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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-22

Mayor Fern in his inaugural address stated that
the administration of the city should I've non
partizan and that efficiency should pre- all The
mayor should stick to his texts, the administration
of this city must stick to the text of efficiency in
Office unless it is to 60 down in history deficient
in every requirement of war crisis.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-22

With a surviving membership large enough to
assemble 5000 veterans in annual parade more than
half century after the great domestic unpleasant
ness from which it originated. the Grand Army of
the Republic will before long be reinforced by the
young heroes of the present for world liberty
Let us hope that the organization will continue to
be a living inspiration to patriotic duty and serv.
;re until war shall be more.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-22

Australias good showing of fighting men at the
front, and the intentions of her people to kee COM
ing, is told in the following want ad" which ap.
pears in a recent Sydney paper:
Two respectable Young Men, military rejects. re-
quire pos on sheep station Waugh Yerrick Rd
Belmore.
A few months on sheep ranch and they will
try again.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-22

Never. in the history of the world, has a nation
risen to the occasion as France has done. The
pulse of the republic throbs one man. Torn and
shattered she fights inging into the face of her
foe the motto Of that immortazcd hero, fighter
and nonquitter, who loved France 1--WE have just
begun to fight.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-22

Self-gOvernment for Ireland the basis of the
Canadian constitution would make the Emerald
Isle absolutely independent in everything but hay
ing an executive fgurehead appointed by the impe-
rial government and having foreign relations. 1t
is hardly probable that such radical measure will
ever 90 through.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-22
"IT'S A MIGHTY HARD THING
TO WHIP UNCLE SAMMY"

Tune. "TipperaryD
It's mighty hard thing to whip
Uncle Sammy
It's a hard thing 10 do;
For it takes all Germany and Austria,
And it takes all Turkey too.
So be careful little Mexico,
For you'll get your whipping, too;
It's a mighty hard thing to whip
Uncle Sammy,
And the whole world knows II too.
JOHN SMITH,
American Hawaiian Paper Co.,
Honolulu, T. H.
STAR-5ULLETIN GIVES YOU
ToDAY'S NEWS TODAY
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-22

To the plain uninitiated, it would appear thar the
reason for OBTAINING the Dutch in this port
IS more likely to be for what they have aboard ra1h
er than what they want to take on.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-22

Spain would make a nice republic with Alfonso
its first president, he is reported have said
he should like to he if the change took place.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-22

Fighting every inch of the way is the only means
by which victories for democracy have been won.
s. ans il no execution to the rule of the centuries
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-22

What has this day brought into your life that
can be put down as definit" service for the gov
eminent?
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-22

The mother who didn't rails" her bow to h" sol
der. had him join the navy.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-22

After its shatonn the Hui Main should g,.l along
SWimminr
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-10
SAFETY OF HUMAN LIFE TO
BE DISCUSSED AT DINNER

SAFETY First VIII be the subject
under discussion at the dinner givs7
BY FL Paso council IS, OF the National
Safety council, at the Modern cafe
this evening at Z o'clock The purpose
OF this dinner IS to acquaint the peO-
pie OF this city with the motives OF
safety work, as Il is hoped that the
general public will become interested
in this movement as well as the in
dustrial companies, according to R F,
Campton. president
Among the industrial companies OF
FL Paso already members OF the coun-
ell are the FL PasO smelling works.
Southw estern Portland Cement com
pany. Globe mills, FL Paso and South
western railroad. FL Paso Ice and Re
frigerating company Fl Paso Foun-
dry and Machine company. Darby
shire-Harvie Iron and Machine COM
pany and the FL PasO Milling com
pany.
The program for the evening IN
cludes:
safety organization IN Industrial
Plants and What It Means" R F.
Campton-
why the Public Is Interested in
Safety Work" Alves Dixon, vice pres
idenC-
safety First Side Lights" Charles
Pollock
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-10
FACTS ABOUT OUR NAVY
u. S. S. Idaho.
By LIEUTENANT FITzHUGH GREEN, I. 5. n.

