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The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14
VISITOR FIGURES
ON LIGHTING CITY
WITH PAIL WINDS
Thinks Enough Air Is Going To
Waste To illuminate Honolulu,
3 and Mayor Fern, Who Ought To
Know Agrees With Him

William Pcrcival Rossiter Of Boston
Is in town, having arrived by the
steamer Matsonia. He is a wind expert
and his object in visiting Honolulu n
to investigate the big draught at the
Pail. .a...
Professor ROssiter, TO give him his
full title, visited the Pail yesterday
and snid last night that he was tremen.
dously impressed at the enormous
amount of power being wasted at the
draw. ...... g.
There is, the Boston scientist says,
enough power going to waste every day
and night at the Pail to light the whole
Of Honolulu. The volume of wind Is
bigger and stronger, declares Rossiter,
than In any other place he has visited,
not excepting Berne, Switzerland, where
wind motors, goared to dynamos, gen.
crate electricity for lighting the city
and supplying power for commercial
purposes beside.
The beauty of power thus generated
is that II is entirely independent of
water, and the lighting Of the city
would go on just the same, whether
there were ten feet Of water in the res
ervoir or whether it were overlooking.
Professor Rossiter will visit the Pail
on Sunday equipped with wind insttu-
ment designed to measure accurately
the velocity Of the wind. Today and
tomorrow he will also be on the job 1T
the Pail in the morning, making care.
full notatiors which will be OF great as
sistanee when he comes to check up on
the volume and velocity Of the Pail
zephyrs. '.# t.
Professor Rossitnr interviewed Mayor
Fern yesterday and talked over the
matter with him. The mayor Is said to
have been greatly impressed with the
Feasibility or the scheme, particularly
inasmuch as it will mean cheaper power
for the poi factories, which will, Of
course, tend to greatly reduce the price
Of poi. 4E e.
Attorney George Davis, who was a
fellow. passenger of Professor yRossiter,
and who is also an expert on wind,
will, it is understood, take the neces-
sary steps to obtain n franchise from
the government for the erection of an
immense funnCl.shaped windmill at the
Pail, This mill win be back geared to
n very powerful Westinghouse dynamo,
and the latter will supply electric cur
rent for the city.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14
DISMISSED ARMY
OFFICERS | ARE NOT
TO Be aREINSTATED
Efforts To Secure Commission
Again For Local Man Who Was
Dropped Prove Futile-No Ex-
ceptions To General Rule

Army officers, who, for any reason, have
hem dronnef from the service, are not
to be reinstated in the commissioned
force, according to word that has
reached here from the war department
An effort has been made to secure the
reinstatement Of an officer, formerly
at one of the local posts, who was dis
missed from the service for cause sew
eral years ago. Word comes that
there is no use in making any present,
alton of his case at the war depart
ment. He cannot be Reconnaissance
and II he desires to serve his country
II can only be through enlisting and
taking his war chances of promotion.
,. Secretary Baker has taken the
stand that no former officer with the
slightest shadow on his past record can
Renter the service with commits.
SION" writes a Washington CORES
pondent. % '-, .# ..'T.
Hundreds of former officers are at
tempting TO "come back" but in no
case has one succeeded, Congressmen
have given up trying to secure excep.
tons to the general rule laid down by
Secretary Baker. - d =.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14
NO TAX EXEMPTION !
NOWPOSS|BLEFOR
HAWAIIAN COFFEE
This Is Not the Time For Terri
tory To Continue Efforts For
Special Consideration In ReVe-
nue. Bill
WAIT UNTIL AFTER WAR,
SAYS SENATOR HARDING
Any Fight Now To Secure Exemp-
ton Would Be Losing One and
Injuries Islands In the End,
Thinks Statesman

