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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-10
WOMEN AND FAME.

A typical story in the magazine section of a
Sunday newspaper syndicate contains the more
or less interesting information that the best
way for woman to "get into the limelight" is
to marry famous man. The wives of the
Marshall Fields, Mrs. Vincent Astor Mrs. John
Jacob Astor and other women of this genera
ton are cited as examples, the inference being
that they are entitled to some measure of fame
through going through ceremonial with a
man of note.
The story is more than ordinarily silly Few
of the women mentioned are known outside the
society columns of the newspapers and the
world of society which is SO insignificant as
compared with the real world. And the infer
ence that women cannot through their own and
independent efforts win lasting fame is just as
silly.
Florence Nightingale, an English nurse, rose
from obscurity to worldwide renown and
honor through her noble work in the Crimean
var and after, doing deeds any man might
hove anv;ed. She won the gratitude of nations
- so;te of determined opposition of military
.aanor,anders at the beginning of her great cam
paign of mercy.
M.r;e-R Rosa Bonheur did not wed to achieve
fome She won it through her own efforts and
.alent. Her first paintings when she was girl
'a'en '.oan were SO severely criticised that her
sa,,;lv opposed further study, put at eighteen
~. l1~I<@ L.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-10
NEW ALARM SYSTEM
AT POLICE STATION

Honolulu police will use the same
system for checking in" and report
ing fires that Is used In nearly all
cities on the coast when the new
Gamewell system, now being installed
in the police station, Is ready for use.
The indicators will be set in the rooms
which have heretofore been used for
the examination OF detained prison
ers. and by the captains and provost
guard New flooring will be put in
this week under supervision of Build.
ing Inspector Henry Freitas.
The new system is arranged to pro-
vide for all boxes needed at present
and is large enough to accommodate
all which may be put in In the future.
the extension of the system to any de-
sired part Of the city merely requiring
a new box to be put up.
Next mail from San Francisco, 421
bags, will arrive tomorrow morning on
the Matson steamer Lurline.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-10
PLANTATIONS REPORT
SCARCELY ANY DAMAGE

Only in the >Lahaina district in
Maui did the weekend storm do any
damage to the sugar plantations, ac-
cording to reports received by the
sugar plantation agencies in Honolulu
up to noon today. and the Lahaina
damage was so slight as to be much
more than Offset by the generally
beneficial effects to the crop which
the rainfall will have, say Hackfeld
& Company. Lahaina had z inches
of rain yesterday.
On Oahu no reports of damage to
cane were received, though AIS inches
of rain fell at Waialua yesterday, and
395 inches are reported from Eva,
according to Castle & Cooke. On
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-10
ANOTHER STATEMENT ON THE BOYS
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

What the territorial grand jury reports con-
corning the Boys Industrial School is sub
stantiaIy what every unbiased and broad
minded observer of this institution for reform
must report the school has been run on
the principle of getting work out OF the lads
rather than of making better citizens out of
them.
: In its observations and conclusions the grand
jury fully confirms what this paper said when
it took up the cause of the mismanaged boys
last November. Conditions at the school have
been such as to breed sulenness and rebellion.
Less emphasis on output Of farm and dairy pro-
duets, more play, a more sympathetic discipline,
are needed The boys are not badly cared for
in body but IN spirit they are scarcely cared
for at all.
The grand jury's report today shows the in
sight the jurors gained from their recent trips
of first,hand investigation. fsthese trips had
been taken in November,sit is hardly likely that
the grand jury on December 10 would have in
dicted fifteen of the Industrial School boys Of
charges of unlawful assembly" And now it
is more obvious than ever that the prompt ac-
quittal of these boys when their cases were
tried was a correct verdict.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-10
LETTERS
THE NArros TRIPLeTs
Editor Honolulu star,Bulletin.

Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin. -..a
Sir: Mr. w. o. Smith, in HIS let
ter 10 the Advertiser OF yesterday
says There Is a misunderstanding
somewhere which should be correct
ed" r.
think that the Misunderstanding
Is due to the Insufficient understand.
ing Of Mr.. Smith about this matter.
Last Thursday Mattos and his fam.
| fly called at my office. saying that he
| had arrived from Kauai, and begged
NE to intercede for the purpose of Sc
curing help for him as he was unable
TO maintain his family. which, now
comprised five. children. three OF
whom were triplets born in Hawaii.
He stated that he at present was
earning s24 III. ..-". II. !.
Touched by the condition of this
family, ! sent them to the commission
er of INN grafton at the territorial
immigration station, where, in the
presence Of the commissioner, / advis-
ed them 10 return to Kauai. and prom
ised to intercede in their behalf Il
was my intention to personally assist
these people, should the plantation
agents decline to do so. AS did not
see them after their visit to the i'm
migration station, I was convinced
that they had taken my advice and
returned to Kauai. On the day fol
lowing the call of this family at the
consulate ] saw in the Advertiser
what seemed to be an appeal to aid
the triples. | Immediately took ad-
vantage of the suggestion and had my
wife contribute SO for that purpose
by depcsit:ng So in the office of each
paper, the Advertiser and Star-BulIe
tin, ii being gratifying to me to take
the lead in such a worthy cause. ]
felt that the total amount collected
should be used fer the. benefit OF the
three newly born American babies.
Later called Upon Mr.. Smith, who,
without knowing the purpose of my
visit, willingly otter ed to subscribe
certain amount, whereupon informed
him that donations for this purpose
should be left at the offices of the AID
vertiser and Star-Bulletin The pur
poses OF my cali at his office was to
obtain some assistance from the Kauai
plantation for this family. -
All that Mr.. Smith states In his let.
ter is true. but l think he forgot TO
mention what / understood him to
say, that he would. on his own &C
count, give dollar or two as long as
they were in need. to which gener-
osity the Star-Builetin very properly
refers. '~... -
In fulfilment of my. duty have,
with courtesy, only solicited from Mr..
Smith aid for two needy people of
my country, for whose protection l
shall not cease in my efforts
willingly admit that during my
stay Of a year and half in Hawaii
all consideration has been given to re-
quests of this nature (which / have
made, for the benefit Of the people i
represent. II 49,
Requesting the publication of the
and thanking you for the
space it will occupy, remain, i
!. Yours very truly, :
A. C.. PESSOA,
Portuguese Consul-General.
Honolulu, January 10, 1916. -:
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-10

One can hardly expect the visitors in our
midst to appreciate the sort Of ''liquid sun
shine that has been descending for week,
nor to place full reliance in statements that this
weather is unprecedented. That, however, is
the truth, and the weather reports for decades
past prove it. Hawaii has no record of such
weather as that of December and this month.
In the ordinary acceptance of the term there is
no ''rainy season. here as in most lands of the
sub-tropics and tropics. The tourist may smile
at this and other assurances that it s bound to
be "mid-winter summer" pretty soon, but such
is the unexaggerated fact.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-10

Oahu the additional moisture is vel
coined. though IL will hinder grinding
a trifle
Heavy rainfalls are reported from
all districts on Kauai. but no crop
damage is mentioned Detailed re-
ports from Hawaii are expected to-
morrow morning by c. Brewer 4 Com
pany. but to date no lntimation of
damage has been received.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-10
THE TRUTH COMING OUT.