Her dimensions are less adaptable
to metaphor. Frankly, her elephan-
tine character knocks the spots out
Of my rather poetic comparison OF
battleships with babies I'll have to
get down to bress tacks and admit
this daughter Of Mars COR Neptune
perhaps) IS 624 feet, EOS yards, more
than two whole city blocks in length
Which might do for a baby whale
no, I'll just drop that baby business
And her weight with all hands and
the cook aboard will reach the sub
stantial total OF $4,000 tons.
Two figures are interesting, her
beam and her draft Despite their
continual increase in length, speed.
armament. and fighting ability, our
battleships must not exceed the
depth Of channels leading 10 their
home harbors- 1t would be like a
man getting too fat for his front
gate. The average seaport entrance
does not exceed 50 feet in depth. Her
beam Of feet is only very slightly
greater than that Of many smaller
vessels. Dry docks, river piers and
channel widths have much to do with
our building narrow battleships. In
cidentally, other things being equal,
a lean ship is the speediest
She viii fight her own kind with
u 14-inch guns, six at each end.
Against submarines and histile des-
trOyers her protection is % rapid
firing 5-inch guns Zach can be fired
more than 20 times a minute At
lacking airplanes will be met by four
anti-aircraft quick firing rifles. Sew
eral 3-pounders for signaling and
salutes. and two 21-inch torpedo
tubes complete her armament. OBJ
viously she doesn't need carry any
concealed weapons.
Her complement OF Sc officers and
1141 men seems like q good many. It
Is. And yet she could house. feed
and employ double that number with
out any especial strain or embarrass-
ment She will cost all told about
So, 100000. Yet considering her
worth one may say she is very cheap.
almost a bargain She was launched
more than two years after her keel
was laid. But If you knew Of the
myriad rivets, bolts. plates, frames,
beams, braces. strakes, posts, struts,
pipes, screws, angle irons and chan
nels, you would wonder IL wasn't
two hundred years
Mon, she's a lovely childr ex-
claimed a Scotch foreman when she
slid in. And she Is go. Copy
right 1917 by George Matthew Adams.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-10
VALIDITY OF LAW BARRING
TAX SUITS FOR YEAR UPHELD

Austin, Texas, Dec. 10.-In an opin-
ion to controller II. B. Terrell, the
attorney generals department, has
upheld the constitutionality Of the
act Of the 35th legislature which pro-
vides that no suit shall be brought
for the collection Of taxes for the
year Of 1917 which may become de-
linquent, until after the 31st day Of
January, 1919. It is held that the law
is not a local or special law, nor does
it release or attempt to release either
persons OF property from the pay
ment Of taxes. The act applies to
school drainage or other like dis
tricts that have levied taxes for their
local needs, as the terms OF the
statute are all embracing.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-10
MOTHER baby bornr'

= - a good many launchings-
but at every single one OF them just
as the vessel started to glide down
the ways a dozen people around me
gave vent to their emotion by re-
marking gravely: Another baby
born" The levity, almost irreverence
OF such irony at such a time Is char
acteristically American.
Last summer It was announced that
our latest Creaunaught, the Z. s ).
Idaho, had been launched. and all
over the naval world went up in
Litany like response the chant. An
other Baby Born"
Did You ever have a baby Of your
OWN Yes, then you know how much
the details mean; hair, eyes, mouth,
weight, and a thousand more ! have
forgotten Cor manlike. never knew
but any woman can tell you. It's
exactly the same with the Nation s
new Baby. the Idaho.
THE eyes OF the ship'-lOOk fell
low American she has an entirely
new kind Of eyes (the very front
end of the main deck a hawse pipe
on each side, and one in the middle
Of her bow. Thru this pipe or hole
her anchor chain shall pass. And,
who knows, she shall swing safer and
more easily thru the splitting easter
which drives weaker sisters ashore.
And see her nose" Nautically It's
her stem or bow. What other baby
in creation. counting all the battle
fleets Of the world. has such a
beauty Photographs show il not
vertical like those OF our other men
of-war. but long. keen, and over
hanging-the famous clipper bow Of
another century One can almost see
how It shall cut and ride the green
deem com bers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-10
Roundabout own
= ii. lIARTIN.

