacks and gravel. the work
men smothered the flames. then threw
the bucket and its tarry contents down
from the roof to the back yard The
tar struck drygoods boxes and set
them afire. Employees of Ehlers' store
brought -four fire extingaisners into
play and put out the blaze few sec
onds before the fire department ar.
rived >.E> Il :..." ...:..
A. J. Dram, treasurer of the Office
Supply Company. was stricken with an
attack of faintness while watching
apparatus gather at Fort and King,
and was carried into the firms store,
where he recovered after being given
frst-aid treatment by Traffic officer
John Hills and D. A. Epstein OF the
Santa Fe ticket office. "
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03
GAS COMPANY TO HAVE
FRANCHISE REPEALED?

Opposition to the amendment of its
franchise so as to give the public
utilities commission the power to com.
pei 1t to extend its lines may result
in the repeal of the Honolulu Gas
Company's franchise by Congress, &C.
cording to a cablegram received from
George Nick. Mcclellan by Delegate
Kuhio yesterday.
The cablegram reads as follows:
The recent action of the public
utilities commission inclines the COM
mitteemen to insist upon the amend
ment of the franchises of the gas and
electric companies, to give the public
utilities commission power to compel
extensions.
"Hamlin (on3 Of the members of
the committee) threatens to introduce
a bill repeating the franchise of the
gas company, il that corporation re-
fuses to give its consent to the
amendment suggested by the commits,
sion" -. p: III.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03
EDITOR

without considerable promise Of success.
No one has vet reported seeing one Of the
new machines in the immediate vicinity OF
| ondon. but in November. 1915, the writer. on
short visit to port near the mouth of the
Thames saw pass in the twilight strange
hybrid which bore close resemblance to the
descriptions that had been given him Of the
Zeppelin destroyer. From this glimpse |
would describe it as either heavily planned
dirigible or a baIlooned' aerOplane. Whether
the gas envelope had rigid frame or not was
unable to Judge, and on this point there is a
good deal Of diverse opinion. 1t is agreed,
however, that the destroyer has the speed of
very fast aeroplane, and, what is especially
important in the work for which it is designed,
can rise even more quickly than aeroplane or
Zeppelin. The great points claimed for it are
that, unlike the aeroplane, it can stay ont all
night and wait until daylight to pick landing
and, unlike the Zeppelin, can plane down to
safety in case its gas bags are riddled Being
designed for defense, and having, therefore,
no great fuel supply to reckon with, it is able
TO run to guns and engines, in both of which
it is very powerful. The crew | have heard
estimated as running all the way from a half
dozen TO twenty, and it is, of course, by no
means unlikely that the machine has been built
in different types and sizes"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03
THE ZEPPELIN DEsTRoYERs.

England's new ability to meet Zeppelin at
lacks was emphasized few days ago when the
world learned how one of the great German
E1lrships had fallen into the North Sea, dis
fbled after an attack on the east counties, and
how the captain had written letters to his fam
i|y as the aircraft sank
A writer in Popular Mechanics declares that
of his own knowledge Great Britain has de-
feloped new kind of flies for defense against
the Zeps.,' He says:
Realizing the fntility of endeavoring to de-
Telop during any probable duration of the war
In adequate rigid-framed airship capable of
meeting the Zeppelin on equal terms, the Brit
Ssh bent their efforts once order began to re-
<olve out of the chaos of the first few months
of the war-to the construction of Zeppelin
DESTROYER. As the Zeppelin itself-with its
large crew, heavy engines, and huge fuel sup
to certain extent, sacrifice speed
and mobility to weightcarrying capacity, the
way seemed open for the construction of a
swift non-weight carrier which, while able TO
Iout-speed and out-maneuver the Zeppelin,
would still be far more stable and generally
safer than the aeroplane. This is the type the
british have striven to perfect and, from what
|I have been able to gather IN England, not
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03
FOUR COMPANIES OF
GUARD WILL CAMP IN
r.. PUNCHBOWL CRATER

The LIST Battalion, under the com
mand .of Mai. Johnson. will start on
an overnight camp on Punchbowl to-
morrow afternoon, leaving the armory
at 4:30 o'clock.
This will be the first long hike
taken since the guard has bene
strengthened, and large turnout is
looked for at this time. The various
companies will go drought great
deal of extended order drill while out
The bed of Punchbowl has been clear.
ed so that there will be ample room
for the battalion to drill in.
The battalion will strike camp late
Sunday afternoon. The trip both
ways will. be made by the trail which
runs up from Alapai street, The COM
panies which will make the hike are
A, B, C and d.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03
MORE ENLIGHTENMENT