More satisfactory than its earlier brief re-
port is the full statement of the territorial
grand Jury upon the county Jail scandal sllr-
rounding the escape of the notorious Jack =
Mct1Iath.
Furthermore, the criticism of the present Jail
administration is more to the point because
more definite and detailed than that of the
perfunctory paragraph of comment rendered
at the conclusion of the jury's Investigation.
The escape Of the gangster and The laXity OF
Jailor Ferns rule are put right up to Sheriff
Rose: and as Fern is Roses appointee; as the
rules of the jail are evidently in part those IN
stituted by Rose himself, the sheriff is rightly
held responsible.
Only in public opinion, however, is the head
of the police department likely to suffer in any
way for the glaring inefficiency and incompe-
tent Jail administration shown up by the
McGfath escape. As in many other cases
nothing is going to be done about it." On
the surface rule or two may be changed but
the rule of friendship, politics and incompe-
tence will not be changed. Nothing but de-
termined stand next campaign by the voters of
Honolulu will change this rule.
1t is interesting to note that the testimony
of Fred Cough, the ex-prisoner, is discredited
by the grand jury. His story was so prolific in
detail, and in essential points so borne out by
the actual happenings at the Jail as known,
that it is impossible to believe he could have
invented all or even the gist of it. That he had
"done time" that he occasionally became
drunk and that others accused him of being
addicted to "dope (which, by the way, was
only accusation-seem to have convinced the
jurors that most of his story was lie. Yet the
basic allegations on which that story rested
were FropaB4s true, and enough was actual1y
proved true to justify the belief that conditions
were much worse than the jury has seen fit to
admit go 49, = ss'z ~
Still more interesting is the fact that the
jury, though discrediting Coughs testimony,
in, substance abundantly upholds that testi-
mony by its eenclusions! 1t is quite apparent
that the jury minimized Cough S story because
he was jail-bird and nobody outside the Jail
could substantiate many of its details.
But even though reluctantly. the truth about
the county Jail has been forced out through the
lever sof Fred Coughs story in the Star
Bulletin Insspite of official apathy, in spite
of active, persistent and INSCRIPTIONS efforts
to reach and muzzle, or beat up and silence,
grand jury witnesses; in spite of attempts even
more Vicious to poison with suspicion reputable
men who were fighting to get the facts to light
In spite of such desperate practises, the truth
came out. 1t is mutilated and incomplete, bat
it is the truth. The community knows it,
whether or not those in official position are
willing to secure evidence for prosecution
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-10
AN uN-AMERIcAN LETTER.

Honolulu, Jan. 10, 1916.
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Sir: It was with mixed feelings O:
Indignation and pity that | read a
communication from one who styles
himself "Honolulan, in yesterday
Advertiser. Had the writer signed
himself "Britisher" he could not have
more clearly demonstrated that this
fair land of ours is not the land ot
his love-" From one who lives under
and enjoys the protection of the bles.
sed Stars and Stripes of America, his
expressions of sentiment are arrogant,
ignorant unpatriotic and ungentle.
manly. ~. ~.
We who to the best of our indp.
ment, try to live up to our ideals OF
strict neutrality. feel insulted at this
expression of ideas, which is as un.
American as it is vulgar. "Honolu.
Ian" would have us believe that this
nation is composed of statutory of
tenders, coolies, etc. The only com
ment / have to make is-"Honolulan, 4"
by his residence (by choice) here
would indicate that he deems this a
happier and purer sphere than soma
other place. -. 4
II "Honolulan" has such a great re
gard for New Zealand. small nationa,
tiles, Belgium neutrality. ETC., why is
he not at the front somewhere in
France?" "Oh, shirker, why pratest
thou?" r - .>.... .
Sincerely, III
AMERICAN.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-10

/ Retail merchants of Honolulu are making
protest against that section of Superintendent
Forbes recommendations to Congress, which
would give Honolulu members Of the National
Guard the privilege of purchasing supplies
from the United States commissary depart
ment. This is a very small matter either way
you take it. The recommendations of the sup
erintendent as whole are good, and if there is
danger Of any Of them being blocked by a
bubble of this sort we would say out with the
bubble The money that would come to the
Guard at Honolulu, and be spent among the
merchants of the city, through the adoption of
the recommendations of the superintendent,
would amount to great deal more than the
trade Of the men could possibly be with the
commissary department of the army.-Garden
Island. /. H..
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-10

Jail sentences will do more to discourage
the usury gentry than mere fines in any amount
Judge Ashfords action on Saturday in i'm
posing Imprisonment penalties on two men
found guilty after their cases had been thrash
ed out in court trials, will let loan sharks know
that the law is no joke.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-10
GRIFF|N-DAWSON
BEST in Tennis