Things to forget: That you eve
thought the women were not dOinS
real work when they went TO Red
Cross meetings
When a little fellow can wake on
I'D in the middle Of a cold nigh with
a plaintve little plea. Daddy, my
'jamas are all wet; pease get me
some dry ones" and you get up and
get them and enjoy it, then you feel
that you are getting some OF the real
Joy out OF fatherhood-
Promotion is so fast thse days
in the army that an officer has a lot
Of trouble keeping ths proper rows
Of braid suitable 10 his rank on his
overcoat sleeve without taking It 10
the tailor every day
Our idea Of n snap; Being n man
these days when 50 much Red
Cross sewing has to be done.
As Rev. Fuller Swift remarks.
II we can't be thankful for what we
have, there's always room for lot Of
thankfulness for things we haven't
Lieut. Col F. j. Mack has para
phrased a well known song for camp
usage at Cody as follows; When the
sand in the Dessert Grows Cold.
Someone has suggested an ice
creamless day to help save sugar.
Why not a sugarless coffee day and
keep on having the ice cream2 1
don't use sugar in coffee, anyhow.
Col. P. L Hall, of the depot brigade
at Camp Cody. tells a story OF pri-
vate who would bet on anything HIS
captain and his colonel bOtn tried to
break him OF the habit and thought
they had succeeded One day the oct
ting private's betting spirit got the
best Of him, however, and he offered
to bet his captain on a matter
that the captain thought was a cinch,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-10
Little Interviews
Wants Soldiers Risk Their Lives for Greatest Cause
Says Halt of Fires in Highland Park Are Total Losses

girl is made to say to her employer.
madame 1uegO,' when she wanted her
20 fire q gun
Not a day passes now but we hear
Of hunger, rebellion, strikes, and OF
course, war said r. r Standing. a
man said TO me the other day that
there must be something radically
wrong with our world, since we are
so dissatisfied with II. and that we
are in need now. more than ever be-
fore, OF man OF vision. with the
reins OF power in his hands. who
could lead the occidental world out
OF the sorry mess it has gotten itself
into. Perhaps, but would we listen
to him. y Ould we follow him2"
4
while we hear a great deal about
the terrible effects Of smoking ma
rihuana. or Indian hemp. il is per-
haps not generally known that an
extract OF the plant. 'caunabis indica.f
is the basis for most corn medicines
and is as beneficial for the feet as
the plant is injurious for the other
while the smoking of Indian hemp.
or h2sheesh, has been affected by
many artistic and literary people for
The narcotic effect, the results pro-
duced by smoking marihuana by less
cultivated people are murderOus in
clinaions. 1t is said that the ancient
clan Of 'assassins' among the Mo-
hammedans were melted to murder
GUS deeds by the smoking or mas
heesh- Certainly il is comforting 10
know that the weed has at least one
redeeming quality. even II IL is only
the lowly mission Of healing maladies
Of the human foot"
II notice that the boys who are at
army camps in Kansas would gladly
exchange their present location FOR
that Of FL Paso," said George Deck.
Much as we mind the occasional
wind and the dust, We can be very
grateful that we are where We are
IN the midst OF this delightfully."- brac-
ing weather. without the cold and
snow Of the north. In parts OF the
east il has already registered Il
above zero and that is exceedingly
cold for that locality FL Pas0aus need
70 travel little before realizing the
benefits derived from their own
southwest"
$50 far the Christmas rush and
work has not tired every one out"
said Mrs Fay ElWood- The girls in
the shops look fresh and attractive
and everybody seems to be gay and
happy. That is the way Christmas
should be met The more people real
lie that the holidays should be made
pleasant for the workers, by shopping
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-10

NY soldier can get as tight as
~ a drum on the stuff the United
1 l. States permits to be sold TO
men in uniform, according to A
Schwartz. All he needs IS a cake OF
Flsisehmann's yeast and e little time.
Mr.. Schwartz does not claim to be
authority for this. but he says his
engineer has worked in a brewery
and knows. The engineer accord
ingly is quoted as the authority.
Just take a small piece Of yeast"
said Mr.. Schwartz, open a bottle OF
any Of this Bone Dry Bevo' Bravo
OF any OF these socalIed soft drinks
that taste Ike beer drop In little OF
the yeast and close It Up In two
days you viii have q bottle Of beer
with more kick in Il than any bottle
Of Blue Ribbon you can buy IN sa-
loon"
Burt Orndorff wanted to know what
a man would do the two days he was
waiting for the yeast TO make the
stuff into real beer, then contributed
this one:
Take a mug Of sweet cider and a
bottle Of peppersauce. Shake a little
Of the peppersauce into the cider, stir
II well and you can get the same ef-
feet as II drinking half a pint Of good
Sheldon whisky. This Is Instantaneous
IN its action. Just why the pepper
sauce viii do II. I can't say. Vinegar
alone won't do il and the pepper alone
won't do II. but q combination pepper
saucer-sweet cider jag is said to be
effective enough to make a man heave
a brick through a plate glass at a
policeman or TO make a soldier pull
his coloneIs nose"
There is nothing in the regulations
against a soldier buying either cider
OF pepper sauce.
The galley boy didn't BnoY Dheiher
he mas being hmraHed or cOmpF-
1lented DAen the PRIMER asked him f
he could change a FIVE.
We can't wish much harm 10 the
man who said he wouldn't send troops
70 FL Paso because Of the sand, but
we'd like to see him compelled 10
stand an hour in the center OF Camp
Cody some day when the wind IS
really active
WOMEN OF Ell PASO ASSISTING TIE
RED CROSS ARE GIVING THEIR AID
IN SEWIEG. But QUITE NATURALLY
RESENT HAVING THE SOCIETY WRIT
Frs CALL THEM SEWERS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-10
Copyright National Newspaper service.