Chairman Lorrin Andrews of the Repubh-
can territorial central committee insists he
doesn't know who the delegates to the Chicago
convention are going to be, and proceeds to
prove it.
The real leaders of the Republican party
know, because the slate was arranged on the
day Delegate Kuhio got here from Washington
and met Robert w. Breckons and H. L. Hol-
stein. And so far there has been no opposition
to the six men then picked out, nor has Chair
man Andrews made any suggestion of a better
six. The Star-Bulletin repeats that the names
chosen last Tuesday and published by the Star
Bulletin on Wednesday are the names of the
men who will go to Chicago, as the situation
now rests. The slate is definite and it will not
be changed unless one or another of the six
does not wish to 60 to Chicago or there is an
entirely unexpected change in the political
lineup. That Chairman Andrews doesn t
know the slate has been made makes not a
particle of difference in the fact of the slate
itself. T." *.=.
Perhaps peeved because his leadership in
party affairs is not recognized, Chairman An
drews charges that the editor of the Star
Bulletin pretends to dictate to the Republican
party. If he makes this charge in good faith,
it is merely another instance of his ignorance
as to what is really happening in G. @. P. cir
cles. The real Republican leaders would smile
and doubtless have smiled at Mr.. Andrews
accusation; certainly the editor has smiled. To
point out that the six delegates to Chicago have
been picked is obviously not to dictate, but to
publish the news, and Mr.. Andrews, it strikes
most Republicans, should be glad to read the
news and thus become enlightened as to what
is really happening in the inner counses of
his party. r.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03
BRIEF BITS ON MEN,,
PLANS AND EVENTS
AT H0N0LULU'S "I"

The citizens education committee
met today at noon at the Pacific Club.
w. H. Dreier talked to the student
assembly last evening at the Y. NJ.
C. A. T.. e&sE -
d. C. Peters talked to the members
Of the Y. M. C. A. at noon today on the
subject of "A Circular Letter.
Tryouts for the hexathIoh will be
held in the Games Hall this evening
with number Ct athletes entered.
Samuel w. Robley, extension secre-
tary of the Y. NJ. c. A.. was operated
upon for appendicitis yesterday, at
Queens Hospital. " j.
Members have received the copy of
the Newsletter, the monthly publica-
tion which contains reports of the
many activities of the association.
improvements are being made on
the Y. M. G. A. tennis courts, located
at Hotel and Richard streets. Many
of the members have taken up the
court game, and it is expected that a
number of good players will be deyel.
oped. 49,. ~. -
Members of the Get Ready Club of
the intermediate department will
study the lighting system of the city
on March at 1880. The members of
the club will cover the principal
streets of the city and will make a re.
port on what they have seen. Mem
bers have been asked to report sug.
gestions for improvements in the pres
ent system.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03
CAME TO HAWAII
DURING DAYS OF
ROYAL regime
Mrs. Annie Wright, Native of
England, Dies After Spend.
ina Many Years Here

Mrs. Annie Wright. who came TO
Honolulu from New Zealand in 1880,
and lived here under king. during
a queens rule, under provisional
government, then under the republic
and last under the territorial govern
ment. died yesterday afternoon at 4
o clock. ....
The deceased who was born in Oar
Iington, County of Durham. England,
in lS46, was the wife of W. w. Wright,
s2l South Birch street. She is sur
vived by the widower and by the fol-
lowing children: John Thomas
Wright of Oakland, Cal, and Mrs. +.
A. Jacobsen. Miss Marion Wright.
William Wright, George F. Wright
and Stanley Wright, all of Honolulu.
The funeral was announced as pri-
vate, and was set for O'Clock this
afternoon from the FAMILY residence,
with Mrs Edna X. Scott, first reader
OF the Christian Science. church, Off
ciating at the religious exercises.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03
SHALL THE CITY ISSUE BONDS?