[ Associated Press by Federal Wireless
MANILA, p T.. Jan. 10.-Clarence
Griffin and Ward Dawson, the crack
American tennis players visiting here.
today won the Eastern doubles tennis
title. Griffin Is one of the holders of
the national doubles title, his partner
being William Johnson. Ill.,. -.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-10

1t would seem to be in order for Henry Ford
to charter a train and conduct few pacifists
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-02

forced upon q people powerless to de-
fend or effectively protest extensions
utterly beyond any real or fancied need
Of the community they are claimed to
serve.
Last year the Borland law took out
of the pockets of District taxpayers an
unneeded and unspent $3.50, 200. This year
under the law as now written the amount
will easily run over $3.50. 000-an utterly
unnecessary and unjust exaction from a
people now struggling under almost every
conceivable and thinkable form of NUM-
cipal taxation.
How heavy the burden of the Bor-
land amendment will bear on the coun-
,ty-that part of tax-ridden Washington
least able to bear it's shown by the
current appropriation bill as passed by
the House; $1s6.00O is therein appro-
priated for street paving for the whole
of Washington-all four sections of the
city. with Georgetown included $196, 900
is appropriated alone for the county
(outside the city,. Some of these sub
urban roads and streets must carry
with their paving the crushingly heavy
special taxes for street extensions. wa
ter and sewer mains. sidewalks. curb
ing. besides paying full city tax rates
on an excessively high valuation made
under pressure by the District board of
assessors"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-02
ROLL OF SNARE DRUM
ATTRACTS RECRUITS
Civilians Enlist After Talking With
Guardsmen at 9th Street
Station.

The roll of a snare drum, accompanied
by fife, in front of the recruiting sta
ton of the National Guard of the Dis
trict of Columbia at. 419 9TH street
northwest last night attracted con-
siderable attention, and it was ana
nounced by the officers in charge that
a number of recruits had been secured
for the guard.
In connection with the musical at
traction several members of the Ma
chine Gun Company explained the
operation of a machine gun that was
on exhibition in the window. This also
was watched with interest The gun
was dismantled and put together time
and time again.
Mai f. S. Springsteen of the pension
Office was the drummer and G. r. Dean
the ffer. who endeavored to attract re-
cruits by their musical selections.
Those in charge of the station last
night were Corp. F. V. Gingell. Sergt
II. Frey, Privates J. Aroney. r. E. Alt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-02

pending arrival of the state soldiers
was available.
Coincident with the arrival of the
first of the guard organizations, the
Massa chusetts hospital and ambulance
corps what appeared to be redistrfbu-
ton of the troops in this border pa
troll district was begun. Two troops
of the Sth Cavalry were dispatched
from Fort Bliss to Fort Hancock. Tex.
fifty-three miles east of Ell Paso, pre-
sumably to reinforce the garrison
there. 1t was reported, however, that
they also are to hunt Mexican rustlers.
said to have crossed the border to a
Texas ranch last night and to have
stolen a few head of stock.
With little brown tent cities SPRING
ing up for the national guardsmen on
several camp sites in Ell Paso. military
officials at Fort Bliss were testing
armored motor trucks. These machines.
equipped with machine guns, made sew
eral charges across the parade grounds
under conditions arranged to represent
as nearly as possible actual warfare.
officers in charge of the experiments
reported that they were satisfied with
the results obtained. Andres Cara,
Mexican consul to Ell Paso, received
authorization today from Alvaro Obre-
gon, Mexican minister of war. to as
sist the American military authorities
in removing the bodies of the United
States soldiers killed at Carrizal to the
United States for burial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-02
SO Per Cent Efficient.
Say 1900 Owners
Motor 995
RearAx
Clutch es. 20 Frame

