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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-16
RODERICK 0. MATHESON. EDITOR
War and Christianity

TN the event of war, what is the duty OF Chris
tan? According to Doctor Dole and some
others, real Christian must continue to turn the
other cheek, irrespective of the provocation.
DIR. Lyman Abbott, the veteran editor of The
Outlook believes otherwise In his opinion, the
thousands of Americans serving in the ranks OF
the Canadian, British and French armies are per-
forming better their duty Christians than are
the peace-at-any-price advocates at home. In a
recent issue of The Outlook, three questions are
answered by the editor, bearing upon the duty of
Christians today. The questions are: y
l. AS Christians chiefly interested in spread
ing the kingdom Of God on this earth Can this OBJ
ject be helped by fighting and killing, or does such
action hinder its attainment
2. Does Christ in any way justify killing our
fellowmen for any causef
5. What !. the duty of Christian in the event Of
Answering these categorically, Doctor Abbott
says: o-.-
L. The kingdom of God on the earth was unques-
tionably advanced by the war Of the Netherland-
ers for religious liberty by the of the English
Puritans for civil liberty, by the of the Amer
lean colonists for independence. We have no
doubt that it will be advanced by the deliverance
Of Europe from German militarism.
2 Jesus Christ says nothing about killing men.
He counseed His disciples not to resist injuries
threateped to themselves; but He did not counsel
them not to defend others. When He was falsely
accused, He made no answer. But when His dis
ciples were falsely accused, He defended them.
When He was matreated, He did not defend Him
self But when the people shut out from
the outer court of the Temple by corrupt ring,
He drove the ring from the Temple with violence.
When the Temple police came to arrest Him in
the garden, He confronted them with such majesty
that they were thrown violently to the ground.
Then, when His disciples had escaped, He deliv-
cred Himself up unresistng to His death. Self
defense may be the first law of nature, but defense
Of others is the first law of love. ."..
y g. The duty of the individual Christian depends
upon variety of circumstances. But the Chris
tan spirit is well illustrated by the thousands Of
Americans who have crossed the border and en-
listed in Canada to set Europe free Some of them
may be animated by pure love of adventure, some
by mere love of combat; but it is safe to assume
that the great majority inspired by chivalric
desire to have part in doing TO its death the
militarism which has invaded an unoffending coun-
try, massacred its anon-combatants, raped its
women and sold its citizens into slavery. The
duty of every Christian man is'to sympathize with
the spirit of these American volunteers and do
what he can to achieve their purpose. And the
Christian Church has no higher duty at the pres
ent time than to instruct congregations in these
fundamental principles and Undue them with this
Christian spirit. -.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-16
T. A. COOKE PLANS new
HOME IN NUUANU

Theodore A. Cooke will build new
home on Nuuanu Avenue just beyond
the new entrance to the Country Club.
The plans have been finished by +. A.
p. Newcomb and are now in the hands
Of the contractor, The Spalding Con-
struction Company. Work on the new
residence will commence in the near
future. a.. 80. yF.a. ....'... -'F-
The house will be built after the TIA
lian villa style. 1t will be a two,
story structure, containing sixteen
rooms. Downstairs there will be a
large entrance hall, dining room, liv-
ing room, billiard room, portico and
breakfast lanai. The kitchen will have
all the latest modern eonveniences.
The upstairs will have six bedrooms
with bath and dressing room for each
one.
The exterior of the house will be
made of stueco with single roof. A
carriage porch, portico and loggia, are
features that will give the residence a
distinguished appearance. When com
pleted the new Cooke home will be one
of the finest residences in the Islands,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-16
ABATEMENT BILL
LOSES ITS TEETH
Oahu Select Committee Changes
Measure Now Pending In
Upper House

