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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-24
HAWAII III GEI
IMPROVEMENTS
HEALTH SERVICE
What They Are Will Not Be
Made Known Until Or. Pratt
Reports to Governor

DR.. J. S. B. Pratt. head of the ter.
ritorial board Of health, was a re-
turning passenger this morning from
a trip to the mainland. during which
he attended a conference Of board
of health executives frol all the
states and territories, and from
Canada, with United States Surgeon
General Blue He also Investigated
health improvements and methods in
New York and Boston. He has been
away for three months.
Dr. Pratt says he has information
concerning intended health improve
ment for Hawaii, but that he is not
at liberty to divulge these until he
has submitted his report to Governor
L. E Pinkham. He says he has
heard nothing to the effect that the
United States Ieprosarium on Molokai
is to be abandoned This move by the
government had been surmised be
cause DR.. Donald n. Currie. surgeon
director of the United States Leprosy
Investigation station. has been or
dered to report for government duty in
Boston. DR. Pratt thinks he has been
recalled because the government has
special need for his services during
the war
Mrs. Pratt, who met her husband
in the states after he had gone East,
was a returning passenger by the
same steamer.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-24
Experiments. Launched in Ho'
noIuIu to Find Substitute for
lutte Proves Success

As soon as the international Fiber
company begins turning out banana
fiber in large enough quantities, its
product will be purchased by the
Washington State penitentiary to sup
ply its grain bag manufacturing de-
partment with a substitute for the
iute fiber row used.
This statement was made today by
C. P. Stewart, president Of the COM
pany and inventor of the machine
which is now making fiber from
banana stalks in a manner quite sat
isfactory to the inventor. He is max
ing a change in the crusher rolls to
get more juice out of the stalks and
render the fiber dryer.
Il received a letter few days ago
from Henry Drum, warden of the
washington state penitentiary at
walla Walla, WASH" said Stewart,
Informing me that he will not renew
a two-year contract for jute to supply
the penitentiary, until he hears from
me how much banana fiber he can get
from us. He writes that tute fiber is
very scarce, owing to the shortage OF
freight steamer and high freight
dates from the Orient. The quality
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-24
Davis RETURNS,
Brings BRIDE

Foster L. Davis, former chief clerk
of the federal court, returned thin
morning on the Wilhelmina with q
bride, after a years residence In Cal
ifornia. Mrs. Davis was formerly
Miss Elise Piutti Of Berkeley, ano
they were married on July IA.
Davis has been employed during his
absence in the Pacific coast office Of
Libby, Mcneil and Libby. He says
he is returning to Honolulu to engage
in business with his father, Henry
Davis, accountant in the Waity build.
ing.
Davis was formerly federal court
clerk and was removed by Former
Judge C. F. Clemens, following which
he was indicted on a charge Of mis-
appropriating the funds of his office.
His demurrer to the indictment was
sustained by Judge W. w. Morrow Of
the appellate court The supreme
court of the U. S., however, reversed
Morrow.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-24
IEPROSY EPIDEMIC
PLOT IS ALLEGED

OAKLAND, Cal, July 13.-Corn
plasters said to contain leprosy germs
were sent today by Sheriff Geo. Davis
of Stanislaus county to Sheriff Frank
Barnet of Alameda county, who sent
them to the University of California
department of bacteriology for analy'
sis.
II the corn plasters contain leprosy
germs, 1t is thought that widespread
and dangerous plot against the Amer
lean public may be unearthed.
According to a meager report by
Davis, the corn plasters were found
on peddlers working through Stanis'
laus county. Information reached the
sheriff that the plasters had been in
oculated with the dangerous germs,
and Turlock citizens were up in arms.
The peddlers were placed in Jail and
the plasters sent here.
According to Davis, a similar case
arose recently in Minnesota, where
Germans were thought to have ar
ranged an epidemic of leprosy through
infected corn plasters sold on the pub
lie market.
Leprosy is not easily transmitted.
It has to come by continuous subjec
ton to the germs, such as would hap
pen If one woSe leprosy-infected
clothes, according to local physicians.
For two years France has been on
the watch for diseases purposely
transmitted to it's citizens by the Ger
mans, sometimes with deadly results.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-24