Now is not the time for Hawaii IA
continue her efforts to secure any spec.
ial consideration for Hawaiian coffee
in the War Tax Bill, about to 90 into
conference. Such is the opinion OF
Senator Harding, a very good friend
Of the Islands and staunch propec.
ZIONIST, who has taken an interest In
the Hawaiian coffee industry and who
is anxious to see it fOstered and en-.
couraged.
The senate revision of the War Tax
Bill imposes an excise duty of two
cents pound on coffee, a CONSUMPTION
tax applicable to all cOffees, whether
domestic or imported Delegate Kuhio
made an effort to have Hawaiian cot.
fee excluded from the bill and Senator
Harding pledged his support in the at.
tempt. Now, according to adviees from
Washington, the Ohio senator advises
that the effort be dropped, and that
no effort be made, even, to secure the
final adoption of the house tax on eof.
fee, which is only one cent a pound.
Government Needs Revenue LGs
In the opinion of Senator Harding
and of other senate and house leaders
II VIII be years before this consump.
ton tax on coffee will be taken of. Free
coffee has not bepeftted the eonsum.
er in the slightest, the Brazilian ex.
porters having reaped all the benefits
and the government needs the revenue
now especially. It will continue Ia
need 1t for years after the conclusion
of the war. -u.s#nt
After the war period there will be,
OF course, some tariff repairing, and
then will be the time for Hawaii To
fight for an exemption from the excise
tax, while retaining the tax upon the
Brazilian and other foreign coffees,
This exemption will then be exactly
the same as Q tariff protection and the
Hawaiian coffee growers win benefit Ia
the extent of the consumption tax upon
imported beans. -.na-a.
Would Lose Fight
Senator Harding and the other
friends of the Islands in the senate be.
lieVe that to make losing fight now
for exemption--and the fight is Ger.
tain to be a losing oue--wouId preiu,
dice Hawaii 3 chance for exemption
later on. ~ |.a ~, y
1t is quite possible, according to the
Washington advices, that the present
two cent tax upon coffee will be ma
terially increased. The expenditures
OF the government are piling noun.
tains high and every means of revenue
will be worked TO the limit. As this
tax goes up, the more will Hawaii
benefit by waiting and. securing an af.
ter war exemption. IL. ~, 'O'.. y
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14
H|LO SUPERVISORS |.
CRIT|C|SE HEATER
Asphaltum Heater For Road Paw
ING Does Not Work As Expect
ed and One Says "Stunuc

Declaring that the asphaltum heater
purchased by the county some short
time back was apparently not giving
satisfactory results, the board of super.
visors yesterday took the matter mn
with r. T. Moses, the local agent. saws
the Hilo Tribune Of September o. The
ball was set spinning by Supervisor
Julian X. Yates who told Mr. Moses
that the board was under the impres.
sion that they had been "stnnp y II
was understood when the machine was
purchased, he said, that all il was, ne.
eessary 70 do would be to dump the
barrels of asphalt into the heater and
after II had been properly heated, the
machine could then spread it.
But this was not found to be the
case, declared Supervisor Yates. From
what am told the heater cannot take
the lump asphaltum, and it is necessary
70 first heat IL in separate container
before putting It into the distributor
for spreading. We thought the ma.
chine sold us was an asphaltum heater
a. well as n water heater"
Mr.. Moses told the board that the
machine was sold to them according
to cataloz submitted at the time of
purchase. "Naturally the asphaltum
cannot be put in the container in
mmps,p he said, "and you we're all
apparently laboring under a misap.
prehension.'
"You people knew that the asphal.
tum was purchased by the county in
barrels, = broke in Supervisor Cabrin.
ha, addressing his remarks to Mr..
Moses. "We already have distri
butor that will put oil on the roads,
and IL this machine is only good for
the same purpose, II is no use to us.U
"At the time the question of the pur.
chase Of this machine came up" added
Cabrinha, 81 agreed with the others
to buy it ON the understanding that il
could heat the lump asphaltum. Per.
sonally, ] haven't seen the machine,
and all that am going on is what /
have been told. The machine may be
all right, but from reports coming to me,
il ism Z. - =
Mr., Moses explained, at this stage,
that machines similar in every respect
to the one now in use by the county
were used exclusively by construction
men in the east and were giving salts.
factory results. He declared that when
the machine arrived a man was sent
from the coast TO demonstrate its work
ings; and those who attended were ap.
parently satisfied. ..a'E
Further brief discussion, as to wheth.
err the machine was what it had been
represented, followed, after which the
matter was left in the hands Of com.
mittee appointed to look into the ques
ton. Supervisor Cabrinha said, in
conclusion, that he would like to have
the machine demonstrated thoroughly
to him before he condemned II. But
unless it il doing the work required,
he declared, we DO not want it.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14
MARINE INTELLIGENCE
By Merchants Exchange

