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He suggested that q team OF hNe men
and manager be sent, and that the
team consist of a relay team and d
back stroke swimmer among others'
There is no doubt in my MUD tnat
SO can pus 1t Iver," he concluded.
The meeting was then adjourned
and a meeting OF the board OF gov
errors was called to elect the OIL
GERS for the year. Just before the
opening of the second meeting A. L.
Castle offered criticism Of the meth
cd of handling the registration cards
OF the association, by way Of sug'
gestion.
Mr.. Castle suggested that the regis
tration committee might adopt meth
eds of notifying men when their CARDS
ran out that would avoid the confll-
sions arising when men learn tina.
their. cards have expired only short
time before a meet. s.,
"By assisting rather than acting so
that YOU gain a reputation outside OF
being over technical and trying TO
keep men out of swimming meets, you
can help the association" stated MT.
Castle, in declaring Chat the reputa-
ton OF the association outside was
not that to be desired. -. =
Mr.. Rawlins stated that the causes
for complaint on the grounds men.
toned by Mr.. Castle were unfounded
and added that the secretaries Of the
clubs were more at fault in this par
ticular matter. Following further
explanation of the matter by Mr..
Soper, Mr.. Castle agreed with the
stand OF the association. ..-.
"The present board has been &C.
cused Of using A. A. U. money and
that such had been the case was the
statement made to the head Of the
Myrtle Boat Club. 1t was stated then
that Mr.. Soper had been party to
the arrangement whereby the asso-
citation was made to pay for my trip
to the mainland" stated Mr.. Rawlins
in discussing the attacks that had
been made upon the association. That
such had been the case he cefied
anyone to prove by examination Of
the books. - -;
Before the nominations there was
some discussion as to whether Law
renee Cunha should be allowed to
cast the Healani vote for A. T. Long
ley, who is at the training camp. Mr..
Soper's motion that he should settled
this question. The Outrigger repre-
sentative was also temporarily held
up because that club has not paid
its annual dues.
President Rawlins was nominated
for reelection by Mr.. Andrews who
stated, after reviewing the work Of
Mr.. Rawlins. that he was sorry that
an effort had been made to inject
Politics into the organization"
I'VE have reached the stage now
where the A. A. u. is not an expert.
CONTINUED on page 81
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Club Men
Compete For Asch
Cup In Tournament

Thirty men are competing in the
Phoenix Club handicap billiard tour
nament which is being played for the
second leg Of silver cup presented
by Julius w. Asch, leader Of the
lodge. The cup is to be taken three
times before II becomes the perman-
emit property Of any man. The first
leg was won by George Macy in the
last tournament. :
The men competing In the second
tournament have been divided into
three classes and the winners Of each
will compete for the cup. The win
ners in each group win also receive
prizes from the club.
Harry Kueffer is leading in Class A
at present; A. E. Carter in Class B,
and A. Werner in Class G. The stand.
ings in the three classes are as fol-
lows: ;: e..
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Girls Swimming Meet During /,
October Plan of Promoters

Is now boosting girls swimming.
That Ne meet next month viii -
the ffhst women's swimming meet
held under the auspices Of the A. A.
U. Is the belief of those who are max.
ing the arrangement. The idea OF Q
big woTnsn's meet was conceived
early in the summer and during Aug.
ust meet was held in the Palama
tank which brought out many new an
good swimmers.
The success OF this event warranted
starting preparations for second
meet. All OF the arrangements, all
of the swimmers, all Of the specta.
tors. and all of the judges win be
womea-not one man will be allowed
to have anything to do with the
event. The women have already
nroved their ability TO handle such
a big meet alone and the scheme
viii become a big swimming event in
itself d. 49,. ....
Stringent Supervision Assured
With stringent supervision as
sured. promises of many entries have
been made Punahou academy may
enter swimmers in a team. Meets have
been held for the girls of the school
for a long time now, and many goQs
swimmers have been developed. PI
lama will undoubtedly enter a team
while the Kunalu boat club. the Y.
w. CA. and the Outrigger clubs have
plenty of swimmers to compete a.
members Of the clubs.
A feature of the meet VIII be the
relay. Just what shall be the length
Of the race has not been decided as
yet. Each team will probably consist
OF six girls.
While no chairman Of arrangements
has been appointed yet. Miss Ruth
Stacker has been directing the plans
for the meet and is calling the meet.
ing next Monday night. She was
largely responsible for the meet Of
last August which was held In Pa,
lama and proved Q great success.
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HONOLULU CLUB
ORGANIZES TO
PROMOTE TRACK
A. A. U. Proposes to Make
Much of This Sport; Team
to Mainland is Plan