1000. was an overwhelm-
ing vote of complete salts
faction. 1t figured down to
an exact SO per cent Of eff
cheney.
We never expect to come
closer to the goal. No hui
man effort can. We. don't
think any car other than the
Hupmobile ever attained
this high peak of popular
approval.
Doesn't this explain why
better than 50 per cent of all
Hupmobile owners buy the
Hupmobile year after yeara
Isn't it plain why the Hup-
mobile public has not been
won away by multi-cylinder
promisesa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-02
Performance
Is the Answer

Performance. of course, is
the one and only answer.
In high gear work. for in
stance. these 900 owners
know that the Hupmobile
daily d uplic ate-f it
doesn't actually Guido -
cars that have more cylin-
ders. or cost more money.
In pulling power. and quick
getaway. they see nothing
under another name that
they do not have.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-02

is more than Sufficient to, provide for
every reasonable Improvement Of our
streets and avenues. Last year Congress
taxpayers which IT found no use for, and
1t remains today an unexpended asset Of
the District of Columbia.
"A special tax becomes both dishonest
and vicious when 1t imposes upon the in
dividual or any special class burden
that properly belongs to and should be
borne by all and from which all equally
benefit.
The paving of street or avenue in
the District Of Columbia is in the in
use is community wide. city wide. state
wide. The small home owner. who un-
der the Borland amendment must alone
pay this heavy street paving tax, Oft
times never puts his foot on the pave
ment or drives a wheel over it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-02
A Gold Mine of
Good Opinions

We have encouraged the
owner. Ct the present model
Pupmobile-ll.000 out Of
our total ownership - to
register their criticisms, com
plants and comments.
The engineering department
especially sought evidence
covering every unit in the
car. They wanted to know
any and all troubles the
owner might have had.
Owners estimates Varied. of
course. Some had had minor
troubles in one part of the
car. some in another. But
the net result. out of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-02
To Meet Border Emergencies.

From Secretary Baker came hurry
estimates of s164S.500 to meet emer-
gencies on the border. The money is
needed to buy equipment for the Ma
tional Guard. ranging from machine
guns to engineer implements. An item
of s450.000 is for the purchase of 80
machine guns. which were destined for
use on European battlefields but have
been diverted to American uses. \
supply of Illuminating grenades also
is desired for use in night fighting.
State Department advices yesterday
dealt only with the flood of refugees
from Mexico ind the efforts of the
Carranza government to secure the
restoration of American property
seized since the present acute situa
ton developed The department has
not received yet reports which will en-
able it to reply to the series of repre-
sensations made by Eliseo Arredondo
Mexican ambassador designate. against
alleged ill-treatment of his country
men in the United States.
Mr.. Arredondo reported last night
that he had no advices from his gov
eminent of any Importance. He has
not heard what course Gen. Carranza
plans to follow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-02

information last night that practically
all of the companies had been fitted
out.
James Thomas Of 321 Sd street north
west and Norman H. Sonneman Of 5000
Grant road northwest called at this
station early last evening and enlisted
in the guard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-02

Vo s5I .si heard VIA, tin" /:
l. wonderful hold the
Hupmobile has on
its owners. Eleven thousand
of them now tell you why.
The net result is a tribute
such as no car has ever had.
Classified and tabulated.
these thousands of opinions
result in a rating of SO per
cent for Hupmobile emei-
eney.
Until we cast up the result
we did not know what a gold
mine Of good opinions we
had uncovered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-02
Union Soldiers Alliance Meets.

With one comrade gone since they
last met body. sixteen members OF
the Union Soldiers Alliance, a group OF
white haired veterans. residing in
Washington. gathered last night in the
red parlor of the Ebbitt House at
one of the regular banquets. held at fix :
ed intervals by the organization. Rou-
tine business was transacted before the
dinner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-02
Figures May stagger Congress.

I'VE expect these figures will stag
ger some members of Congress-" said
Senator Chamberlain. chairman of the
committee, but we are going to put
the responsibility for adequate military
preparedness squarely upon Congress.
The National Guard, as has been
demonstrated in the last few days.
needs equipment We are going to
show Congress in these figures what
must be appropriated to put it in
proper shape"
In the House the appropriation COM