Sen Francisco-Arrived, Sept. 10, Str. En-.
terprise. HIlo. Sept. .. .r..s.
San Fruncisco-Arrived Sept 10, Hchr, VS.
abel May hence Aug. I.
San Franclsco-ArrNed, Sept. TO- Str
serapis, kaanapali, Sept I. IT,. .
san FrnnciscO--A Arrived. Sept. II, $50 a
m, STR. Maui, hence Sept. ). LII
san Franeisco--Arrived, Sept. II, Str
IlindJani, hence Sept. 4. + 49,. a.
Port san Luls-Arrive ed, Sept. II, Str.
Lyman Stewurt, hence sept 2, go
San FrnnciscO--Arriyed. Sept. TO-, Sc
Ysabel May hence Aug mot Rapeete as
Port san Luis-Arrived Sept. IL, Str
Lyman A. stewart hence Sept =
San Francisco- Arrived Sept II, $50
a. m, Str. Maui hence Sept 81. NV
san FranciscoLArrived, Sept. IL, Str
Rindjnnl hence Sept T.
Galeta ColOEo-Sailed Sept. IL, Schr.
OkonAgnn for Honolulu. H.. ~
San Francisco Sept. H. 8 D. m
Str. Wilhelmina for Honolulu.
San FranciscO-Arrived, str. Venezuela.
hence Sent. 4, .4-'.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14
SOLDIERS ACCUSED
,9OF STEALING AUTO
They Assert, However, That They
intended To Return,It To Own
er and Pay Bill For Use

George Woods, Leo Houillon and
John G. Inman, members of Company
G, Second Infantry, are confined at
the police station and will probably be
charged today with unlawful CONVEX
sion Of property. B. 90 Est.a.,. h'"'
Tounaga, who drives automobile No.
26l, owned by George Awaya, says
that the three soldiers engaged him at
Ralihi yesterday morning to drive
them TO the Pali. After reaching the
Pail, declares ,Tounaga, the soldiers in.
sisted on him driving them around the
island, and, on his refusal to proceed
further, threw him out of the car a
little on the Pail side Of Kaneohe. &
Tounaga phoned the police at .Kaneo-
he and the car was found standing still
by Deputy Sheriff r. W. Davis and
two police officers, before IL had pro.
ceeded very far. .....'
The three men were brought to Homo.
lulu and booked for Investigation
shortly before noon. ~. b. ~"
Their story differs materially from
that of the Japanese chauffeur, but
does not explain away the charge of
unlawful conversion which hangs over
them. ''' |" 80 49, u.
They stated that Touuaga refused to
drive them round the island, and that
when near KaneOhe he became fright
ened and jumped out of the car. The
men continued without him but the en-.
CINE died on them. They were unused
to the self-starter with which the car
was furnished and as they couldn u
find crank they had, perforce, to re-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14
green ANNOUNCES
EXEMPTION BOARDS
Names of Members Of District
and Local Bodies Have Been
Approved In Washington