Proposed legislation for the abate-
ment Of prostitution by injunction has
suffered severely. Referred to the Sc.
lect committee of Oahu members of the
senate, NTH Senator Single as chair
man, the bill, which originally gave any
citizen the right to sue out injunction
against bawdy house or place where
prostitution was being, carried on, has
been amended by the senate's adop-
ton of the committed IS report yester-
day, SO that "any citizen" is not en-.
titled to apply for injunction unless he
is property owner, and even then he
must own property within one thousand
feet of the building where prostitution
Is alleged to be conducted.
In other words, if number of bawdy
houses or buildings, or a restricted, or
redlight district, Is established thou
sand feet or more away from possibly
Directing property owners, there will
be little or no chance of suits for in
junction against the business carried on.
Senator Single, in moving for the
adoption Of the committee report, stated
that instead of the word Hcitizenn as
applied TO one able to ask for injunc-
tion proceedings against an alleged
bawdy house, the words property
owner" had been inserted and that the
word "placen had been eliminated, to
meet the objection raised by Jack Ed.
wardson, who claimed that "place"
would be interpreted to include a street
or park or other public area. He an
nounced that the report was unanimous
and that the committee was of the
opinion that it would meet the situa.
ton. d..
At once Senator Makekau moved ia
delete the word or words which in
cluded other islands.
awe don't want this on Hawaii
Island" he said. .t...i
Senator Mikaele seconded the motion
but, after considerable maneuverine
against Makekau's motion, the report
of the select committeeman of Oahu was
adopted by a vote of thirteen to two
the two being MakekRu and Mikaele
and the bill, as amended, passed second
reading. ....E
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-16
RECALLS I.
FAMOUS OLD BOATS

The feat of the Associated Oil tank
ship Marion Chilcott the first week Of
this month in sailing from Honolulu to
San Francisco in twelve days hit the
fancy of the Coast waterfront report
ers who made il the occasion of going
over the list of the famous old vessels
of the days when sailing craft were in
their prime. The Daily Commercial
News remarked:
tThe American ship "Marion Chill
colt, /" operated as a tanker, between
this port and the Hawaiian Islands
by the Associated Oil Co., arrived
from Honolulu yesterday in the ex-
.ceptionally fast time of l2 days. While
this is not exactly record passage
for this voyage, it is, nevertheless, fast
enough to recall the "good old days"
of the American sailing craft, the days
when we had such fliers on this run as
the "W. G. Irwin, " "John d. Spreek.
els, +" "Consuelo, " "Irmgard, Gan
drew WEIGH - "Mohican,n s'Kaiula.
nj" rs. G. Allen, - "Aiden Besse, -
Amy Turner" Santiago" (the lat
ter now an oil barge), the "S. c. Al
len, " rs. N. Castle, " "John G..
North" Annie Johnson" "Tran.
sit,'' Emma Claudina," tRoderick
Dhu," etc, all of them fast sailers.
"Several of them that have on more
than one occasion equalled or beaten
this record, though probably the most
consistently fast sailer of the whole
lot was the famous old brig "W. G.
Irwin" and when you take into con-
sideration that the major portion of
the worlds tramp steamers now take
nine days or more TO make the trip, it
does not look, after all, as If the day
of the sailing ship is passed, never to
return. - w.
OF the ships which the News men.
toned, several have been wrecked on
the Honolulu reef, and one, the Alden
Bessee met her end at the hands of
moving picture producers. The Mohi-
can is now used as a sugar barge in
Hilo and Honolulu harbor,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-16
A|NAHAU IMPROVEMENTS
ARE TO BEGIN AT ONCE

q. w. Pratt announced yesterday
that bids will be called for at once
for the construction Of streets in Alma.
hau Park, Waikiki. The plans and
specifications were approved by the
county officials Tuesday night at a
meeting of the board Of supervisors
The plans call for the construction of
concrete roads, sidewalks, cut lava eur
bling and water and gas pipes through
out the tract. 1t is expected that work
will start within a couple of weeks.
Pratt says eleven lots have been sold
in the Ainahau Tract. Three options
are held on others. There are still
twenty-nine lots unsold. ....
Owing to the nearness of the park
to the beach, and the fact that there
is no other property available so close
for home purposes, Pratt stated that
the remainder of the lots will be sold
rapidly. The improvements, he said,
win be up to date in every way and
II lis expected many attractive homes
viii be erected. Every lot in the park
offers a desirable location for home.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-16
THIRTEEN MILLION
more FOR GUARD