Mayor Lanes forthcoming message definite
Nv proposing bond issue for the city will
bring Honolulu's financial problems squarely
before the people. ..-....=. .....#
In planning to discuss these problems and
TO explain the bond Issue scheme at a series of
public meetings and before many gatherings
of businessmen, the mayor and Supervisor
sShingle-for Mr.. Shingle has been early in
Recognizing that some decisive stroke must be
bmade-are taking course that will generally
|commend itself ILL
They have no idea Of springing a scheme
for half million or so of bonds upon the peo-
sple without any explanation of the reasons.
They know that in the present temper of the
Electorate such a move would mean defeat
and political disaster. Unquestionably the tax
payers right now are in no very pleasant frame
of mind over the developments of the past three
months. So far as money for permanent inn
provements is concerned, the city is virtually
tsbroke." 1t struggled into 1916 with heavy
deficit or overdraft from 1915 For the finan-
cia tangle in which the city officials find them
selves, the taxpayers are bound to blame some
body, and it is entirely natural that their
blame should fall upon the mayor and the
{ supervisors.
This very financial stringency in city funds
makes all the more necessary some bold stroke
that will allow city improvements to proceed.
The officials who have studied the situation see
nothing for it but bond issue Nor is there
anything financially unsound in the issuance
of bonds for municipal improvements such as
permanent road construction in the country dis
tlicts and such as the erection of a city hall.
american municipalities everywhere find it
wise to issue bonds for these and similar pur-
poses and very few indeed of the American
titles as large or half as large as Honolulu
lave no bonded Indebtedness The MAYORS
tgures yesterday indicate that the city has the
right under the statutes to issue bonds up to
100000, and in any calendar year may Issue
mp to $450,000
The bright business prospects of Honolulu
Iurnish one potent argument for bond issue.
Assessed valuations are likely to increase.
General business is expanding The city is
moving forward and will continue to move for
YARD
II needs no argument to prove the great adj
liability of building a city hall--a city hall
worthy OF Honolulu-and little or no argument
y show that the belt road system cannot be
|nished out of the current revenues nor con-
ttructed under the frontage-tax system.
What the mayor and the supervisors must do
~ this publicity campaign that is proposed on
1ehal of the bond issue is to convince the
|eters and the taxpayers of these three things:
|lrst, that the present plight of the city treas
Try is due to circumstances beyond their con-
|fol; secondly, that the bond issue is the best
solution for the perplexing problems of the i'm
mediate future; thirdly, that the bond issue
Moneys will be spent with the maximum of eff
'eiency and the minimum of politics.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03
NO BASIS FOR REPORT
CONCERNING FENNELL,
JEFFERSON EMPHASIZES

T. r. jefferson. who was witness
on Wednesday at the United States
commissioners hearing In the case OF
W. r. Sellgsen. charged with com.
plicity In the so-called British re
cruiting plot" informs the Star-Bnl.
letin that he did not say, as was
quoted, that he had heard w. n Fen.
nell, liquor license inspector, was sus-
pected of being in on the recruiting
scheme. ~..-.zs.- ,.@..
What | said was that Fenneil told
me he had heard Randell; was sus-
pected Of hiring soldiers for the Brit
ish army" said Jefferson. Il know
nothing whatever about any suspicion
of Fennell nor of any basis for the
story" .. L..
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03

The Filipinos are learning by sad experience
the danger of being feeced by alleged "colon-
izers" who would lure them from Hawaii to
the Pacific coast Their wiser countrymen
know that the best place for them is in Hawaii
where they are sure of employment at good
wages, an equable climate and organized efforts
to benefit their lot
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03
BOLIVIA CITY SLIPPING

F. PANAMA, c. Z.-According to ad.
vices received here from La Pas, Boil
via, a section of the city about 1900
yards long is sliding into the Cho-
queyapu river. The section CON-
p-ises mostly residences of the poor,
although there are in it the market,
the barracks and the museum of the
archaeologist Posnansky.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03
WILD DUCKS DYING BY
WHOLESALE IN KANSAS

TOPEKA, Kan.-From a million to
a million ard a half OF wild ducks are
dead and dying on the Cheyenne bot
toms, near Hoisington, Kan. according
to A. c. Tregmeier, state fish and
game warden Tregmeier took three
OF the dead birds to Lawrence to have
the chemists at the University OF
Kansas determine what caused their
death
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03
DEATHS.

FERN--In Honolulu, March 2, 1916.
Miss Alice Knulei Fern, Cummins
street " j.: .s-.-
PAVAO-In Honolulu, March 8. 1916.
Francisco PavGo, Queen street, near
Cooke.
POON-In Honolulu. March 8, 1916.
infant son of Tom Poon and wife.
Maunakea street
Additional vital statistIcs an paoe II. ]
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03

The city treasurer told the Rotary Club yes
terday how much money the city has spent in
1915 and now it would be interesting to have
the supervisors tell just how it all happened.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03

MISS. IDA G. MCDONALD, a
teacher at the Normal school, left for
the coast in the Niagara last night on
her way to Nova Scotia. Prior to her
sailing she was entertained at the
school by the members of the senior
class. .:
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03

1t will be mighty good news for the criminals
that there isn't any money to run the courts
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03

Under District Attorney Vaughan's scrutiny,
the war plot seems rapidly receding into the
background.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03

One can hardly blame businessman for not
being inclined to take vacancy as supervisor
Just now.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03

Anytime they aren't killing ten or fifteen
thousand day on the west front, Paris refers
to the situation as ''ealm."
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03

.Qn4lOnG

BENJAMIN H. BROWN, sR., OF
Hilo is visiting in Honolulu for the
first time in several years. He ex.
poets to return to the Big Island next
Wednesday. " - 70.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03

