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The Washington times., 1917-05-21
FoRESEES "WoRLD CAPITAL"
John Temple Graves Predicts Wash
Inaton VIII Be the Place.

John Temple Graves predicted In a
speech before the Town and Country
Club last night that Washington Is
destined to become the capital OF the
world" He urged that the city be
made better and more beautiful for
that reason.
Mr.. Graves said that the hope Of vic
tory in the war rests in the vitality,
the money. the food and the strength
OF the United States. and that this fact
must be recognized by the belliger-
ents when peace comes.
Mr.. Graves said the District Of Co.
lumbia should no longer be the only
The Washington times., 1917-05-21

Capt Archie Miller, second United
States Cavalry, adjutant OF the post
at Fort Myer, has made imperishable
history for himself in annals of the
War Department, but not in the pub
lie press. The captain is quite averse
to publicity. He habituaIly returns
monosyllabic answers to questions
about his record as an army officer.
He Is OF average height Cool and
calculating, he is, but his face lights
up with kindly smile. Captain Mil
Ter dispels at once any idea that an
army officer is hard 10 approach on
military matters.
Captain Miller believes in brevity.
He could easily qualify as an eff
cheney expert. There are few wasted
moves, few unnecessary hourishes of
hand or pen when he talks or writes.
And when he reads he touches the
high spots.
Just a touch OF gray mere and there
in his hair is proof that he is not
still a college youth. His voice sounds
too young for a man born in 1878. His
face looks far too youthful for a man
OF thirty-nine.
Served As Volunteer.
Captain Miller is essentially a vol
unteer. He was a volunteer when
commissioned first lieutenant in the
Missouri infantry in 1898. He was
honorably mustered out of this COM
mand a year later. But a years
service for Uncle Sam did not satisfy
the young Missourian. so he tried for
the regular army the same year he
was mustered out of the volunteer
contingent. He was made second
lieutenant In the Thirty-second In
fsntry. Promotion to frst lieutenant
came a year later.
From the infantry branch Captain
The Washington times., 1917-05-21
LIBERTYLOAN DRIVE
NOW In FULL SWING
Nations Energies COncen-
trated in Effort for Success.
ALL INTERESTS ARE UNITED
Millions Of People Are Engaged in
the Campaign.

NEW YORK, May 21.-America's
first offensive of the. war-the $1,000
OOO, 900 Liberty loan drive-is in full
swing today. Reports gathered from
every part of the county showed the
nations energies concentrated in a
tremendous effort to make the issue a
winner.
Millions OF people are engaged in
the mighty campaign. In scores of
cities and towns the walls are plas-
tered with such slogans as Buy a
bond for baby" Ring the Liberty bell
again" Finance your boy on the fir-
ing line" Put a bond in every home"
Some cities report slow sales, due
TO an idea that the loan Is oversub-
scribed. Headquarters here declare
that II Is not half subscribed.
Capital and labor are allied. bank
ers and toIlers have Joined hands, and
every part Of advertising. as well as
sermons, speeches, parades, and pa
triotic revivals, are being used to
make Americas hundred million real
lie that the loan must be made a sue
cess by their united Afforts.
Two ShOrt-Arm Punches.
Pittsburgh's pledge is $4,000. 900.
the allotment $4,000, 900. Boy Scouts
distributing cards. 200 bond statesmen,
and 100 orators are leading the fight.
New, York took two powerful short
arm punches at the Liberty loan to-
Gay. Billy Sunday delivered one and
big department stores the other.
Liberty loan booths" in red, white
and blue, were opened in the Fifth
avenue and downtown shopping cen
tiers, with pretty, young, and efficient
women in charge taking subscriptions.
1t St Louis the bond in every
home" slogan originated. The total
subscriptions in the Cleveland Federal
reserve district are estimated at
500, 100000. Private subscriptions
are going slowly there. Detroit city
subscribed 100000 as an example to
other municipalities.
Buy a bond for baby" is going big
in Madison, Wis. Five hundred thou
sand dollars will be subscribed there.
II is estimated.
The Des Moines chamber OF com
merce Is considering a city-wide loan
canvass. Acting Mayor Fairweather
IL organizing q liberty loan parade.
One bank is loaning money with
which to buy bonds, allowing borrow
ers to repay at 81 a week.
st. Louis Share.
Twenty-Five million dollars has
been pledged in st. Louis, and twice
as much is expected Business firms
are buying bonds to be resold to en-
ployes on the instaIlment plan.
The best slogan in Chicago is: Are
you willing to finance your boy on
the firing liner
a bond mems club OF 900 members
will make a house to house canvass
through northern Illinois, southern
Michigan, and northern Indiana, their
employers paying all costs.
New England has fixed $500. 0O0. 900
as its mark, and all New England
towns are blazoned with posters.
Women are canvassing the suburbs.
Harrisburg, Pa, banks expect to
buy 81 .000, 900 in bonds. Two Albany,
n. Y, banks purchased 100000 worth
each, and subscriptions totaling ST.,
100000 through one bank were re-
ported. Leading Philadelphia bankers
are campaigning to have every citi-
zen in that reserve district subscribe.
genues, vampires, female Chaplins,
The Washington times., 1917-05-21
Vastly Prefers Action to Talk
Capt. Archie Miller, Post Adjutant At Fort
Myer, Once Volunteer Infantryman, Has Ex-
ceptional Record and Medal For Bravery.