.H~o WIN this war we must de-
velop more efficiency than
= Germany does" said Gov W.
L. Harding. OF Iowa, an FL Paso Wis
itor Monday. we do not ask soldiers
TO bring back their lives, but to use
their lives for their country and the
cause 10 the best advantage. We
have been Dragging about licking the
world, but when our soldiers meet the
enemy it will try their nerve. We
fought the Prussians before in George
III, Of the house Of Hanover; It was
not England or the English people
Our histories have been teaching US q
lie about that We are fighting the
world Old fight for representative
government against the rule Of one
man
I'VE have boosted Of the melting
pot but for IS years the pot has
not been boiling, for when this war
broke We discovered many dislOyal
persons If any man is not for
America he is against IL, and so long
as 1 am governor of Iowa 1 shall
treat such as traitors, trying 10
stab American soldiers in the back.
I'VE have been paying too little at
tention TO government, We have been
too busy money getting. had il too
it is for our soldiers 10 bring back
real virile manhood to the L. S A.
1t would be a catastrophe for this
war TO stop now. I want our men TO
get at those fellows, to kill them for
the crimes they have committed. The
war viii last from three 10 five years
more. When il is over IL will be
Americans work. II any fails in his
duty TO the country, 10 put him where
he belongs
q
look back at the progress made in
our own country by the manhood
which came out Of the Civil war. The
one job is TO win and 10 win in such
way that absolutism viii never
show its head again, and that We can
do away with military training. we
need il TO keep Americans blood
red"
"The history Of fires in the High
land Park addition has been that so
percent OF them have been total
losses" said Henry Walker. THE rea-
son is that the streets have been
rocky and grades steep. making it
difficult for the fire apparatus to
reach the blaZes. It is for this reason
that Highland Park residents are
agitating more paving in their sec
ton. We hope before long to have
three paved routes emanating from
the fire station in our section
=
War conditions seem to have done
something to the hobo. at least so
far as FL PasO is concerned said j.
D. Armstrong. eve used 70 have
them here in large numbers as winter +
residents, but this year they are
scarcer- Does this mean that the life
Is being made too difficult for them
under present cOnditions2 Or does it I
mean that many men. for whom there Z
" as no work before the war find I
plenty Of it now? Perhaps many OF
those who would ordinarily be classed
as hoDos have Joined the colors. or .
find it more profitable just now TO 4
earn their bread by the sweat Of their /
brOWs'
The mistakes Of magazine fiction I
lists who write about the southwest /
and try to add local color by scatter |
ing in a Few Spanish words CLEANED /
from dictionary. are truly ludi- /
crous," said II. i. Carroll. In a re- /
cent story by the wife Of one Of the I
leading dramatic writer's OF the United ]
States entitled The Mex a Mexican !
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-10
PROBE OF CHEMICAL PLANT
FIRE LANDS FIRM OFFICIAL

Long Beach, Calf, Dec. 10.-Inves-
tigation OF alleged incendiarism in
connection with q fire December 1.
which destroyed a building OF the
Western Chemical Manufacturing
company5s plant here. where supplies
FOR the government are being made.
has resulted in the arrest OF Alexis
N. SchwitaIla, secretary Of the com
pany, his brother Alfred Schwitalia.
and William Rittle, Waterman
Chemicals. with which signal
torches are made for trench warfare
and for the navy, are manufactured
in the plant It is said to be the only
plant in the United States manufac-
turing strOntium nitrates. and which
previously had been imported from
Germany
The Schwitallas asserted that they
were born in the United Staes or
German parentage.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-10
Little Boobies Pa.
PA Thinks Of Buying n Second
Hand Car But Changes His
Mind and Calls the Car
an I. W. W.
BY WILLIAM F. KIRK.