The names of the members of the dis.
trict exemption board, which have been
approved in Washington, have been an.
nounced by Major Francis j. Green, as
we'll as those Of the members OF the
local boards, who have also received. the
sanction Of the war department. The
approsals were received by cable yes.
terday afternoon. S- CT f0+
The district board will have Major
Green as chairman. The members will
be Charles H. r. Hemenway, DR. James
X. Judd, Percy Pond and Clarence
Crabbe. This board will have control
OF the entire seleetive draft under the
guidance Of its chairman, Major Green,
who has been appointed assistant adj.
intant general of the Territory solely
for this work. Major Green's duties
here will be the same as those of Gen.
eral Crowdct in Washington during the
mainlahd draft. e Ttat
Local Boards
OF the local boards, which act under
the central board, Oahu will have two
District one will comprise the city OF
Honolulu, with boundaries TO be deter
mined by Major Green The members
80 ~, oo .luuBe n"'oi'io terIy, ~: Uoou'
ing fleid ana Dr. a. f. Jackson.
Dpllstriet TWO, outside Of Honolulu, viii
nave George y, carter George r. Ken
ton and DR.. H. B. Cooper for the mem.
bershiP or its local board.
Hawar VIII have two districts, one
covering Hilo and the other the coun-
ry OUTSIDE. Inc board OF the Hifo dis,
tnct. which rs number one, is composed
OF Val stevenson OF the Hawaii Herald,
Dr. sexton and pr Elliott. The second
district local board will be l.. Macfar-
lane. Thomns q. White and Dr.. o. A.
Jenries. ........E.
The Maui local board includes Glenn.
emit orowell william +. Kaae and DIT.
Whham Qsmers. Kauai board members
are w. ~. RICE, j. M. kaneakua and
Dr. >. NJ. kuhns, .tE ga t#
complete Tapulauon Today
Tabulation OF the registration cards
for oahu Is expected to be completed
today Mt the offices of the district board
IN the Capitol building where hVe
stenographers have been working for
nearly a. week at top speed. As soon
as the card tabuiation is complete on
IaM IN. a 49,. 49, - - H. 10
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Office Of Comptroller Of the currenc

Office of Comptroller of the Currency
Washington, DC, August 3, 1917.
WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence
presented to the undersigned, it has
been made TO appear that "THE
ARMY NATIONAL BANK OF SCHO-
FIELD BARRACKS, located at
Schofeld Barracks, in the City and
County of Honolulu and Territory of
Hawaii has complied with all the pro-
visions of the Statutes of the United
States, required to be complied with
before an association shall be author
lied to commence the business of bank,
ing; ~ ~ ~ as.3,.;r
Now, THEREFORE,, l., JOHN
SKELETON WILLIAMS, Comptroller of
the Currency, to hereby certify that
"THE ARMY NATIONAL BANK OF
SCHOFIEID BARRACKS, located at
Schofeld Barracks, in the City and
County of Honolulu and Territory of
Hawaii, is authorized to commence the
business of Banking as provided in
Section Fifty!one hundred ana sixty.
nine of the Revised Statutes Of the
United States. H.. tst 49, ~ a..
In testimony whereof, wit
(SealD ness my hand and Seal of
Sffice this THIRD day of
AUGUST, 1917 y, ~
JNO. SKELETON WILLIAMS,
Comptroller Of the Currency.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14
THREE SENTENCES FOR
?EMBEzZLEMENT AWARDED

j. Matsumote, charged with embezzle,
ment, on three counts, was sentenced
to three, two and three months i'm.
prisonment on the respective charges,
by Judge Harry Irwin, yesterday, one
sentence to take effect upon the ex.
piration of the other .s., =. .-,..
Matsumoto runs a branch store of
Theo. II. Davies & Co., at Aiea, and
converted to his own use certain mo.
neys collected on bills due the firm.
The total amount of the defalcation
was $685..
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14
EIGHT STRICKEN BY
TYPHOID fever