According to adviees received in Ho-
nolulu from Washington, the army aP-
preparation bill which passed the house
recently, and which probably will come
before the senate at the special SEES
sion next month, carries an added thir.
teen million dollars for the support of
the National Guard of the United
States, over the appropriation OF last
year. ,. t4 IA. d
OF the above amount the bill provides
an increase of $3,000,000 for arms and
uniforms. $4,000 for instruction in
military aviation for national guard Of
ficers, $2,500,000 is set aside for the
purchase Of machine guns for the guard
and $S,000000 has been allowed for
airships and the general development
of aviation. The bill also provides that
81, l74,000 be made Immediately avail.
able for engineering equipment for the
troops. .. =, 81. U.s. a.ss ..5@
The war department is furthering
plans in every direction to make the ma
tional guard citizen soldiery, fully
equipped to take the field of action on
the shortest notice. II is expected that
now, since the government is helping
the national guard, every able bodied
American will join and give as much
of his time as possible to assist in the
work of national defense. .'. f'.'H-s
An interesting feature of the bill
provides that officers below the grade
of brigAdier general may be retired
with advancement of one grade. This
provision contained in the bill reads:
"That any officer on active list of the
army, below the grade of brigadier gen.
eral, who has served for over forty
FIVE years on active list may, in the dis
erection of the President, by and with
the consent of the senate, be placed on
the retired list of the army with rank
and pay of one grade above that actual
ly held by him at the time Of retire
ment." ..,I/.r.,.. .
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-16
Beautiful CHURCH
|. PLANNED FOR H|LO
Structure To Be Built For Use Of
/. the Roman Catholic
Mission

What bids fair to be one of the
lhandsomest church edifices in the Ter
ritory. is the new Saint Joseph 3 church
being constructed for the Roman Catho.
lie Mission at Hilo. The foundation
of the church is now nearing com
pletion.
II is designed In the style Of the old
Arizona missions, with a concentration
of the ornamental parts at the portal and
large window. Over this is the tower
entrance, the dome and the upper por-
ton Of the tower. The rest Of the
building depends upon the proportion
and placement Of the windows for its
artistic effect.
The church win seat about eight hun
bred people. In addition to this there
will be a Sunday school room with n
seating capacity Of two hundred. The
Sunday school room will be arranged
with wide arch doors, so that it may
be connected with the main church on
special occasions.
The building win be constructed Of
re-enforced concrete, the nave TO be
separated from the two iaisles by colo
made Of concrete arches, which will
support the cloister beneath the roof OF
the nave. The roof trusses will be
visible from the body of the edifce,
with the ceiling built of wood. The
church will be brilliantly lighted with
an indirect system.
+. A. p. Newcomb is the architect
and Charles II. Will, Of Hilo, the su.
perintendent Of construction.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-16
BREvITIES
Iron "wednesday Advertiser.)

b. NhNfN'NANN-'
Mayor Lane has appointed David
Kumukau keeper Of Aala Park in place
of Levi Kauai, resigned.
Monday son was born TO Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas j. Lincoln, Of 1915 Fort
street. This is their second child.
For the third time the Modern Order
Of Phoenix is to give an annual ban.
quet, st. Patrick's Day being chosen
for the spread and other entertainment.
On Saturday, March IL, at quarter
past seven O'Clock, members, accom-.
panied by their friends, win gather at
Phoenix Hall. Music will be supplied
by the Kawaiahao Glee Club. ST.. ...
Among those who have given dinner
parties at the Hotel Pleasanton recent.
ly are: Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Nicby for
Mr.. and Mrs Sherwood Lowrey; Mr..
and Mrs. r. McQuesten for Captain and
Mrs. Calender, Captain and Mrs. DUN.
mer and Miss Currethers; II. w. Laws
for X. Memo, Misses Kane and viii
son; Mr., and Mrs. George w. Garrard
for Colonel and Mrs. Croxton, Miss Kit
son, Major and Mrs Reynolds, 1t.
Windsor and Miss Garrard.
(From Thursday Adyertiser) o..
The schooner BERTHE Minor is SEIZED.
uled to leave Hilo for the Coast today.
Mrs. X. Mural, wife OF the new local
Japanese eleve-consul win be elected
the president Of the Japanese Women IS
Association of Honolulu within a few
weeks succeeding Mrs. X. Full, whose
husband is transferred to the consulate
at San Francisco. A. mr..
A farewell and welcome dinner for
Messrs *. Full and X. Mural, leaving
and new local Japanese eleve-consuls,
was held yesterday evening at eight
0 clock in the Mochizuki club. The din
ner was given under the auspices of the
Japanese chamber of commerce of this
city.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-16
PERSONALS
(From "Wednesday Advertiset. !