Miller cast longing eyes at the saddle
OF the cavalryman. He has been q
friend OF horses since-well, he
doesn't remember when there wasn't
a horse around his home and when he
wasn't spending most OF his time
riding It.
So. on February /, 1901, he became
a second lieutenant in the Second Cav.
airy. His present rank dates from
April IL. 1901.
Captain Miller regards as probably
the most important work he has done
in the service Of the Government was
as a horse and mule buyer in 1919.
He bought several thousand head of
horses at the ST. Louis depot. Army
officers consider him one OF the best
judges OF horse flesh in the country.
Wins Honor Medal.
Adjoining his overcoat IL the medal
OF Congress awarded him for bravery
in the Philippines. II Is OF red. white.
and blue, silk, wrapped on q gold shaft.
II was presented to Captain Miller by
President Taft after Congress had rec
ognized the bravery Of the young cap
tain in Quelling an uprising in the is
land OF Jolo. Captain Miller was shot
In the shoulder during a charge by his
troop against q bandit chieftain- The
bandit leader was killed and his man
captured. Slowly Captain Miller was
nursed back TO. strength In the naval
hospital at Manila. This was during
Captain MiIler's third service tour in
the Philippines. His FIRST was with the
volunteers in the Spanish war.
A soldier and student first. Captain
Miller aso IL q man Of the home. His
wife and children. his library and pet
mounts are his treasures.
A soldier Of many experiences. n man
Of many accomplishments. a stragetist.
and a good friend-thats Capt. Archie
Miller. say his fellow officers.
The Washington times., 1917-05-21
JUBILEE AIDS LIBERTY LOAN
Columbia typographical Union OBJ
serves Fiftleth Anniversary.

Subscriptions of $1,000 worth of
Liberty Loan bonds and a contribu-
ton OF $3.50 to the American Red
Cross marked the celebration Of the
fiftleth anniversary OF Columbia
typographical Union, No. 10l, at
Typographical Temple late yesterday.
Twenty-four men who were men,
bers OF the local union when IL
was organized in 1867 received gold
union buttons in commemoration Of
their early service.
The meeting was called to order
by E. W. Morcock, president Of the
union, who Immediately yielded the
chair to George A. r. McNeir, who
was president fifty years ago.
Congressman John II. Barr of Penn
syIvania was one OF the speakers.
The Washington times., 1917-05-21
SEEK NINE REGIMENTS
FOR FRENCH RAILWAYS
Pressing Need Is for Officers and
Engineers, Says War Board.