TO be the first local boys to be called the co the first draft
of Francis
San Francisco
StarBuen that had
attending school California for the last
Francisco
that time they had for hospital unit that
Francisco Yes
eday Dr. Sylvia received word from the physicians charge OF the
draft but
the
service instead
leave future.
school of dentistry
practise called the service Of the
school After
school he California where he studied
Joseph sylvia Stanford and in his extra
himself Stanford Glee
graduate of the Mckinley high school and
was a football player.
he Hawaiian
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-24
Back
But Silent On
GOvernorShip
Says Coast Trip Was One of
Business; Daughter VoIun-
teerS for Red Cross

Clinton J. Hutchins, reported guber-
Material candidate, returned from the
coast on the WilheImina this morn
ing from what he says has been a
purely business trip and visit to his
family in Berkeley, Cal.
AS to his candidacy for appoint
meat to succeed l. E. Pinkham as
governor, Hutchins is silent and says
he knows nothing new regarding the
naming of a successor to the present
territorial executive.
Nothing more to say than you have
said before?" he was questioned.
Nothing" he reiterated.
The reference was to a statement
issued sometime ago by Hutchins
when he said that If the appointment
was offered him 1t was an honor no
man could refuse. Hutchins has been
mentioned as a strong candidate for
the appointment, because he is re-
ported to have aided greatly in carry
ing California for Wilson in the presi-
dental election last year.
Hutchins anticipates that the gov
eminent will eventually commander
the Matsonia and Maui of the Matson
line, for use in either transport or
hospital work during the war. He
says this will be Just as soon as the
ships are needed by the government.
Both the Matsonia andF Maui are
ideally equipped for hospital ships
and the government will take them
just as soon as they are needed he
says. He believes, however, that
other ship, possibly some OF the re-
built German ships, will be kept on the
Pacific for the transportation OF sug,
ar, molasses and fruit cargOes to
the states. 1T stands to reason that
some provision will be made for get
ting our products to market" he de-
clares. The Government Is as anX-
ious to get our produce as we are
to market it." he adds.
Hutchins refused to comment on
the published statement that Cover
nor Pinkham had informed the ma
tional government that all the molas-
SEES produced here was needed local
ly. Hutchfns is the representative Of
the company which takes all the mo-
lasses exported from Hawaii He
said he had heard that the governor
was supposed to have spiked
my chances" in Washington, by this
message to Washington.
Miss Doris NJ. Hutchins, his daugh.
ter, he says, has volunteered for Red
Cross war work and is now waiting
for assignment to duty. She is a
postgraduate student of the Un1Ter-
sity of California, and Recently she
completed the university Red Cross
course.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-24
MAUI PROPOSES
To MAKE Showing
At CIVIC meet
Especial s.ar-Bu1e.tn Correspondence

Especial Star-BuIetin Correspondence.)
WAlLUKU, Maui, July 21.-Maui
held up her end with credit in the
big civic convention at. Hilo last fall,
as she also did the year before at
the Kauai gathering. She is not 60
ing to fall down on her record at
the civic convention in Honolulu on
September 16. II and IS, this year.
This was the consensus of opinion
of the members Of the Maui chamber
of commerce at the quarterly meet
ing held Thursday afternoon. Pres
ident Wadsworth was empowered to
appoint committee of three to make
preparations for the big event.
The committee to be named was
instructed to make plans for holding
a big booster dinner within the next
month at which steam will be worked
up for the trip to Honolulu that will
made a real impression. 1t is pos
sible that the Booster club Of last year
will be reorganiZed
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-24
HAWAII BANANA FIBER SOUGHT BY
washington STATE PENITENTIARY