IRON "wednesday Advertisef)
Mrs. T. b. Sinclair Of Oakland was
a recent arrival on the Matsonia. she
has closed her Oakland home for sew.
eral months and win visit her dauph.
ter, Mrs. Bert Glib. a 4 4.
William T. Garden, deputy city at.
torney, and Mrs. Garden, of 1920 Fort
Street, welcomed at their home on Mon.
day the arrival of daughter. who has
been named Florence.
John II. Harrison, editor OF the
Commercial-News, Danville, Illinois, is
now visiting Honolulu. Harrison was
strong supporter of "UncleD Joe Can
non in the last presidential election.
M. M. Whan, manager Of Jordan 8,
returned on the Great Northern from
a three months buying trip on the
mainland. Mrs. Whan accompanied
him on his tour, which included visits
to principal cities in the east.
(From Thursday Advertiser)
John A. Scott, manager of the Hilo
Sugar Company, Of Wainaku Lawns,
Hilo, is visitor in the city.
Among Big Islanders visiting in Ho.
nolulu at present is Don s. Bowman,
chief sanitary officer of the Island Of
Hawaii. '-7
Mrs. g +. Alfonso Of 9O3 Seventh
Avenue, kaimuki, who was operated
at the Beretania Sanitarium on Tues.
day, is doing nicely.
o. T. Shipman, tax assessor of the
Big Island, who has been in Honolulu
the past few weeks, will return in the
Wilhelmina tonight to his Hilo home.
Arthur Foy and Miss Florence Abbie
were married yesterday by Rev. s. X.
kamaiopili, assistant pastor Of Kau-
makapili Church. The witnesses were
Leo Harrington and John Wesollowski.
The newly welded couple expect to
leave in the Wilhelmina next Wednes-
day on honeymoon trip to the main.
land.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-16
HOTEL ARRIVALS

Among the new arrivals at the
Pleasanton Hotel are: Mr.. and Mrs,
William @. Lentz, Philadelphia; Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. w. Bekins, Los Angeles;
Mrs. NJ, j. Meredith, Miss Isabel Mere,
dith, Des Moines; Mr.. and Mrs. Max
Toltz, st. Paul. Miss Maude Stavey,
Miss G. Fessenden, New Rochelle, N.
Y; Mrs. Geo. G, Carroll, Miss +. s.
Carroll, Rochester, N. Y; Mr.. and Mrs.
T.. G. Richardson, Boston, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. @. Hardy, Canada, Mr.. and Mrs.
o. s. Niekels, Chicago, Mr.. Alfred d,
Brown, Detroit; Miss Katharine f.
Gallagher, New York; Miss Josephine
Stanton, San Francisco; Mr.. and Mrs.
II. Il. Hedges and Miss Marie Hedge,
Cleveland, Mr., and Mrs. H. Randell,
G. p. Randall, Mrs. l.. f. Dayie, Miss
Donna Davis and r. Davis, all of Min
neapolis. ...r. ....H a.-
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-16
THE HAWAIIAN GAZETTE
RoOn TON EDToR Ts mDsg, MORNING DTRs saVlY
THE ADVERTISERS SEM.WEEKLY

has thrown the construction OF the charter now
into the hands Of the time servers, the Job chasers
and the salary grabbers. The result promises to
be that Honolulu will revert to the days of Joe
Fern, Johnny Wilson ct al, and the scheming hand
of Link McCandless will direct the affairs Of the
municipality with no idea whatever behind the
moves than shabby politics.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-16

The. following sugar is awaiting ship
ment on Hawaii, according to the re.
port of Purser Mitchell of the Mauna
Kea yesterday; Olaa, 29,749; Waiakea,
10000; Hawaii Mill, 5000; Hilo Sugar
Company, $1,000; Onomea. 1886; Ho-
nomu; 10000; Hakalau. 23,033; Laupa-
hoehoe, l9,46l; Kaiwiki, l5.945; Ku.
kaiau, 1854; Hamakua Mill, 1889;
Paauhau, 1906; HOnolssa, 10000; Pu,
naluu, 2SS5; Honuapo, 500.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-16
BEST MEDICINE MADE.

A better medicine can not be made
than Chamberlain Is Cough Remedy. 1t
relieves the lungs, opens the secretions,
aids expectoration and assists nature in
restoring the system to a healthy con-
dition. Besides, IL contains no opiates
and is perfectly safe TO take. For sale
by all dealers, Benson Smith d Co,
agents for Hawaii. 1r1.... - %. r..
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-16

A man who gives up position of ten thousand
year to become public official, apparently is
not entitled to $500 a month for his time, while an
election day runner, who couldn't legitimately earn
fifteen dollars week is paid from 81. to $1,000
a day to be. CLERK" to some legislative committee.
It's funny world.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-16