To promote track athletics in Ha'
wall in view of making as much OF
them as has been made of swimming,
is the purpose of the Honolulu ANA
teur Athletic Club, which was or
ganized in the Offices OF William I.
Rawlins yesterday afternoon and was
admitted to membership in the A. A.
L. shortly afterwards. William T.
kawIins was elected president of the
club, Harold Godfrey, yice-president:
o. P. Soares, secretary, S. S., Mich
olson, captain, and David L. Desha, au'
ditor. 30.
Leading athletes OF the islands, in
GLIDING George Monaha, John Watt,
and many others who have won in
track are included in the membership
of the newly.formed club.
I'VE will boost track now as we
have boosted swimming and hope to
make as much out it," declared Mr..
Rawlins, president of the club and
also president Of the A. A. u, in dis
cussing the organization late yester-
day afternoon. Il hope that the. time
will eventually come when we can
send track teams to the mainland as
well as swimming teams, a>@@
That the Hawaiian association of
the A. A. U. intends to give this sport
much attention in the future is eyi.
denced by the report of the retiring
sc cretary.treasurer, Lorrin Andrews.
He stated: 49,. -..s-.-. r.. :. q
1T should be the delegates earnest
epdeavor during the ensuing and COM
ing years to build up track athletics
until we can also fayorably compete
in this branch of athletics with the
ether associations Of the A. A. u" i
After expressing appreciation for
the financial support Of the Hawaiian
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Gazette Co. in paying all the expen-
ses of the last meet and opening the
doors to the public, Mr.. Andrews fur
Their stated:
TT has been the earnest desire Of
the association to send a track team
to the mainland, believing that this
would encourage track athletics in the
same ratio as our swimmers trips to
the mainland have encouraged swim.
ming here. This has so far proved to
he impossible to carry out and all
hopes of sending team this year end
ed with the declaration of war Our
track records have steadily improved
and the records made by the winners
at our track meets now compare IA
yorabIy with the records made at
many of the meets held by mainland
associations It is hoped that our as
ISOLATION in the ensuing years. will
take up the feature of competition
with mainland athletes in this br2nc:::
of sport more successfully than has
been done heretofore 10
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aE6 lls!gi !l 81 R as. lSpoFtP
William I. RaWIns
Elected A.A.U. Head

The reelection of William T. Raw
Inns to the presidency Of the Hawaiian
Association, of the Amateur Athleti:
Union follows a long period Of service
during which he has done much for
athletics in Hawaii.
Mr.. iRawlins has been affiliated with
the local A. A. U. since its inception
seven years ago and since that time
has been continually president OF the
organization while Lorrin Andrews
has been the secretary-treasurer. MIR
Andrews refused to consider renemi
nation at the annual meeting OF the
association yesterday.
Mr.. Andrews was one of the or
ganizers of the Hawaiian association
of the A. A. u. He has been with the
organization throughout the past
seven years, during which the national
organization has threatened many
times to disorganize this branch. With
Mr.. Rawlins he had gained the con.
fidence of the national officers and
the Hawaiian branch is now practi'
cally assured of it's future life.
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Harmony Reiens Supreme
Following Election of RdWIinS
Is Unanimously Reelected to Presidency of Hawaiian AssoCa'
ton of A. A. U-Bachrach Given Authority to Proceed win
Future Swimming Pans-Meeting Notable

