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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-18

Another war story which turns out to be
somewhat exaggerated is that the Germans and
Bnlgarians had begun to lombard Saloniki two
weeks ago.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-18

The Khedive of Egypt is reported to be dis
contented, in spite of the fact that when the
British took his country they magnanilnously
left him a fine old title.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-18
LIIIIEINIEINIE1Q

MALCOLM A. FRANKLIN: Now
that have secured those rugs for my
office, am going after a good clock.
The present one is ornamental, but
its tmekeeping is erratic.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-18

RAYMOND l.. BROWN: am
sorry the Chamber OF Commerce was
mentioned in connection with bene.
fit performance here The Chamber
Ct Commerce is in existence to work
for Honolulu and naturally cannot
take up affairs that concern only In
dividuals, y ~:
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-18

MRS. C. J. MCCARTHY towner of
The Donna Hotell::. Yes. we are enter.
ing a decorated car In the floral pa.
rade next Tuesday. II is the duty of
all hotel managers to do ali they can
to make the Carnival a, big success,
for we are among those who benefit
most from the tourist travgi"which the
Carnival augments -
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-18

ALEXANDER LINDSAY. JR.::
Since bought an auto / haven't been
getting enough exercise IA friend Of
mine said the other day: Il wish
someone would pay me va a day to
quit smoking, then I'd probably do II. !"
/ wish someone would pay me $50 a
day to walk up to the Pail and back.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-18

ANDREW l.. BENSON: While
the war and bad weather has material
" cut down the incomes of orange
growers. and my orchard near Porter
vile, Calf, has not Welded the usual
profit this year, | think it 3 far
safer business than producing grand
opera. -. -.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-18

-R. w. ROBINSON: We are get.
ting along nicely with the new city do
rectcry. We have many new names.
but it's a big lob 10 classify and ar.
range them all The directory will
be issued about June aR, usual, by
the Polk-Husted Directory Company,
of which | am local manager ....-.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-18

aaSa HEasaH4 aHzsaa
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-18

WILLIAM F. YOUNG: People
mustn't get the idea that the post
master is trying to keep them in the
dark about new letter boxes We are
keeping after Washington. and the
minute we get them they shall be
put up. We are on the job.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-18

DIR. r. G. AVER: The new ambu
lance is fine and is going TO help q
great deal in handling sick and acct
dent cases here. ] took ride in il
yesterday and ill gees very smoothly
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-18

GOVERNOR LUCIUS f. PINK
HAM ! may swear occasionally, but
| never said Damn the law" as Ar
thur Wilder claimed in one Of his re-
cent letters TO the press. ] am in of
flee to uphold the law, and have a
due and proper respect for 1t.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13
CUSTER DEGREES
Are Upheld by. the State ST..
pren1e Court Of Tennessee
in Mayors Cases. sx

NASHVILLE, Feb, 12.-The. Ten.
essee supreme court today upheld
custer DEGREES by which Mayor Hilary
e. Howse. OF Nashville. and Mayor p.
H. Crump. OF Memphis. recently were
suspended from Office but decided
that the decree in Crump's case did
not apply to the term beginning
January ], for which he was ELECT
ed. The charge against Howse In
cluded waste oficity money and loose
management and grew out Of q bitter
political fight. which developed city
scandal and resultedin other city of
flclals also losing once. Those
against Crump revolyed about alleged
non enforcement OF prohibition laws.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13
Events Of Washington, D. c.,
Are Reported by Telegram'S
Correspondent There.
ESPECIAL TO TIE IElEssAIi
togtclLL TO THG TELEGRAM


WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-Jndge
George W. Atkinson, OF the court OF
claims, who has passed the ago of
seventy, announced this week bis re-
tirement from the bench, which Will
take place some time during tho COM
ing month. Judge Atkinson will prob
ably return to West Virginia and make
his home at Charleston. The Judge
has an interesting record. He served
in the Fifty-frst Congress from the
First West Virginia district. In 1897
he was elected governor OF the state,
serving four years. Then be became
United States attorney for the South
ern district Of West Virginia. He held
this position until he was appointed
Judge of the court of claims, April 10.
1905. Judge Atkinson is first and
a representative OF tho old
line Republicans, but he Is also q
Mason high in the standing OF that
order, having occupied the position Of
grand master Of that lodge in West
Virginia. He is also the author OF o
number of books, including works on
history, the tariff, psychology and in
ternal revenue. There are several
men OF prominence who are putting
forth immediate claims to the honor Of
being Judge Atkinson's successor on
the bench. The honor will not neces-
sarily 60 to West Virginia, In fact,
several names Of prominence have al
ready been mentioned from other
states. However, rumor has 1t here.
that Senator Chiffon will recommend
and back with his influence prom
inent West Vrginian for the judge
ship, namely Clyde B. Johnston, OF
Charleston.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13
MODERN B|SMARK
Present imperial Chancellor Of
Germany Is Shown to Be by
the Lusitania Case. i's'

BERLIN. Feb, 10, via London. Feb.
1S.-The Lusltania case has evoked
an instance which shows that the
present imperial chancellor Is as Wig
orous in defense Of his prerogatiyes -
was Bismarck. The publication Of .
resolution OF the budget COMMITTEES OF
tho Diet this morning asking the pres
ident OF the Diet 10 inform the chan
ccllor that the committee considered
limitation OF the Submarine campaign
In tho interest Of relations with
America as harmful to the country's
interests brought forth the sharp re-
jolnder from DR.. Won Bethmann-Hol
veg that the committee was interior
ing with affairs which did not concern
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13

townspeople.
So they collected enough wood to
last through two days. People were
60 generous at that season OF the
year that we received more than We
could use. One donation was a bag
Of doughnuts with holes In the center.
r Lets have q Christmas tire" said
one OF the jungle bulls.
And a Christmas tree we had, With
doughnuts hung on 1t in place OF
candles, and enough candies under It
presents from storekeepers-so
that we had some for every child who
came to see inside Of the jungle. On
Sunday Afternoon the townspople
came out In droves, and we gave an
entertainment, with songs, dances
and storytelling. It was surprising
lbow much talent was found In that
group Ever since that day hoboes
on the Pacific coast have tried to bein
San Demanding on Christmas.
One Glorious Fourth.
Gae Fourth Of July in South Bend
tthe hoboes were told that they might
have the use Of the ball park. There
lwere hundreds of hoboes in town at
the time waiting for work in the har-
vest field, and they grabbed at the on-
portunity. A vaudeville program was
arranged. Again we had plenty Of
talent; and at the close a baseball
game between team from the ho-
hoes and one from a town, the loser
to make pot OF mulligan. The no.
hoes won, and the next day we had ?
feed, the equal Of which / have not
tasted since. And the whole town
was there to see US eat.
The genuine hobo will work II ne
gets the chance. He leaves New York
| IN the spring with the hope OF getting
employment which will enable him 10
accumulate for the following winter
what he calls his winter stake"
This may not be a large suW but to 2
man whose whole life has been spent
| In teaching pennies to do the work
that most people expect OF dollars, q
little goes long way.
Most hoboes would rather work
for the few things that they need
| than to beg for them. Last summer
there were IS. 900 men in the wheat
belt looking for employment, and .
very large proportion Of them were
men who had been on the road at one
time or another. It is only as the
last resort that the hobo begs or
steals. And It Is not fair to condemn
the floating element as whole. The
hobo must be carefully distinguished
from the yeggman. who makes ny
living by stealing and who has done
much to get the man Of the road the
unsayory reputation that he has.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13
POLITICAL EXILE
Is Given Permission by the Rus
sian Government to Live
In .lrkutSk.
lnY AaaoclAfIp hid

NEW YORK, Feb, 12.-The Rus
sian government through representa-
tlons made by members Of the puma,
has given Mrs, Catherine Breshkoy-
sky, the famous Russian political e1-
lie, permission to live In the city Of
Irkutsk. according to information re-
ceiyed today by Mrs. Alice Stone
Blackwell. a friend OF the exile1
woman. Political exlles Of her grade
are not usually allowed to stay In
the capital city Of a Siberian province
but the rule was relaxed In her case.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13
MAY USE Law.

