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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1917-08-11

Pa, what does 1. w. w. mean? /.
w. w. means II Work for Will
helm" Now run along, sonny.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1917-08-11

against truth finds in his hand blade
without a hilt.-T.andor.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1917-08-11

SATURDAY. AUGUST II. 1917
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-06
LOCAL HARBOR TO
.BESTRAIGHTENED

To straighten out the channel to
Honolulu harbor bids have been called
by the United States engineering Of
flee to be opened April II, and also
for the construction of a breakwater
at Kahului.
The work in the harbor is the cut
ting off Of a bend at Beacon on the
waikiki side of the channel and a
bend on the eva side between Bea-
cons l and 3. When this is finished
there will be no obstruction in the
channel and much less danger to YES
sells entering and leaving.
When the harbor at Kahului was
dredged out ii was stated that break
water should be erected from the west
shore to prevent sand, driven by the
current, from filling it up. This work
is now to be undertaken by the gov
eminent and a breakwater 1000 feet
long extended from the west bank.
Stone, 10000 tons, will probably be
Used in constructing the breakwater.
1t is estimated that every year $4,000
cubic yards of sand is deposited in the
Earbor. his will be prevented when
the breakwater is completed.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-06
KALAKAUA Line
Be READY soon

The street cars of the Honolulu
Rapid Transit and Land Company are
to be running on the new track on
kalakaua avenue in two months, &C.
cording to c. G. Ballentyne, manager.
According to George NJ. Collins, city
and county engineer, the transit com.
pany is making unusually good pro-
gress and the company Is using every
means to have the work finished as
soon as possible.
While provisions have been made
for a double tracking of the line it
will probably be several years before
the double tracks are installed, Ballen-
tyne said The sidings, however, are
tc be increased from 500 to 1000 feet
both at the upper end of the avenue
and at Kapiolani Park, which will
greatly increase the efficiency of the
line.
Several orders for new equipment
have been placed, including 10 new
cars and rails and other supplies
necessary for double tracking from
Fort Shafter to McCully street and
the installation of the new School
street, line To increase the, life of
ties the company is also planning to
erect a plant for boiling the ties in
oil under pressure.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-06
Prof. HerfzOg Praises
This Perfect Laxative
Or. caldwelI's Syrup Pepsin
an Ideal Remedy for
Constipation

In every family there is more or less
occasion Cor a laxative remedy. 1t is
TO meet this need that DIR. CALDWELL
Syrup Pepsin is prepared. and that
this combination Of simple laxative
herbs with pepsin fulfills its purpose
is proven by its place in thousands o.
American homes.
Prof. F. ]. G. Hertzog. the well.
known linguist, 234l North Orianna
St, Philadelphia, Pa, wrote to DIR.
Caldwell that he has used DIR. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin in his household
with excellent results and that he and
his family consider 1t indeed friend
in need. and always keep bottle uf
Il on hand
Constipation Is the direct cause OF
much serious illness and is condition
that should never be neglected. Harsh
cathartics and violent purgatives
should never be employed to relieve
constipation, because the very VIC
lence of their action shocks the entire
system. A mild laxative such as DR..
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is far pre-.
ferable. being mild and gentle in its
action. without gripping or other pain
or discomfort; its freedom from ali
opiate or narcotic drugs makes IL an
Ideal remedy for children.
DIR. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is sold
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-06
ADDITIONAL TELEGRAPH NEWS
IoWANs THREATEN TO BOYCOTT
"sPuD" DEALERS; PRICES DROP

T.. fhsScciated Press by Federal WireIessl
DES MONIES, Iowa, March 6--war upon
potato dealers. because Of the high prices
asked for these tubeTs. has been declared
by the chamber of commerce, the women's
clubs Of tile city and the restaurant proprie-
tors who have banded together TO enforce .
strict hoycott. The ones who have been stor.
ing and holding potatoes for high nrices have
been notified that potatoes, win he pur-
chased until the price comes down. In con-
rection with the boycott. the mayor Of Des
Mciues has announced his intention OF going
before the grand Jury TO secure the punish
-pent of those dealers who may ba IN rom.
bination TO force up the price Of this food.
Almost soon as the boycott was anponne.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-06
MORTALITY OF
INFANTS HIGH