William T. Rawins to the pes
Amateur
w local athetc
controversies during the past
yesterday afternoon
ttnn dentRa
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f. That a second and larger girls
swimming meet win be held in the
Y. NJ. C.. A. tank, probably on October
rs or %, was assured following a
meeting Of leading women physical
directors of Honolulu last night in the
Y. w. c. A. 10 make arrangements
for such q meet. Final plans win be
laid at another meeting which was
set for next Monday night at O'Clock
in the same building. 3d.. q
All proceeds Of the meet will go to
the Red Cross. This decision came
following an appeal from that organi
zation and promises for their undt
yided support. .:~-~..a
The meet will be run under the
rules of, the local A. A. L. All Of the
girls competing VIII. by reason of this,
be called upon to take out A.. A. L..
cards in order to establish their ANA.
teur standing. All officials or the
meet Will be women, but II IS expected
that the sanction of the A. A. Z. viii
be received for this. .-....... i.
Seven women attended the meet.
ing held last night to make arrange
ments for the meet. They we're Miss
Ruth Stacker, who called the meet
ing and who is in charge of the girls
work at Palama; Miss Allen, the new
physical director of the Punahou
academy; Mrs. Fullard Leo, represen-
tatfve of the Women's Auxiliary OF
the outrigger club in the Hawaiian
association of the A. A. IT,; Miss Bes-
sic Seybolt, representative of the
kunalu boat club; Miss Leonora An
dersen, physical director Of the Y. w.
c, A.. and Miss Marjorie Capps, who
was formerly a physical director and
known swimming coaches in the Mid.
die West He makes his headquar-
ters at Chicago and at the Illinois
Athletic. club. The local A. A. U. has
been in touch with him on several
OCCASIONS in the past concerning swim
ming nron0SifioI1s
The Benson signal., 1917-10-27
PALLD PEOPLE c4R4ERs CAR; n:ia '" ron + 9iP PILLS
Time to FiQht Mice.

The time to fight mice is when your
house is still rid of them. First make
a hard and fast rule that not crumb
Of food is left exposed in kitchen,
pantry or cupboard. See also that in
the bedrooms of your home no waters
or other tasty bits are left where a
mouse might get them and thus find
encouragement to take up his perma-
nent abode there.
The next thing to do is to cut off the
means of entrance to your home, and
this is done by seeing that there are
no loose passageways into the cellar
or open cavities in the wall or loose
woodwork. AS final resource you
will perhaps have to choose between
a mouse trap and a cat. 1t all. de-
pends on your affinity for the feline
pet which you will do. But remember
that, whereas permitting mice to lodge
in your house was formely only an
act of slothful neglect, it is now one
of the crimes of wastefulnesS, of
which no patriotic woman should be
guilty.-Exchange.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-27
Fuel Gas as Petrol Substitute.

The shortage of PETROL as gasoline
is known abroad, Occasioned by the
enormous quantities needed on the
battle fronts, has resulted, in England,
in the introduction of a fuel alterna-
tive. In England the use Of mOtOrcy-
cles for private use necessarily came
to a standstill when the gasoline be-
came acute. But it is reported that
motOrcyclists there soon discovered
that coal gas would serve just as well.
A gas container in the form of a bal
loon is hoisted on steel supports
above the machine, giving the whole
outfit the appearance of zeppelin
pup. I
They are popularity termed "ballOOn
Bikes" and are said to operate much
more cheaply on coal gas than on gaso-
line. The possibilities that might re-
suit from a meeting between this new
contraption and a good broadside gale
can only be imagined, but there would
undoubtedly be no lack of thrills.-Ex-
change.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-27
CHANGES IN DRAFTING SYSTEM.
Nine Million Remaining Registrants
Will Be Divided into Five Glasses.