DIES MONIES, "a, Feb, 12.-Q'
A. Robbins, assistant sitprnsE gen
eral. gave an opinion today holqin
that Iowa residences etEWaehingto
b. o.. may us the absent voters Law
to cast ballots IN Iowa elections pro
sIdipg they comply with ihf ri is'r7'
ton requirements =.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13
RELIGIOUS
And Patriotic Duty National Prepar-
edness is According to Archbishop

ST. PAUL, Feb. 12-Peace at any
price advocates were criticized and
national preparedness was termed 2
religious as well as apatriotic duty
by Archbishop John Ireland at the
Cathedral here today In an eloQue1t
funeral Grafton over the body Of Col
onel Josiah r. King, said by Mime
sofa historians to be the first man e
answer the call Of President Lincoln
for $4,000 volunteers In 1851 to puf
down the rebellion.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13
DANES 10 PROTEST.

LONDON, Feb. 10, 2:17 a. ri.-E
Copenhagen despatch says that q Ger
man aeroplane passed near Copeir
hagen Saturday afternoon. The Dan
ish government has ipstructed ~
minister at Berlin to protest to the
German government.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13
R1yAL FOX q MOT.
(By Associated Press,)

CHICAGO, Feb Condi-
tions Of immortality among I
clerks in STATE street stores
which rival those exposed bF
tho recent "fox trot club" I'M
yestigadon we're revealed today
by an announcement from Rob-
!. ert q Hogan, an assistant
states attorney In charge Of the +
juvenile court work. Many Of
|, the girl victims, said Mr., Ho7
gan, are less than Is years Old i.
,+44++.+..,tAsA4 q
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13

The 10000 workers in the govern
ment departments in Washington, who
come from all the states in the Union,
are much concerned this week over
the question OF their voting at the
referendum election here which has
been called for over the Sheppard bill.
which provides a stringent prohibition
for the district. Fearing disfranchlSe-
ment at home if they participate In
the proposed prohibition referendum,
and Acknowledgement ip the district
/ IL they do not, the workers in the fed
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13
MRS. HARnING ToIAIK.

Mrs. Charles Harding will deliyeI
an address Monday might at the Ham
mond chapel at Indpstflal m DER tne
auspices Of the Young Men'g Chris
ton Association. which was regents
srganizad in that dllapn, na
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13
!. PERFECT ACCORD
Is Reached between Premier
BRAND and the italian
Cabinet Ministers.
t,Y AssoelArto pess.,

ROME. Feb. 10, Via Paris Feb. Il.
"A perfect accord has been reached
between Premier BRAND Of France
and the Italian cabinet ministers with
whom he has been In conference on
oil questions discussed. according to
statements circulating today In both
Italian and, French political circles.
The visit OF Premier BRAND and
his colleagues has given q fresh irn'
pstus to war enthusiasm In Italy.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13

Colin II. Livingstone, former West
virginian, and president Of tho Boy
Scout organization in Washington. de-
liyered the address OF welcome to the
national executive council Of the Boy
Scouts OF America, which is In session
this week at the willard. The scouts
were received by the president, who,
after shaking hands with the promi-
nent leaders from all over tho country,
made the presentation Of tile Eagle
Scout medal to Raymond Scaggs, oil
Troop so, OF Washington, which Is the
highest honor that can be conferred on
n scout, excepting special medals Tor
valor or special service.
Reports at the meeting this week IN
dtcated that 1916 was the most pros
porous for The Boy Scouts In the his
tory Of the movement As significant
Of the appeal which scout deals and
scout principles have made throughout
the country to thinking men, 1t was
brought out that Of 1867 scout mas
tiers, 1916 are clergymen, 200 physi-
clans, lat lawyers. 149 government
employees, 100 teachers, sixty.nlne pro-
fessIonal engineers. 235 students and
IFS Young Men Christian Association
workers. One hundred and eighty
thousand men and boys are now ofiic-
tally registered as members at the ma
tional headquarters in New York.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13
WEST VIRGINIA
TAKES PART IN
CAPITAL NEWS

eral bureaus will hold meetings. dur
ing tho next few days to decide on
their voting status. Legal opinions
have been obtained from law offices
Of the government to tho effect that
If the employees vote at the referendum
election they will lose not only their
voting privilege at home but their civil
service status. The meetings which
have been arranged for this week by
the clerks are not for the purpose OF
giving an expression either for or
against prohibition, but merely de-
signed to guarantee that the 10000
civil clerks in washington, shall not
be denied the privilege Of having q
part in any plan of getting an opinion
OF Washingtonians on the question,
without impairing their voting rights
at home.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13