Of jute, he also says, has become in
ferior He has tried our samples
and finds them much more satisfac'
tory"
Stewart says that if some way could
be found for banana growers in the
islands to sell all their fruit, by max
ing banana flour Of the ripe fruit
drying the bananas for sale as food
stuff, such as dried apricots or apples,
and by making banana fig" and
banana raisin" from the fruit when
it is at a certain stage Of ripeness,
the growers would then increase in.
stead of cutting down the size of their
banana plantations, and would make
instead of lose money, as the stalks
could be sold to the fiber company,
which will soon need large amount
to turn out fiber for sale to Wash
ington's state prison.
Washington state penitentiary has
plant equipped to make 100000
bags a year." he said, 'but it cannot
turn out that emnay because there
is a shortage of material. Jute has
been extremely hard to get since the
war started. and the quality has also
deterio1ated. California's peniten'
tiaries turn out 100000 sacks a
year. The prisons Of both states are
anxious to get banana fiber as a sub
stitute for jute, and we will soon be
producing it in commercial quaint
ties"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-24
Court. Refuses To
Accept Guilty Plea
To Capital Otfense

Ignorant of the fact that the crime
carries q penalty of death by hanging,
or life Imprisonment, Ciraco Fernan-
DEE, a Filipino employed in a local
restaurant, pleaded guilty in Circuit
Judge Hens court this morning to
a charge of criminally abusing girl
under IL years old.
Fernandez was Indicted by the ter
ritorial grand jury yesterday after.
noon. Circuit Judge Heen declined
to accept the plea The Filipino SAID
that, when he entered his plea, be
did not know what the penalty would
be if he was convicted. According
to City Attorney A. NJ. Brown, the
Filipino, shortly after his arrest, ad-
mitted his guilt to several members
of the police department.
Judge Heen appointed Attorney A.
D. Larnach to defend Fernandez, but
withdrew his order when the Fill
pino informed him that the woman
who employs him had promised to
give $50 to help defend his case. The
case has been placed on the calendar
to be set for trial.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-24

Frederick Funston Post No. "a,
Veterans Of Foreign Wars, will meet
this evening at 1880 at Phoenix hall,
Fort and Beretania streets. All mem
bers and visiting comrades are cor
dially invited to atten1. The chT'Ar
win remain open till July 81.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-24
DESIRES TO Be
INTERNED With
HUBBY IN utah

In order to seek permission from
President Wilson to allow her to be
interned with her husband, who is a
prisoner of war of the United States,
Mrs. Eleanor Blaine Gerhard, an An,
erican who recently passed through
Honolulu, has arrived in San Fran
cisco from Manila. DR.. Karl Gerhard,
the husband, is held at Fort Douglas,
Utah, with the other officers Of the
former German converted cruiser
Cormoran, which was blown up by
her German crew at Guam when this
country declared war against Ger
many in April. Mrs. Gerhard was on
the Cormoran a few hours prior to
the explosion. Gerhard was surgeon
on the interned vessel. Seven Ger
mans lost their lives in the explosion.
The Gebhards we're taken from
Guam to Manila by the war depart
ment. Gerhard was brought to this
country, but his wife had to remain
behind, as the authorities refused to
bring her across the ocean. She took
passage on the first liner to begin her
efforts to join her husband in his
detention.
AS Miss Eleanor Blaine, the young
woman was a navy department nurse
Last year she went to Guam from her
home in Philadelphia. An acquaint.
ance with DR.. Gerhard, who had been
governor Of German New Guinea, re.
suited in their marriage last New
Years day. Mrs. Gerhard is a sister
Of Captain John Blaine, representa-,
tive of the United States shipping
board in Seattle.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-24
PERSONALITIES

CAPT. ]. MORTON RIGGS, officers
reserve corps, has taken up his new
duties at the constructing quarter
masters department.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-24
WOMEN TOO AMBITIOUS

Excessive ambition leads all sorts Of
women to exert themselves beyond
their strength. The girl striving fol
honors in school, the busy housewife
the shop-gtrl, the society climber OF
leader, all overtax their natural pow
ers OF endurance. Then come nervous
troubles, backaches, headaches, fire
quently organic troubles, which re
duce them almost to despair.
Women suffering thus should first
recognize the necessity OF putting on
the brakes and slowing down. Be,
sides this, to remedy the mischief
already done 10 their health, the best
reliance Is upon that famous and
standard medicine for women's all.
ments, Lydia e. Pinkhan's Vegetable
Compound.--Adv.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-24
Huber MAY ASK
j. 5. TO MAKE
OAHU BONE DRY
Federal Attorney Says Liquor
Sales to Soldiers Must Be
Curbed or He'll Act