That of the. 113 deaths on Oahu in
February over % per cent or 90 were
babies under one year old is the as.
tonishing condition brought to light by
the records In the bureau of vital sta.
tistics and clearly shows how great is
the need for education among the
mothers In the poorer parts of the
city. A start has just been made along
this line by Palama settlement in the
formation of its babies welfare sta
ton. The cause of death among these
infants, according to the report, indi.
Gates that II is due to improper feed
ing to great extent 1t was said at
the bureau that this condition is not
unusual. E.s.a
Other interesting facts In regard to
the age at which persons die here
shows that last month between the
years of one and 10 only nine died
while between the ages OF 90 and SO
the average for each Of the 10 years
is 10. Between go and 20 the deaths
were II. ..a
The number of deaths was also ex.
ceptionally high for February being
the second in size for the past 20
years. February. 1911, the number
reached III. -
The number dying from the more
common diseases is: tuberculosis, 10;
pneumonia, s.; social disease, s.;
heart disease, 4; typhoid fever, 2; au.
tomobile accidents, 3; leprosy, 1, and
gangrene, 1.
Death by nationalities is as follows:
Japanese, q; Hawaiian, &c; Chinese,
%; Americans, 8; Portuguese, s: Ger
mans. s.; Filipinoes, 3; British, 2;
Koreans. 2; Russians, /: Spanish, l.
The number of births during Febrlt
airy was 241 and marriages 144.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-06
PROSPERITY IS
Seen IN REPORT
OFPEPEEKEO CO.

That the 1917 crop of Pepeekeo
Sugar Company. planted on practically
the same area as was the 1915, will
be about the same as was the crop
of that year, is the forecast rendered
to stockholders yesterday by Manager
James Webster at the annual meeting
OF the company. In 1915 the estimate
was, 10.500 tons and the actual harry
est 1,94S, while this year the estimate
is a thousand tons greater and If 1t
shall be exceeded by actual harvest
as was the case in 1915, this years
crop would be considerably greater
Extensive additions to boiling house
held back the start until late in Janu-
airy. Wet weather also held the field
work back
Conditions at the start of 1918 crop
were very favorable, the report says.
Homesteaders made an effort to get
their land in cane and did so, but
heavy rains hit the upper lands rather
severely. The company's own fields,
however, are reported to have thick
ened up appreciably over the 1916
crop.
Trouble in the boiler house was
REQUIRED IN thorough OVerhaullng or
that plant. All of the old boilers were
taken out and so per cent were re-
riveted. Much new apparatus was in
stalled during the year and more is on
the way for installation.
Net profits for the 1916 crop we're
1887 .2S0.41. and the company's profits
for the year came to $415, 959.04. Dur
ing the year the company paid 80 per
cent dividends amounting to $S75,000.
In 1915 dividends of Sc per cent we're
paid. And with the IA per cent larger
dividends there was added to the bal
ance brought forward $40,959.04 The
capital account is increased $31, S4435.
Thus il appears that prospects for
Pepeekeo are extremely good and that
the company is in excellent position
financially and physically.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-06
MAJOR BELLE REYNOLDS, WOMAN WHO
Won CIVIL war fame, VISITOR here
Noted Veteran Commissioned for Gallant Service By Illinois
Governor, Returns 10 Honolulu After 10 Years-Went Out
to Philippines in '99 With Red Cross 100