Representative Hollingworth, OF
Ohio, submitted this week among nu-
merous other petitions that Of thirty
Ave citizens Of East Liverpool, o..
and Chester. W. Va, protesting
against tho proposed emergency tax
on tooth paste. The petition was re;
ferred to the committee on ways and
mans.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13

One Of the pleas that has been
urged against women rs to their pre-
paredness for franchise Is their lack
OF detail, their inability to follow the
routine that politicians Of the sterner
sex say Is necessary before women
can become eligible as voters. This
charge has been reilrted in an admir-
able manner, In one case at least,
through the presentation to the con.
gressional library In Washington, OF
a scrap book, compiled by Ida Hustled
Harper. which covers the activities OF
the suffrage cause rs she has known
It. for twenty-five yNlrs. Not every
person has the patience to keep q set
OF scrap-books up to date for that
length OF time. But when the inser-
lions are reports OF speeches. con-
ferences and travels In behalf OF q
great popular reform, then the book,
makers records arc invaluablei ana
a public depository for their SAFE
keeping and for the maximum OF use
by an inquisitlye public is needed.
Through this recent gift the library
Of Congress Is made custodian Of
a collection OF literature about wom-
ans suffrage which, Of its kind, is not
eQualled. It Is the story Of the ae-
tiyitles. OF champion OF Its Gauss
who has kept her record OF persons
heard and seen while touring the
world. ...4lRaA
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13

Opponents Of administration plans
for national defense Legislation were
heard this week before the House mill
tary committee. and, while not unani-
nous in their opinion as 10 what
should be done or left undone with re-
gard to the army and navy, they all
opposed any change in the military
policy Of the natfon. Many national
organizations were Represented at the
hearing. Representatives Of the So
ciety OF Friends and score Of others,
speaking under the auspices OF the
Woman's Peace Party. discussed war,
its causes and consequences from
many angles; the views expressed
ranged from suggestions that Con
gress should await the conclusion OF
the European war to profit by the
lessons it might teach. to declarations
against policy OF military prepared
ness at any time or for any purpose.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13

Congressman Nelly this week intro.
duced n bill In the House which asks
for an appropriation of 100000 for q
federal building at New Marinsville.
Five thousand five hundred dollars has
already been appropriated by Con-
gres for site for tho building. The
bill was referred to the committee on
public buildings and grounds.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13

part this year. They say that oppo-
sitIon Of the Bryan Democrats TO VIII
sons program and opposition OF num-
erous pacific Republicans to prepared
ness will give them 100000 votes
and number of seats in Congress.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13

Mrs. Wesley Martin Stoner VIII
entertain at her home on Rhode IS
land avenue on Thursday night with
n musicale, which will be given for
the benefit OF the suffrage fund IN
West Virginia. Mrs. Stoner mas
given the use OF her palatial home,
with It's admirable music room for
the good Of the cause. Those who
will participate In the program, which
ia under the direction or Mildred H..
Smith, are Mrs. J. Raymond Dickey,
violfnlst, the wife OF a prominent AZ
torney from West Virginia; Mrs.
katherine Goodman, reader; miss
Sylvia Metcalf, Miss Emma N. G..
Bender, Gertrude Lyons, soprano;
and Mrs. Cheney, daughter Of Mrs.
Alex. Macyeigh Miller, OF Anderson
w. Va.
Mrs. stoner, who but recently re-
turned from from campaign
through the southern part OF West
Virginia, where she organized eleven
counties, is planning to return to tne
state on March i, at which time she
expects 10 COfeE luu lpIatAASA - =,
mining district, and will, II It is
deemed necessary, remain In thai
section OF the country until after the
fall election. IN .sfL
II think" said Mrs. Stoner, In q
recent interview" that West Virginia
is the critical point on which all en-
ergies OF women who are working
for the vote should center in the com.
ing campaign. Ny experience Of
West Virginia men Is that they are
open to conviction. They do their
own thinking, but, have found them
unparalleled, and when It has been
once proved to them that our cause
has Justice on it's side, ! found them
ready and willing to help"
49, t.a,, III a. ,kha unfina
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13