Washington.-A sweeping change
in the machinery of the selective
draft, based on division of the 9,00O,-
900 remaining registrants into five
classes in order of their eligibility for
military service, was announced by
Provost Marshal General Crowder.
Details of the plan, which has been
approved by President Wilson, are
not disclosed 1t is calculated, how
ever, to do away with virtually all the
complicated machinery of the first
draft The plan was worked out at
conferences with local and district
board officials and approved by the
various state authorities.
It's chief features are that every reg
istered man will know his exact posi-
ton and be able to arrange his affairs
accordingly and that no man deemed
necessary in any important industry
or needed at home to support his fam
lily will be called to the colors unless
the military situation is desperate.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-27
OCT. 2S DAY OF PRAYER
FOR SUCCESS OF AMERICAN
ARMS IN THE WAR.
President Wilson Issues Proclamation
in Accordance With Resolution
Passed by Congress.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Washington.-Pres Wilson by
proclamation declared Sunday, Oct
%, as a day of prayer for the success
of the American arms in the war, in
accordance with the recent resolution
Of Congress- The Presidents prOcla-
nation is as follows:
Whereas, The Congress of the
United States by concurrent resolu-
ton adopted on the 4th day of the
present month of October, in view OF
the entrance of our nation into the
vast and awful war which now afflicts
the greater part of the world, has re-
quested me to set apart by official
proclamation a day upon which our
people should be called upon to offer
concerted prayer to Almighty God for
His divine aid in the success of our
arms; and,
Whereas, 1t behooves great free
people, nurtured as we have been in
the eternal principles of justice and of
right; a nation which has sought
from the earliest days of it's existence
to be obedient to the divine teachings
which inspired it in the exercise OF
it's liberties, to turn always to the
Supreme Master and cast themselves
in faith at His feet praying for His
aid and succOr in every hour of trial.
to the end that the great aims to
which our fathers dedicated our power
as people may not perish among
men, but be always asserted and de-
Tended with fresh ardor and devotion
and, through the divine blessing, set
at last upon enduring foundations for
the benefit of all the free peoples OF
the earth;
"Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Will
son, President of the United States
gladly responding to the wish ex-
pressed by the Congress, do appoint
Oct. %, being the last Sunday of the
present month, as a day of suppl1ca-
ton and prayer for all the people OF
the nation, honestly exhorting all my
countrymen to observe the appointed
day, according to their several faiths
in solemn prayer, that Gods blessings
may rest upon the high task which is
laid upon us, to the end that the cause
for which we give our lives and treas
ure may triumph and our efforts be
blessed with high achievement"
The Benson signal., 1917-10-27
Catarrhal Cough

MI. w. S. Brown, r. +. d: No. 4,
Box 80, Rogersville, Tennessee,
writes:
81 feel it my duty to recommend
Peruna to all sufferers of catarrh or
cough. In the year 1909. l took a
severe case of the la grippe. 1 then
took a bad cough. I had taken all
kinds of cough remedies but got no
relief. I then decided to try Peruna.
I used five bottles. After taking five
bottles my cough stopped and my
catarrh was cured. My average
weight was 115 and now I weigh
14S1a. Any one suffering with ca
tarrh in any form will advise them
to take Peruna."
The Benson signal., 1917-10-27
An Army Dentist,

A gunner of the Garrison artillery,
who had successfully passed black
smiths course, was home on furlough,
bearing the hammer and pincers on
his arm, when he was accosted by a
civilian, who asked what the decora-
tion was for
"Oh," replied Tommy, I'm an army
dentist!''
II see," said the civilian. "Of course,
the pincers are for extracting teeth.
But what is the idea of the hammer?''
"Well, you see, it's like this. Some
of the chaps are a bit nervous, so we
use the hammer to chloroform them
WITH" was the reply.-London Tit
Bits.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-27

medicine I took. Every month since /
was a young girl had suffered with
cramps in my sides at periods and was
never regular. saw your advertise
ment in the newspaper and the picture
of woman who had been saved from
an operation and this picture was inn
pressed on my mind. The doctor had
given me only two more days to make
up my mind so sent my husband to the
drug store at once for a bottle of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
believe me, soon noticed change and
when I had finished the third bottle l
was cured and never felt better grant
you the privilege to publish my letter
and am only too glad to let other women
know of my cure Mrs. THos. MCGoN-
1GAl-, 3452 Hartville Street, Phila., Pa.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-27
His Enforced Absence.

A Columbus correspondent tells us
an anecdote in which the names must
be suppressed, but which is none the
less true and moral, says the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
A state senator died during the ses-
sion, and a committee was appointed
to accompany the body back to the old
home of the decedent. Two of the
committee met in the state house that
afternoon.
"Are you going to take this trip?"
asked one.
"Yes. I can i'll afford the time, but
I believe it to be my duty. Are you
going?"
'Yes, I feel as you do. 1t will take
a whole day, but wouldn't feel right
if 1 didn't go. Will Senator x accom-
pany us?"
"No. He says he is too busy, and
besides he doesn't drink"
The Benson signal., 1917-10-27
FOODS 80 PER CENT HIGHER.
Sugar Prices in England Have Been
Trebed


Ottawa, Ont-Beef and mutton in
England now exceed their pre-war
prices by Is pence per pound, says a
report published in the government
Labor Gazette Butter and bacon are
now double their pre-war level. Milk
is 78 per cent higher than in July,
1914. These figures and the following
table of per cent increases since the
war are contained in London dis
patch to the Ottawa agency of Reu-
ter's limited:
Beef, nearly 100; mutton, 81; import
ed beef, 1872; imported mutton, 1853;
bacon, 10; fish, $50; sugar, 1870; but
ter, SO; cheese, 81; eggs, 100.
In the cost Of all items usually en-
tering into the working class family,
includi 1g food, rent, clothing, fuel and
light, the increase has been nearly 80
per cent, allowing per cent for the
advances due to increased taxation.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-27
What the Craftsman Does.