At the request of the board of
health, eight persons suffering from
typhoid fever were removed from theiI
homes to institutions, in the city am.
bulance yesterday under the supervis.
ion of DR.. r. g. Aver. n.' ..
The patients consist of four adults
and four children. The former were
moved to Queen : and the latter to the
Children s Hospital. 'sat''
Peterson and Emmeluth lanes in Pa.
lama, is the vicinity in which the
cases occurred, the. patients being re
moved from two houses, within a hun
dred yards of each other.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14
SAM GO||L.D|NO HELD
BY Irwin FOR TRIAL
No Testimony Offered BY Defense
In Police Court

Sam GOldino, charged with unlawful
conversion of property, was commit.
ted to trial in the circuit court by
Police Judge Harry Irwin yesterday
morning. He is alleged to have con-
verified to bis own use, without the
permission of the owner, M. II. Webb,
an American automobile.
The defense put on no evidence yes.
terday and. Judge Irwin was of the
opinion from the evidence adduced,
that jnry might convict defendant
on the charge. z.- ....
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14
KILLED BY TRAIN

Shigara Nakashima, n twenty-year,
old Japanese, WINS struck and killed by
freight train at Wahiawa, on Tues
day night. Deceased was crossing the
track when the accident occurred. II
Is believed that the Japanese may have
been temporarily demented when he
ran in front Of the engine
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14
TREATMENT FOR DYsENrERY,

Chamberlain's Collie and Diarrhoea
Remedy followed by dose Of castor
oil Twin effectually cure the most stub,
born eases Of dysentery.H tits espec.
tally good for summer diarrhoea In chill.
dren.i For sale by all dealers. Benson,
smith Co, Ltd, agents for Hawaii
Advertisement.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14
THREE ENLISTED MEN
GAIN COMMISSIONS

Commissions as first lieutenants in
the signal officers reserve corps for
three enlisted members Of the local
signal corps were signed yesterday in
Washington. The men who are pro.
NOTED are sergeants first class Clar.
ence Sawyer, John +. johnson and
John J. Marat. y 'E 'E"'''#".'
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14
NO MORE WOODEN SHIPS
TO BE BUILT BY BOARD

WASHINGTON, August 3l-No
more wooden ships will be ordered by
the Shipping Board, according to Of.
fetal announcement today. Those al.
ready contracted for or comma ndeered
while in process of construction will
be completed.
By this action the reorganized Board
tacitIy confirms the stand taken by
General Goethals. =
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14
SAN FRANCISCO QUOTATIONS

SAN FRANCIsCo, September t4-Fol,
lowing are the opening and closing quo
tations Of sugar and other stocks ia the
San Francisco market yesterday! . =
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14

Quotations on the following New York
curb stocks, as wiTelessed to The Adver-
tiser by StOneham 4 Co. are;
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14
NEW YORK STOCKS

tAssoeiatsd Press ~ %. 3. rAvsl connu-
nfcation ssrtics) ~ N'ii
NEW YORK, September 14---Following
are the opening and closing quotations Of
stocks in the New YORK market yesterday:
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14

Eva Plantation Co. 4. 4 a2H 3ohl ~
Haiku Sugar co. ...., lies t.....l
Haw. Agricultural Co. X 40 I..,I,.
Hawaiian Com &1S! Co. !. A0Kl 45Rl,
Hawaiian Sugar 60. 80. e. I...J.
Honokaa Sug Go. ......, hn ~ :.
HOnOmn Sugar Co .....,. 42II II. :.
Hutchinson Sugar p. Co. Il 8O&l .....i :.
kRhnku Plantation Co. fOiLi i0KI 10
kekaha Sugar CO........ .l225 49,
KOloa Sugar Go. ,....... ,Ii75
McBryds Sug. 90. Ltd. :. OHl 10 10
Oahu Sugar 90. .L.....,t 3ONl 30 I'd
Olaa Sugar Co, Ltd. ..,I DslI az p
OnOnea Sugar Go. ,,,.,..l 54iLl -.
Paauhan Sugar Plant. co 81 III :,
Pacific Sugar Min ...,.,.i 10 i,..i.s :
Pain iantntiOn 20 $50 .i2i5 H., :.
PepeekeO Sugar Co. 80, I :.
Pioneer MN Co. ...,,t., .iiiii 3,N 3i
San Carlos NH. Co, Ltd, 1S ,..I
Maialua Agricultural 90. "a ga. 81
WRhunI SuE. co. .., no I :.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14
MISCELLANEOUS