L. S. District Attorney S {. Huber
Yesterday reiterated an assertion made
a few weeks ago that, il the local au
thorities find themselves unable &c
enforce the new federal law prohib-
ting the sale of liquor to officers and
enlisted men in uniform, he will re
quest Washington TO issue an execu
tive order making Oahu, or certain
portions OF 1t, absolutely dry"
Although the federal officials, the
police and the liquor license insPec-
tor have been maintaining careful
watch on local saloons for violations
OF the law, it is reported that blind
pigs" continue to flourish and to Ill
crease, and that "bootleggers" are ply.
ing their unlawful trade nightly.
The Star-Bulletin is reliably in
formed that there were a score or
more drunken soldiers in the principal
streets of the city last Saturday
night.
Marshal J. J. Smiddy said that
he has information TO the effect
that blind pigs" are doing
rushing business, and that consider,
able LIQUOR is being dispensed to en-
uSI6Q men III pAA'SNS
homes Of the middle class. AS far
as the saloons are concerned, says
the marshal, they are apparently do
ing all in their power to adhere to
tie new regulations. No bartender or
saloon owner has been arrested since
the law went into effect. Several
were warned after the regulations
were made public, however.
A little furry of excitement was
created yesterday when q report welt
the rounds to the effect that the
Hawaiian department had received a
cabIegram from Washington to the ef-
feet that an executive order was be-
ing prepared which would make GER
tain areas on Oahu bone dry"
This report was later denied by an
officer Of the Hawaiian department
who said, In effect, that the depart
ment had been notified that steps
were being taken In Washington
which would give the president the
authority to issue executive orders
making dry such areas as he might
deem necessary in order to aid the
national defense.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-24
DAILY REMINDERS

Wanted-Two more passengers for
motor party around island, 81 each.
Lewis Garage, phone 2141-Adv.
For Distilled Water, Hires Root
Beer and all other Popular Drinks
try the Con Soda Water Works Co.
ADV.
This is a good month in which to
get SERVICE out of the want ads
particularly if you are thinking of
moving.
Some day you'll find a want ad
which will pay you bankers wages"
fog all the time you have ever spent
In reading the ads.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-24
MAY SHIP BEEF NOW
FROM HANALEI RANCH