Generally speaking, a craftsman, or
draughtsman, is one who draws plans
from instructions given him. A me-
chanical craftsman is an assistant to a
mechanical engineer, and he draws the
plans of the engineers proposed
works. If he is mechanical engineer
it will be plans of machines. bridges,
etc. An architect plans buildings, and
his craftsman, from instructions fur
nshed him, draws the plans. The
craftsman is largely cOpyist. He
creates nothing, but he gives express
sion to the ideas of his superior.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-27
Kindness,

Private Simkins had returned from
walking out with another young man,
and naturally asked her to explain her
frequent promenades in the town with
the gentleman.
"Well, DEAR" she replied. 'It was
only kindness on his part. He took
me down every day to the library to
see if you was killed"
The Benson signal., 1917-10-27
War Declared on
Rats by U. S. Govt.

The government at Washington is pre-
pairing a campaign that should be effec-
tive in killing the rats that are SO destruc-
tive both to lives and property. A con-
stuffs from rats at over two hundred mil
lion dollars annually, and in the present
scarcity of food, this loss must be pre-
vented The most efficient way to kill
the Rat" is by the use of Stearns Paste
and thousands of dollars worth have been
bought by the government. Every house
keeper troubled with rats, mice, reaches
or waterbugs should buy a small box of
this reliable exterminator for thirty-1ve
cents, and stop further loss of food in
her home. Adv.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-27
Yaqui Outlaws to Seize Supplies.

Douglas, Ariz.-A force of 1,500
Yaqui Indians is in the mountains near
Conchi, east of Cumpas, Sonora, await
ing the arrival of party Of $50 Indians
from the border with supply of arm
American mining man who reacho
Douglas from that section late Satur-
day. He said that about 400 Yaquis
the army of Gen P. Elias Gales, gov
ernor of Sonora, had deserted and are
on their way to join the force in the
mountains.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-27
FOR SKIN TROUBLES
That Itch, Burn, Torture and Disfig.
ure Use Cuticura-TriaI Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. They
usually afford immediate relief in itch
ing, burning eczemas, pimples, dandruff
and most baby skin troubles. They
also tend to prevent little skin trou-
bles becoming great if used daily.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l.,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-27
Wooden BedsteadS.

Furniture manufacturing has been
greatly stimulated in South Africa in
recent months. Because the steel tube
factories of England have been en-
gagged in making munitions the South
African furniture market shows many
wooden bedSteads.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-27
HOW'S This 2

We offer $4,000 for any case Of catarrh
that cannot be cured by HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is talk
en- internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
Sold by druggists for over forty years.
Price 75c. Testimonials free.
F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-27
Save superannuated Oysters.

Polluted oysters may be purified, it
is claimed by keeping short time in
water containing little calcium hypo-
chlorite. The oysters are not only
made perfectly safe and suitable food,
but the flavor is not affected.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-27
OnIv Ones Who Haven't.

Willis-You're more Of a historical
scholar than thought you were. How
did you know that Assyria Media and
Carthage are dead nations?
Gillis-Well, I hadn't seen anything
in the papers about their declaring war
on Germany-Judge.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-27
Very Deep.

"They tell me young Whiffer made
deep impression when he called on
the LotseroX family the other night
"Is that SOP
eyes; when old LotserOX helped him
through the door he landed in one of
the flower beds on the lawn. Rich
mond Times-D Dispatch.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-27
Melancholy IhOunhtS.

"1The falling leaves fill me with mel
ancholy thoughts" said the poetic per-
son. "They used to have that effect
on me-" said the unpoetic person.
"What changed you?" Il moved into
an apartment and don't have to rake
them any more"
The Benson signal., 1917-10-27
AN OPERATION
AVERTED
Philadelphia, Pa.-"One year ago
was very sick and I suffered with pains

in my side and back
until I nearly went
crazy. I went to
diff ntdoctors and
they all said 1 had
female trouble and
would not get any
relief until I would
be operated on. I
had suffered for four
years before this
but I kept get
fino wOrso tho mora