The only woman in the United
States bearing the military title OF
major. is visiting in Honolulu.
Mrs. Major DR.. Belle Reynolds Is
the flfustrous woman. She is at the
Moana Hotel and although her titles
are not signed in full on the registra.
tion cards they are truly triplefold.
Mrs. Reynolds is IS years old
nearly the age of Hawaii's last and
living queen, Lilukalani; has sur.
vived active participation in two great
wars, the Spanish and Civil; is still
bright-eyed, active. healthy and ready
to do her part should another great
struggle embroil the United States.
To her patients Mrs. Reynolds Is
doctor" but TO her intimate friends
and the few remaining comrades in
the G. A. r. with whom she marched
and fought against the South. she is
lovingly thought of and addressed as
Major Belle"
With her husband. MIS-. Reynolds
enlisted at Peoria, ILL.,, in one of the
first volunteer comprehensive 18th
Illinois Infantry, preferring a life of
activity and stirring adventure to the
one at home and together the couple,
who had been married a year before
the war, went through the whole
bloody strife, sharing sorrows and
pleasures, defeats and triumphs to-
gether in the Army of the TENNESSEE
Neither were wounded or seriously
injurd through the whole campaign.
Commissioned by Governor
Al
field of Shiloh in the care of the
wounded and the dying shortly after
the war began, the doctor was com.
missioned a major by Gov. Richard
Yates, Sr., of Illinois and the proud
light that .glowed that memorable
day still CLEANS in the majors eye
and the memory of, IL is as of yester-
day as she tells of the event.
This woman deserves a commits
sion more than half the men | give
one to-" he said to his staff as Mrs.
Reynolds stood before him, "and I'll
make her a major because a woman
should outrank her husband" the gov
ernor concluded with smile as he set
his hand and seal to the priced doeu.
ment. ..-..
y AS a slip of a girl scarcely more
than 30 Mrs. Reynolds, knowing moth
ing then Of the science of medicines
and surgery, her chosen profession
now, did gallant service on those
bloody fields when there was no Red
Cross, while her husband. Lieut.. w.
S. Reynolds, adjutant of his regiment,
was up front in the thickest of the
fight. That came to the governors
ear and he immediately sent for her
and gave her the commission, the only
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-06
SPANIEL freed;
CROWD CHEERS
IBy Associated Prsssl

SAN ANGELO CTexJ-A verdict of
not guilty was returned after less than
two hours deliberation today by the
jury in the case of Harry J. Spaniel of
Alpine, Tex, tried on a charge of kill
his wife, Crystal Holland Spaniel, last
July. 49,. -. ..
SPANIEL was not in court to hear the
verdict, which was 2heered by many
spectators.
Mrs. SPANIEL and Lieutenant Colonel
VI. c. Butler of the Sixth Cavalry, U.
S. Army, while in an automobile in
which they were driving with Spaniel,
a short time after the party had left
the hotel operated by Spaniel in Al
pine, Tex
Spaniel broke down when the yer
dict was given to him in his cell. He
sobbed Crystal, oh Crystal"
Visitors .besiesed the jail, but be-
cause Of Spannelps condition, were not
allowed to see HIM.
Judge Duboise, in he District Court
here late today released Spaniel in
$4,000 bond, in the case charging him
with the killing of Lieutenant. Colonel
Butler, and granted a change OF venue
to Coleman, Coleman county, Tex. The
case probably will be called at the
May term of court.
Though the bond was furnished,
Spa1ells attorney :nodnced that he
would spend the night IN Jail No
reason was given
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-06
Katherine Sfinson Is
Due Here On April p

Miss Katherine StinSon. the Ameri-
can aviatrix who has been making a
sensation with her flights in Japan.
will arrive in Honolulu on the Shinyo
Maru AprIl -. Miss Stinson is now
in Shanghai, and will return to Japan
early in April. leaving Yokohama ON
April IL.
The American girl was the first wo-
man to conquer the air in Japan, and
furthermore was the first TO make
flight dressed N a Japanese kimOno.
The aviatrix has been unusually pOpu-
lar in the Orient, and her ability to
adapt herself 10 the customs o: the
Nipponese has gained her many
friends.
When the American girl arrived in
Japan the people expected to witness
a few flights not far from the ground,
but on her first appearance she sailed
to a great height and then looped the
loop to the establishment of the people
Of Nippon.
Large crowds witnessed her flights
in Toxic. Osaka. Nagoya and other
cities, and she was welcomed by the
Japanese interested in aviation. She
was especially invited to give two ex-
nibitions after her return from Shang
hal.
The Aero Club Of Hawaii has asked
the American bird woman to give an
exhibition in Hawaii, and word is ex-
pected from her manager at an early
date. In case she appears here she
will he the first woman TO make a
flight in these islands.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-06
IBy Associated Press1