that has been brought to the notice
OF Neutrality-suspicious. In the last few
months concerning war-orphans-
and the cases are many-is that OF
December 20 when the district court
four small children adopted less than
a month ago, who have this week
come into large fortune through
their adoption. The four children
who range In age from seven months
to six years have been swept into
their inheritance by turn OF tate.
Their father Is a German reseryist,
who Is now in a prison Somewhere ~
Franee.p The children we're adopted
one Of the largest stockho lders Of tpe
Iegalized the adoption OF the chill
dren and made theim helrzrat-laN OF
Mr.. and Mrs, Edward L. SchneldeI'
Mr.. Schneider died week ago, and,
yesterday his wife suscumhed, leay-
ing the adopted war-orphans WITH an
estate that Will make them comfort
able for the rest Of their lives.
Mr.. Shneider was president ane
Of extensive real estate both In
.Rosslyn Packing Company ana .
large shareholder In the Potomac
Savings Bank In Georgetown. Mrs,
Schneider, his wife, was the holder
Of extensive real estate. bith In
Georgetown and Washington. Among
the papers presented IN the adoption
proceedings were one from the chill
dren's mother and one from the
father written in German from the
western seat Of war under tate Of
August 4, 1915.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13

]. o. Peyton, Of Huntington, W. Va.
who was arrested In Washington last
Tuesday on warrant sworn out by
Horace /. Harlow. Of Alexandria,
charging him with unlawfully taking
away Horace Harlow, the thlrteen-
year-old son Of the complainant, was
acquitted yesterday in the Alexandria
court. It developed from the testi-
mony that Peyton has married Har-
lows divorced wife, and that the lad
in controversy is now, Of his own
choice, with bis mother in Huntington.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13

At least ono party will soon have
its presidential candidate In tho field.
It was announced here this week by
prominent Socialists who were among
those granted o hearing on ani-pre-
paredness before the committee on
military affairs, that early in March
the results Of the referendum which
their party is taking would DO known.
The party will hold no national con-
yention but resort to the referendum
method Of nomination. and shape its
platform by that vote. 1t leaked out
here that there has been a split in
the ranks Of the Socialists, Just as
there has been In the Democratic and
Republican parties on the prepared
ness issue.
Charles Edward Russell, who has
borne aloft the Socialist banner for
so long in so many fights, Is not go
ing to be q candidate this year because,
having seen with his own eyes what
was going on In Europe, he came back
home and told his fellow partlsans
and the country that 1t was time to
prepare or It would stand to DO Bel
gianized. This Is not in accordance
with the Socialist doctrine so Mr..
Russell has been eliminated from the
race.
The Socialists, or that element of
the party which talks rnpreparedness
before everything else. and Is opposed
to madonna defense, insist that the
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-06-20
SEVERAL PLANES
BROUGHT down
Germans and English Have
Air Fight in Which Some
Machines are Shot Down.

London, June 2o.-The British Of
ficial 1stetement issued last ntsht
sssz:sstesxsy: asrnaa, tnfsAtr7 ;car..
red out no enterprises along our
front. Except for heavy shel1ing Of
our trenches southeast Of Neuville-St:
Vast, enemy artillery was quiet.
'Arras was shelled, and yesterday
there has been shelling about Be
court. Thiepval and Hulluch. East
of souchez there have been recipro-
our artillery dispersed enemy parties
west Of HulIuch, and the enemy ex-
ploded 9 small mine, which destroyed
one, Of his. own posts, but did us no
damage. There was marked in
crease in. the work of hostile aircraft:
In all, there were 27 combats, In
which the enemy suffered the follow
Ing losses:
lone hostile aeroplane was brought
down in our lines near Doullens; the
occupants. were made prisoners. Two
OF our hghting aeroplanes encoun-
tered two Fokkers in the vicinity Of
Lens. One hostile machine was driv-
en- down damaged; the other, shot
down. crashed to earth from 1000
feet. In other air fights two German
machines were driven down in a dam
aged condition and another was
brought down near Winglee.
Hostile reconnaissances, which
crossed our lines in force, were at
tackled and dispersed by our aero
planes. One Of our pilots reports
seeing two hostile machines hit by
1.-TWO Of our machines in combat
were brought down in the enemy's
lines"