Details OF the organization Of Ameri-
can railway engineers into regiments to
be sent to France to reconstruct the
railroads Of the republic were announced
today by Fairfax Harrison. chairman
Of the committee on national defense
OF the American Railway Association.
Mr.. Harrison said:
instructions have been issued by the
railroads war board to the railroads Of
the United States to take vigorous action
to assist in the organization OF nine regi-
ments Of qualified railroad men for serv.
ice in France II Is urgently necessary
that these men be sent to France at the
earliest possible moment
THE French railways are badly run
down. They need more or less complete
rehabilitation France has no men who
can be spared for this work. She wants
all her men at the front
Before We can train men to go into
the trenches we can supply Frances
railroad wants, and we can do II practic-
ally Immediately. Any men we sent
over must be soldiers, so II will be nee
essary for the railroad forces to enter
the army.
The pressing need just now Is for
officers for these regiments. They will
require five chief engineers. thirty en-
gineers OF maintenance OF way. ninety
supervisors or roadmAsters. sixty track
foremen. and thirty bridge foremen.
Each company will have $50 track la
borers and Is bridge carpenters as pri-
Yates.
The next important requirement on
the French railways Is for shop forces
They are short OF men to repair their
locomotives. It is proposed TO organize
a shop regiment. to be made up the
same way a. the construction regi-
ments-
Three operating regiments win be
raised. with officers from superinten-
dents, trainmasters. yardmasters. and
others having to do with the actual oper-
alton Of trains. The privates in this
case will be taken from the train crews"
The Washington times., 1917-05-21
HERE'S SECURITY FOR
LIBERTY LOAN BOND

The faith and honor of the
United States, backed by all of
the resources of the nation and
the American people. A Liberty
Loan Bond is a mortgage on all
the resources and taxing powers
of the Government and all of the
resources of the American people.
The Washington times., 1917-05-21
SPAIN MEANS NO BREAK.

PARIS. May 2i.-Premier Prieto, of
Spain, speaking OF the note addressed
to the German government in connec-
tion with the submarine attack on the
Spanish steamship Patricio. is quoted
in a Havas dispatch from Madrid as
saying IL was more energetic than has
been customary, but that II does not
mean a rupture of diplomatic rsla-
lions.
The Washington times., 1917-05-21
PIERCE TO REVEAL SECRET.

How the Labor Government of
Keeps Food Cheap During
the War" will be the subject OF a lee.
ture by Julian Pierce at an open
air meeting at o'clock tonight
at Eighth. street and Pennsylvania
avenue northwest, under the auspices
Of the Socialist party committee on
education.
The Washington times., 1917-05-21
MRS. MARY S. sEALL BURIED.

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Stevens Beall, sixty-five years old, and
prominent for many years in literary
circles, were held this morning at 10
o'clock at St Johns Church, George
town. Interment was in Oak Hill
Cemetery. Mrs. Beall died in Emerg-
ency Hospital Saturday, following a
stroke of paralysis.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-17
WILL CONSIDER
COMPENSATION

To discuss proposed changes in the
compensation act which will be pre-
sented to the legislature, all local in
surance agencies here will meet this
afternoon at the office OF the Won
Hamm-Young Company.
Among the changes which are be
ing considered, one of the most inn
portant is the proposal to increase the
amount paid for hospital and doctors
bills from $50 to 500 and extend the
time from IA to 80 days Compensa-
ton, however. will remain the same.
starting On the fifteenth day follow
ing the accident and amount to so per
cent of the wages received at the time
of the accident II has also been pro-
posed that a clause be added reliev-
ing the employer from all liability il
the injured employe refuses to accept
compensation within reasonable time
after II is offered.
AS a result of the meeting this aft
ernoon it is hoped that the agents.
members of the industrial accident
board and legislators may get together
and reach decisions equitable to all
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-17
MRS. MOORE WINS IN
SUIT FOR RECOVERY
OF O. R. & |. SHARES