SAN DIEGO, Cal. Feb. 19.-Affect-
ed only indirectly by the series OF
revolutions that have scourged Mexico
in recent years, the inhabitants of the
territory of Lower California are con-
tinuing their usual pursuits without
molestation and under the leadership
Of Military Governor Esteban Cantu
are entering into an era of progress
that portends an important develop.
ment in the agricultural and industrial
life Of the peninsula.
Governor Cantu has held aloof from
the internecine warfare that has raw.
aged the other state of Mexico and
because OF Lower, CALIFORNIA; isola'
ton the people under his rule scarcely
have been brought into touch with
conditions existing beyond the waters
Of the Gulf of California.
Although a soldier by choice, Gov
ernor Cantu has proved during the
few years that he has controlled the
territory that he leans strongly toward
the pursuits of peace. Coming into
power in December, 1914, when Balta-
Ear Avilez, civil governor, was ever.
thrown in a bloodless uprising at
Tijuana, the then Colonel Cantu be-
gan to reorganiZe the economic life
of Lower California.
First he sent Avilez' followers to
the farming districts in the south and
admonished them to abandon the rifle
and till the soil; then, he set about to
develop the agricultural, mining and
shipping resources. A program OF
business expansion, just announced,
has for its object the stimulation of
trade relations between his people and
those OF the Pacific coast of the
United States.
Always a friend of Americans,
Governor Cantu holds the respect and
confidence of authorities and busi-
pessmen here and it is understood he
viii welcome American capital in de-
yeloping the little-touched resources
of Lower California.
Under Governor Cantus adniinistra.
ton the traffic in opium, which for
merly flourished, now has been great
~ curtailed and it Is believed will be
abolished when the reforms now I'M
der consideration are put into ef-
feet.
Although large part of Lower Cali
fornia is mountainous and there are
wide stretches Of desert, vast areas
of land as fertile as any in all Mex
leo are awaiting only the farmers
pillow to wiring wealth from the ground.
Similarly, the mining resources of the
territory-gold. silver. copper and iron
ore-scarcely have been touched. II
is to bring the agricultural and min
ing industries to a state Of high de-
velopment that Governor Cantu has
encouraged the natives to greater eff
forts by giving them land grants.
At present the only means of trans
portation from Ensenada. the main
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-06

oee of its kind in the United States
today. He also presented her with
his MAGNIFICENT horse. one Of the. fin.
est in the state.
AS Mrs. Reynolds mind goes back
more than half q hundred years, she
recalls incidents Of romance In tina,
great struggle and wanders OF
Tough scores of exciting incidents.
all of which would make interesting
reading.
Meeting Long Afterwards
For instance. at the very outset of
the war when the major was Just plain
Mrs. Belle" and not hardened to the
fatiguing marches, the colonel gave
her permission to ride on one of the
wagons with big white.haired SAN"
Davis who, says the doctor, could
swear prettier than any man she ever
heard. n
During the march there was q
breakdown and with a musket slung
across her back, Mrs. Belle went on
ahead. When she was nearly ready
to drop in the hot sun, strange off,
Ger caught up with her on horseback
and insisted that she take his horse,
telling her to tie II when she got tired
of riding. In turn she discovered q
wounded soldier of her regiment and
turned the animal over to him with
the same instructions. She never
knew who the officer was but years
after at G. A. r. meeting she met
the soldier whose life she saved.
Major Reynolds Is also regent OF the
Daughters of the Revolution OF Santa
Barbara, her present home, her great
grandfather being Abner Cooley OF
Deerfield, Mass, in which state she
was born, and a soldier in the siege OF
Ticonderoga.
Here 10 Years Ago 80. IL.
Some years after the Civil War Mrs.
Reynolds took up the practise Of medE
cine, graduating from the Hahnemann
Medical College in Chicago and then
roamed about the world considerably,
going to China in 1878 in an old side
wheeler, Colorado, that took So days
to cross the Pacific. In 1899 she
passed through Honolulu on her way
to the Philippines as member Of the
Red Cross and the only woman on
board the transport Senator with 900
soldiers. She was In Manila year
and returned In the transport Sheri-
dan. still on the same run.
Mrs. Reynolds is modest about her
record, but II Is known that she was.
as she still Is, one of the best-known
women in the United States, q friend
of presidents. including General Grant,
and an article IN Harper's Of June %.
1852, has facts and pictures OF her
that weaves the whole beautiful tale.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-06
SILK Factory
PLAN IS STILL
KEPT IN Mind