Decision has been reached by the
board of agriculture and forestry to
allow butchered beef shipped from
the Hanalei ranch after due care has
been taken with it.
The regulations prescribe that the
animal shall be held under investiga,
ton for 48 hours before being
slaughtered, and that ante and post
mortem examinations be made by
either DR.. Golding, DR.. Glaiyzer OF
Dr. Case, veterinarians
Live animals from uninfected dis
tricts may be shipped only on con
dition that they be Immediately
slaughtered.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-26
October 12-19-24.
CITATION FOR HEARING ON FIN
AL ACCOUNT AND FOR
DISTRIBUTION.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of
Blue Earth, in Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Eliza
beth Selma Hair, Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to all per-
sons interested in the above entitled
matter: Whereas, Robert S. Hair
has filed in this court his final account
of his administration of the estate of
the above named decedent, together
with his petition praying for the ad-
justment and allowance of said final
account and for distribution of the
residue of said estate to the persons
thereunto entitled: 1T is ORDERED
that said petition be heard, and that
all persons interested in said matter
be and appear before this court on the
3rd day of November 1917, at ten
o'clock a. M, at the Probate Court
Rooms in the Court House.. at Man
kato in said county, and then and
there, or as soon thereafter as said
matter can be heard, show cause, If
any they have, why said petition
should not be granted, and that this
citation be served by the publication
thereof in The Mankao Free Press
according to law.
Witness the Hon. Evan Hughes,
Judge of said court, and the seal OF
said court, this Sth day Of October,
1917. ....-.
Court SeaD EVAN HUGHES,
Judge.
Jean A. F'littie,
Attorney for Petitioner.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-26
(Oct. 26-Nov. 2-9)
ORDER LIMITING TIME TO FILE
CLAIMS, AND FOR HEARING
THEREON.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of
Blue Earth, An Probate Court.
In the Matteriof the Estate of Nettie
M. Boswell, DecedentW
Letters of Administration on said
estate this day having been granted to
Clay S. Boswell a
1t Is Ordered That the time within
which all creditors of the above
named decedent may present claims
against her estate in this court, be,
and the same hereby is, limited to six
months from and after the date here
Of; and that the 10Th day of April 1918,
at ten o'clock a. M, in the Probate
Court Rooms at the Court House at
Mankato, in said County, be, and the
same hereby Isl, fixed and appointed
as the time and place for hearing up
on and the examination, adjustment
and allowance of such claims as shall
be presented within the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the
publication of this order in The Man
kato Free Press as provided by law
Dated October IS, 1917.
(FrObate Seal) EVAN HUGHES,
Judge of Probate.
S. B. Wilson,
Attorney.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-26
(Oct 12-19-26.)
CITATION FOR HEARING ON PETi'
TON TO SELL, MORTGAGE
OR LEASE LAND.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF
Blue Earth, In Probate Court:
In the Matter of the Estate of Fred
erick Kron, also known as Friedrich
Kron and Fred Kron, Deceased
The State of Minnesota to all per-
sons interested in the sale of certain
lands belonging to said estate. The
petition of Emil Schoyen as repre-
sentative of the above named estate,
being duly filed in this court, repre-
senting that it is necessary and for
the best interests of said estate and
of all interested therein that certain
lands of said decedent described
therein be sold and praying that a
license be to Emil Schoyen granted
to sell the same:
Now, therefore, you, and each OF
you, are hereby cited and required to
show cause, if any you have, before
this court, at the Probate Court
Rooms in the Court House, in Man
kato, County of Blue Earth, State of
Minnesota, on the 3rd day of NoVem-
Der, 1917, at ten o'clock a. M, why
the prayer of said petition should not
be granted. Witness the judge of said
court and the seal of said court, this
9th day of October, 1917.
(Court Seal.) EVAN HUGHES,
Judge of Probate.
H. L. & J. w. Schmitt,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-26
Thomas Hughes,
Attorney for Petitioner.
(Oct 26-Nov 2-9)
ORDER LIMITING TIME TO FILE
CLAIMS, AND FOR HEARING
THEREON

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of
Blue Earth, In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Thomas
L. Griffith, Decedent.
Letters testamentary on said estate
this day having been granted to
James d. Price
1t Is Ordered That the time within
which all creditors of the above
named decedent may present claims
against his estate in this court, be, and
the same hereby is, limited to six
months from and after the date here
of; and that the 18th day of April,
1918, at ten o'clock a. M, in the Pro-
bate Court Rooms at the Court House
at Mankato, in said County, be, and
the same hereby is, fixed and appoint
ed as the time and place, for hearing
upon and the examination, adjustment
and allowance of such claims as shall
be presented within the time afore-
said. ya f.
Let notice hereof be given by the
publication Of this orderuin The Man
kato Free Press as provided by law
Dated October II, 1917.
probate Seal) HENRY MOLL,
Judge of Probate of Nicollet county,
acting for Evan Hughes, Judge of
said Blue Earth County.
Thomas Hughes,
Attorney. a
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-26
October. 12-19-26.
ORDER LIMITING TIME TO FILE
CLAIMS, AND FOR HEAR
ING THEREON.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of
Blue Earth, In Probate Court.
In the matter of the Estate of Maria
c. Renstrom, Decedent.
Letters Testamentary on said
estate this day having been granted
to Augusta o. Renstrom.
1T is ORDERED That the time
within which all creditors of the above
named decedent may present claims
against her estate in this court, be,
and the same hereby is, limited to
three months from and after the date
hereof; and that the Sth day of
January 1918 at ten o'clock a. m, in
the Probate Court Rooms at the Court
House at Mankato, in said county,
be, and the same hereby is, fixed and
appointed as the time and place for
hearing upon and the examination,
and allowance of such
claims as shall be presented within
the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the
publication of this order in The Man
kato Free Press as provided by law
Dated October 6, 1917.
EVAN HUGHES,
Judge of Probate.
probate SeaD
Thomas Hughes, Attorney.