- A took Ma & me in ottomobeel
y yesterday. We had a long ride
u behind a truck. Pa was think
ing Of buying the ottomobeeI but not
now. Pa called the Ottomobed = I.
W. W: it dident work.
may buy this car. sed Pa. wen we
started out for our ride Tt belongs
to old Bob FOotbraik. sed Pa, he had
a milyun left 20 him & he left It to
Broadway, sed Pa He needs a Ittsl
change now. sed Pa, and I may buy
this car.
1 hOap you will think twise. sed
ia, beefOar you buy a second-handed
car. I have often thOt, sed Ma. about
the first new car that you were going
TO bring rolling up to the house J
dident ever dreem that you wud buy
a used car
Wen. we will see. sed Pa WHARF
wud you & little BObbie like to go this
p NJ
We mite go out to Brewster & see
Caroline. sed Ma, have been want
ing 10 & see her for sum time
Brewster it is. then. sed Pa. & he
toald the driver TO talk US TO
Brewster.
The car went fine for a little while
& Pa was talking al the time about
how butiful is Mater. FIJI pure lungs
with air. Bobbie. sed Pa, 3 look al
them golden feeds OF waving corn.
sed Pa II was in Jest such teelos
that worked wen q boy. sed Pa q
got this fine pourful frame OF mine,
strong g. rugged as this car. sed Pa
& then the car stopped
Now. BObbie. sed Ma, you can get a
good look at them golden feeds OF
corn We viii prubly be rite here for
quite a stretch. sed Ma. II i am not
grately mistaken
We viii be on our way in a mint
sed Pa. IL is only the spark Plug Pa
sed- Wen put in a new spark plug
we viii be flying rite along aggenn'
Are you sure that IS what ais this
char-fot2 sed Ma. II seemed 10 me.
sed Ma, that Il went to peeces al at
onst & nothing fust. sed Ma Ike the
old one % Horse Shay.
Do not borrow trubbel' sed Pa keep
That is about the eesiest thing we
can do. sed Ma, setting out here IN
this cold Fall air. BObbie, sed Ma
do you think yure father VIII rise 70
the occashunZ
car wud cum along.
Wen. Master Mechanick. ssd Ma 10
Pr after we had waited about hour,
how is old 1892
OF what are you speaking q. sed
Pa
The Easoleeu ghost. sed Ma. that
Won brot US out IN How does It look
FOR Citing hoam beefoar winter fas-
sens its icy clutch on the land, sed
Ma
Be silent. sed Pa: can't you see
that am faice to faice with a crisis.
sed Pa This is no time to 5eer. sed
Pa, wen need to have ny wits about
me & fix this here ear
& then a friend OF Pa cain along
he was driving a big truck q ne put
our car beshfnd his truck & brot US
back to town
All the way back Ma was iafflng
about what q crate car orr car was
& how nice Il ran wen IL was run
ming after a truck
1 think Il will be nicer. sed Ma 10
Pa. II we buy a fonygraff & lissen
20 sweet musick insted OF what Bob
bic & ne had TO lissen to, sed Ma,
wen you was fixing the I ". "
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-10
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

The American nation is getting
down TO its knitting
News.
Little outside sympathy IS wasted
on a widow and a widOwer when
they marry.
One lump of sugar is patriotism,
two slackerism. three desertiOn, four
treasOn--Pittsburg Post.
You would see a lot more Ioafers
than you do if they didn't have TO
work for living.-Binghamto
Press.
The kaiser says that the Italian
setback was "a judgment OF Cod
What does he think of the smash Of
the Hindenburg Hne?-Columb:a
Record
Won Bethmann-H OllwegE. with a
big staff Of assistant diplomats. IS
going TO Switzerland "Ol a political
mission Of great Importance" Now
is the time for the Swiss to lock up
their hams and cheeses-Waco News.