This legislature seems to have the curse of com
promise to a greater degree than the ordinary.
Take the Abatement Bill, for instance and the
suggestion that action under it against the main
tenance of houses of designation prostitution be
limited through necessity of obtaining the con-
sent of majority of the residents within thou
sand-yard radius! Could men of ordinary sense
conceive of anything more ridiculous! 1t is illegal
now and always will be illegal to maintain bawdy
house and the object Of the Abatement Bill is only
to make more difficult and dangerous the violation
of present law. Why, then, the thousand-yard
deadline? Why hobble decency? Why continual
ly, continuously and constantly compromise with
evil and trucke to the ignorance of the community
rather than stand by the intelligence? To limit
action under the Abatement Act more than it
already is limited in the original draft is to recog-
nize the right Of prostitution to exist. This, we
feel certain; the majority of the members Of the
senate do not wish to do.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-16

A sidelight on the war is afforded in recent
letter from Damascus, which condenses unimagin-
able horrors in these few words: Fifty wagons
required to carry the dead from the streets,
but the number is much more than they can handle
and thus many are left, helping to spread disease
A new horror has been added to an already over
flowing cup of woe-hydrophobia- many as ten
dying daily from this one cause, and sometimes
more, in Damascus alone. Suicide is on the in
crease, resulting from despair and inability to OBJ
tain crust of bread to satisfy hunger"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-08-01
FIRST OPEN
COTTON BOIL
Brought to This Office Today From
w. d. McLeod's, French Bend
Plantation,

The first open boil Of new crop cotton
j ported in Lefore county was brought
TO The Commonwealth Office today by
Mr.. w. .. Mcleod from his French
Bend Plantation few miles south
Of Greenwood on the Yazoo River.
1t was Of the Express variety, plant
ed about April 10th, and there are a
few more open bolls in the same field.
Mr.. Mcleod reports very good crops
of both cotton and corn on French
Bei.d, and is well pleased with the
general prospects.
The first" open boil eahc year is
always checrflllly received, as it Is a
forcrunner Of the first" new bale
al cotton which usually follows with
in ten or fifteen days-after which
everybody begins getting ready for
the fall and winter business in ttlia
section.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-08-01
ACTUAL NECESSITIES MUST
BE PROVIDED FOR BATTERY c
Em@mMM
Prior to Going Into Camp Here on August 9Th
The Daily Commonwealth Will Give $4,000
Towards Helping Our Boys.
Ea Fn wa M va IN

The Government cannot furnish any
thing in that line now They ought
to have cheap mess shack, well
screened, in which to prepare their
meals, Soldiers can get along without
tables and benches,
They will need quantities Of Ivory
soap, and ought to have tooth brush
and a towel and 2 pairs Of socks for
each man,
Indianola sent her boys away in
brand new blue overalls and jumpers,
and had only "a hours notice.
Memphis is helping hers in hotel,
Jackson's Young Mems Business Club
has fathered her Battery from the
beginning.
Mr.. Wilson is unable for a while to
give the boys anything more than q
cot and one blanket and doc worth Of
groceries a day.
viii Greenwood see that these boys
have the bare necessities Of life?
The Daily Commonwealth believes
they will do thatt and more, and will
start the subscription with $4,000.
The most that we CAN 10 for these
bows will be TOO LITTLE--for some
Of these boys, some Of our boys, are
certain to lay down their lives before
many months for their country's
sake.
Let's get busy and do something
to provide for their comfort by the
time they go into camp in this city on
the fifth Of August.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-08-01

The Government will be unable to
furnish our Battery with proper equip
ment when the boys are called to the
colors on August 9Th.
This is very disappointing to the
lads who win go across the ocean to
fight for us, and is through no fault
of theirs--as Battery G was accepted
by the War Department, and therefore
entitled to full equipment and uni
forms as long ago as March LIST.
The boys have all been buying as
little civilian clothing as possible, as
they rightfully expected not to have
further need for it after the 9TH Of
August Besides this, there are some
boys in the Battery who are poor and
have very few clothes at any time.
Drilling in such attire as they viii
have will work genuine hardships on
a lot of the boys.
If something is not done by our peo-
pie for them they will be in want for
m.ny of the necessities Of life.
There will be need Of medicine and
hospital supplies and doctors, for there
is bound to be sickness among 225 men
called from the office and school and
field to the arduous drilling that they
will undergo. Our dear Red Cross la
dies are working hard day after day
to care for some ones else soldier
boys. Who will care for our right here
at our very door?
The boys will need cheap tin plates,
cups and knives, forks and spoons.