Many small towns in Arkansas were
flooded by the breaking of levees on
the Arkansas river. -. -.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03

The only spring drive of this season was that
of the Germans at Verdun.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03

the appropriation out Of which my sal
airy is paid is exhausted. | guess Ill
have TO take q vacation. I've been
wanting to do little fishing, anyway.
JOHN A. DOMINIS: From the way
things look now. circuit court officials
Who want supplies will have TO pay
for them out of their own pockets, and
! guess that includes ice and drinking
cups. ..> e.->-@ ID.
X. FUWA: The Japanese people
are very fond OF Shakespeare works
Although mucn of the literature OF
Japan Is translated from the Russian
and French, Shakespeare leads all the
English writer's. .- -.
A. KALEI AONA: We were
planning on having jury trial in
Circuit Judge Whitney's court next
week. but l guess it will have TO be
called off | wonder what I am going
to do for paper clips? -
--LAI TIN: know that the Homo
lulu fans will turn out for our farewell
game before we leave for the main
land. We 40 everything in our power
to boost Honolulu in our eight months
trip, and | feel that the fans appre-
ciate it. :.' ~
WILLIAM DREIER: 1t is refresh
ing to aote the interest taken in civic
affairs by the boys clubs. In our
tours around the city studying diner
ent systems, find that the boys take
an active interest and suggest many
plans for improvement of conditions.
GLENN F.. JACKSON: This has
been O great year for athletics, and /
believe that in every branch of sport
Hawaii will improve during 1916. No
athletic game should be scheduled
purely for the money In it. but for the
sports sake. The Increase Ia interest
in track athletics is move In the
night direction. [
WADE WARREN THAYER:
Michigan men will be glad to welcome
a noted Ann Arbor man to Honolulu
at the time of the Oahu College seven.
ty.fifth anniversary. Stewart Edward
White Is one of the Michigan men who
has made a name in the field OF let
tiers, and he may be the Ann Arbor
representative at that time.
CHARLES F. LOOMS: was
very much impressed with my visit to
Kauai, and i feel that the community
Y. M. C.. A. there will be big sue
cess. The citizens have taken hold in
the right manner, and there is an un-
usual interest in the establishment of
an association. am sure that i shall
enjoy my new position as the Kauai
people have proved to be the right
kind of boosters.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03
BIRTHS.

UYEDA--In Honolulu, February %,
1916. to Mr.. and Mrs. Kamejlro
Uyeda of 30 S. Vineyard street. a
son r-r.-.. II
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03
tTIIIIfNIII1IEIl

SAM KALEIKINI: Seeing that
the appropriation out OF which my sal
airy is paid is exhausted. guess I'll
have TO take a vacation. I've been
wanting TO do little fishing, anyway.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03

X. FUWA: The Japanese people
are very fond OF Shakespeare works
Although mucn of the literature OF
Japan Is translated from the Russian
and French. Shakespeare leads all the
English writer's F.. -.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03

additional vital statistics on
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03

JOHN A. DOMINIS: From the way
things look now. circuit court officials
Who want supplies will have TO pay
for them out of their own pockets, and
! guess that includes ice and drinking
cups ..~ @.s-..@ -.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-25
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A Business Woman's Home

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New Britain herald., 1916-10-25
"PRINCESS PAT" CAN
 SURE START TROUBLE

"The Princess Pat" John Cort's production of the Henry Blossom Victor Herbert comic opera, with Miss Ruth Welch and a carefully select ed cast after it's highly successful run Of l60 consecutive nights at the Cort theater, New York, will be the well come attraction at the Lyceum thea for Saturday. Plosser and Herbert has become so well established as col laborators In the composition of light and comic operas that any work from these gifted men attracts more than passing attention. They have to their credit such other pronounced suc- cesses as Mdlle. Modiste,' '"The Red MIL" '"The Prina Donna" and The Only Girl" The five productions are the only ones Blossom and Herbert have colloborated. They have all proven positive hits artistically and have been wonderful money makers both for producers and authors The story of '"The Princess Pat" has to do with the hirtations of the Princess Patrice di Montaldo (nee Patrice O'Connor) who is called Pat for short. Her husband has of late dis played a lack of demonstration in his affection for her, and to bring him to that condition again well as to save her friend, Grace Holbroo1, from a marriage to a man many years her senior, but disgustingly wealthy, she starts a little affair with the old duff fer that serves to accomplish her pur- pose, but in the meantime, created havoc with the happiness of her hus- band and the majority of others con- cerned in the play. The book con- tains an abundance of scintillating lines, while the score of Victor Her. bert Is as usual a joy to hear. There are twenty numbers, and every one of them is distinctive of the brilliancY of the celebrated composer. Seat sale tonight at CrowelPs.