Honolulu, or at least some niece in
Hawaii, may have silk factory. as
has been told in the Star-Bulletin. No
defiaite arrangements have been
made; the plan is only in q prospect.
i've stage. but John Stewart, an extern,
sivc silk manufacturer OF New York
City. who is visiting here now, is still
making plans
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are at the
Pleasanton Hotel and besides plan
ming a silk mill for Hawaii are CON
temDlating the purchase of a home or
the location for one where a magnifi-
cent residence may be built. Stewart
is strong for the silk mill, his wife
only wants the home.
We want to live in Hawaii and en-.
Joy fits soft night air and cool breezes
and warm sun and foliage that is al
ways gTeen,' says Mrs. Stewart. We
want a pretty little plot with a bah
bling little brook running through II
where we can truly live. There is
enough business for US in New York
without starting in all over again
here"
On the other hand Stewart believes
the distance from here to China, the
small difference in freight rates be-
tween raw and finished silk and the
favorable labor conditions here all
make for an ideal location, and al.
though he goes hunting the ideal home
with the brook flowing through it
yesterday he dressed in khaki and act
ually took a plank along in his car
TO cross the brook should they find
one-his heart is set on the silk plant.
II is understood that he has also been
to Maui with an eye to a possible To-
cation there
Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart were here for
some months, went to Australia and
quite recently returned, saying that
they wanted to be near home, and
Honolulu was close enough, in such
troublesome times.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-06
BEST PLACE FOR
pEACE-LOVERS IS
HAWAII, He FINDS
New York Manufacturer, H. A.
Taylor, HurrieS Back From
Visit TO the Orient

While some people are fighting 10
get out OF Honolulu and back TO the
mainland when the tone of war Is in
the air, several are fEocking from the
Orient and Australia to Honolulu with
no intention Of going further. saying
the islands are as secure and safe as
any place in the United States.
A party OF three who left Honolulu
after q three months visit with the
intention OF spending several weeks
on the Orient, dropped into Manila on
February 3, got the news OF American
severance Of diplomatic relations with
Germany on Feb. I, and on the 9Th
they turned around and dropped
right out again." making straight for
Honolulu as fast as the Korea Maru
would carry them. .>....-.s
They are II. A. Taylor, prominent
silk manufacturer of New York City.
who is well known here as one OF Ha.
walls most frequent visitors and con.
sistent boosters; his daughter Miss
II. M. Taylor, and her friend. Miss NJ.
M.-Littell.. -. .. ...-.".-
my business in New York demands
tnat De always IN close toucn WITH
IT," says Mr.. Taylor, but that does
not mean that ! must go home. In
the Orient we felt II We could get
back to Honolulu we would be close
enough and this Is as fine place TO
loaf in as know Several more from
the Orient and Australia are following
this same plan. With 12-word night
messages for So and weekend 24-word
letters for $3.50 can do my business
from Hawaii, so say IL we must have
war let 'er rip We are very happy
and comfortable here"
The Taylor party arrived in Manila
al the first OF the big carnival there
hut saw little Of IL. One day was
spent in unpacking and the other in
packing up again.
There is no more occasion to be
alarmed over there than there is
here" says Taylor, hut here one feels
like he is right In the United States
with a boat every week and oftener,
too. and we preferred being here al
though We did not intend that our va.
cation should be broken up by hostile
signs"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-06
MANY APPLY FOR
INSPECTORSHIP

An even dozen have filed applica.
tons for the liquor license inspectors
position which was made vacant by
the death of w. p. Fennell. The Star.
Bulletin has already reported three,
those of ]. II. Fischer. w. H. Hutton
and A. w. Seabury. Five more have
been filed with Acting Secretary Rich
ard Cooke OF the liquor license COM
missioners, Harry Juen. Mounted Po-
liceman J. B. Kramer, former Proba-
ton Officer John c. Anderson, VIII
liam M. Templeton OF Wahiawa. and
Harbor Policeman A. L. Carter. -Four
more have been filed with Secretary
Carlos A. Long Of the liquor license
board. B. Joy, Probation officer
Joseph Leal, James L. Holt and A. E.
Tinker. A meeting OF the liquor II
cense commissioners viii be held
tomorrow TO consider the applications.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-06
MANY AIR coMBATs ON WEST:
TEUTON TRENCHES RAIDED

CAssociated Press by Federal Wireless)
LONDON. Eng. March 6.-British raids
in the neighborhood of Arras and Ginchv in
the ArraS sector are reported in the official
announcements made by the war office last
night The Germans lost prisoners and guns,
together with some munitions as a result.
Aerial combats are also reported by the
war office. The British are reported TO have
downed six German machines. while the Brit
ish lost two. aud five arc missing. and may
have been downed The French also report
air flights. with the downing Of three Ger
man aerorIanes and the loss of two French.