Huuuu DeNels OOs
2 lst ASS ASS. 1fSsSyP Paid Said
Haiku II. a z. 90, pfd,
Haiku r. a r. Co. com,
Hawaii Con. Ry. GZ A,
Hawaii Con. Ry. g. Il,
Hawaii Con. Ry, Com. :.
Hawaiian Electric Co 80.
Hawaiian Pineapple 60.
Hon. Il. & NJ. Co. Ltd. :.
Honolulu Gas Co. .,..
Hon. u. T. Il l.. 60. $50.
ter-Island s. n. Co. ..
Mutual Tel. Go. ..
Oahu II. n l.. 20. $50,
PahHng Runber Co. 49,.
Selama bindings. I'd. =.
Same ,(77% paid $3.50.
Tanjong olnk Rubber Co.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14
NEW YORK CURB STOCKS

IBID. tEx-p'vIdend, tunouoted.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14
HONOLULU STOCK EXCHANGE
" .a q II "a 49,
Honolulu, September IL, 1917.
MERcANTILB
SUGAR

Alexander 4 Baldwin .lq'
q. Brewer n 10. ....... A
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-14

.Rld. tRy.DIvIasna. tunauolea.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-01
BEET SUGAR MEN MAKE BIG PROFIT
 INVESTMENT SMALL
Republican A. p. Leased wirel

LOS ANGELES, Cal Nov 3O-Prof- It's of about $900000 on an investment or S5OO,OOO were made by one beet sugar refinery in southern California last year while beet sugar growers lost money. according to a. telegram sent tonight to President Wilson and Food Administrator Hoover by District Attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine, as the result of county grand jury investi- gation of the sugar beet growing in- dustry.
 Another refinery with an investment Of $l,25O00O made a net profit of be- tween S900,000 and $1.000,000 on prices much lower than those approved re- gently by the government, the telegram said. Farmers are refusing to plant beets and relief for the serious situ- ation can come only from government action, it was stated.
 Combination of refineries to control prices of beets grossly unjust to farm CTS" the telegram said Situation critical as beets must be planted at early date'
 The message asserted that "the price for beets approved by the government guarantees excessive and unreasonable profits to the refineries," and is not !, sufficient generally to pay cost oi I growing"
 Mir. Woolwine said the refiners wert firm in refusing to pay higher price though experts figured hat their prof Its would be considerably increased iT the coming season. He was willing h, said tc appear personally ia NA,htar tna to explain the sitIaticD-
Arizona republican., 1917-12-01
Fear Of Reaction in Russia Causes Note
 Of Warming to Sound
(RepubIican Associated Press Leased Wre)


 WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-Realization of the danger of causing reaction in Russia favorable to the central powers by intervention in the political affairs of the new democracy has caused administration officials here to sound note of warning against nasty condemnation of the Bolshevik.
 Back of what is described tolerant policy in deal ing with Russia apparently not only in purpose to de onstrate faith in the ultimate stabzaon of the democ racy but faint hope that the extremist faction which is for the moment in control of the will refrain from violating Russias treaty pledges to the entente allies and make separate peace. So long there is possibility that these overtures will fail because ot the apparently rreconcabe differences between the Boshe wiki peace scheme founded on mo annexations and no ndemnities and the German demands for compensation and adequate safeguards for the future it is regarded bad policy to exert any pressure from the outside at this stage.