After lengthy litigation in which the
plaintiff has appeared only by deposi-
ton, Circuit Judge Whitney has de-
creed that the Oahu Railway & Land
Co. shall transfer to Mrs. Mary Moore
of Alameda, Cal, 145 shares of the
capital stock of the corporation, valued
az $4,000.
Mrs. Moore received the stock from
her husband as gift. After his death
she found that none of the shares had
been Endorsed by him. Her suit to have
the stock transferred to her was
brought against a number of claimants
of the estate, who, it is alleged, claim
ed that she came into possession Of
the stock as executrix.
Her claim of the gift of the stock
was finally proved by Mrs. Moore,
resulting in today's decree. Attorney
P. L. Weaver represented the plain
tiff. p
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-17
TO list
ENGELSSTOCkNN
new YORK MARKET
Report Has u That Shares Are
to Be Transferred in
Gotham at $40

That Engels Copper Company stock
Is to be listed for trading in New
York, that a large number of shares
have been pooled for turning over to
New York brokers to make such list
ing worth while and establish mar
ket for the stock and that at least one
and probably two we'll known Honolu-
lans. representing prominent business
houses. will leave for the mainland.
probably on the next Wilhelmina were
reports heard about Merchant street
today which received some cUnfirma-
ton.
There have OCen rumors in current
circulation for some time past that the
stock of Engels Copper Company was
to be listed in New York. At one
time it was said that the stock in the
treasury Of the company was to be
marketed and listed but part of this
was turned over to the stockholders
at par. Now it is said that stock is to
be pooled for the purpose of obtain
ing listing and an established mar
ket.
According to common report the
pool of stock to be taken to New
York will amount to 100000 shares
and is to be turned over to New York
brokers at $40 a share. Arrangements
for this are said to be practically COM
pleted so far as can be done from
here.
Action on the listing lies entirely
in the hands of the directors and the
steps of the local stockholders and
their representatives must be taken
through the directors after the matter
has been placed IN their hands by such
representatives.
There are in Hawaii 472 stockhold-
ers of the company who have their
stock registered in the transfer office
here. These holdings, it is said, rep
resent a large majority of the shares
of the company.
1t is claimed that a physical valua-
ton of the Engels Company property
would establish value of better than
so a share and that this is the basis
upon which proposed action is to be
taken.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-17
Gan FACTORIES
NOW MAKE SHELLS

NJ. J. Sullivan, general manager of
the Pacific ceast division of the Am
ericaB Can Company. was one OF the
prominent visitors who arrived Id the
Wilhelmina. He is accompanied by
Mrs. Sullivan and will inspect the
local plant before returning to his
home in San Francisco.
Like many other manufacturing bus
inesses that of the American Can
Company has been tremendously ben
Gifted by the war, according to Suilf-
van, and many of the so factories IL
controls, especially those along the
Atlantic coast, are now engaged in
the lucrative industry of making mu-
nitions. ~
Shrapnel or shells that burst by
timing and not by contact are the
chief stock in trade of the can fac.
tories that are turning out the war,
supplies. Il
Sullivan says he has found the bus.
mess in Hawaii very good. He usually
visits here once every two years. >.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-17
BONlFACIO WONDERS
WHEN He Is TO BE
PAID THAT REWARD

Bonifacio Serrano, who tipped off,
Detective Harry T. Lake to the where
abouts Of a counterfeiting layout re-
Gently, is a little bit peeyed. He be-
lieyes he should have a reward of
some sort for exposing his fellow Fill
pines, and asserts he was promised
remuneration but never got It. n
According to the story he tells, he
was informed by Lake that the latter
would, receive a certain amount Of
money for bringing the counterfeiters
to justice and that he would give Boni-
facio half. In other words, there was
TO be a split sef fifty-fifty. Another
story he tells is that the federal Off
cials were going to pay a reward for
the apprehension Of the counterfeiters.
So Bonifacio has been lettering
around Marshal J. J. Smiddy's office,
presumably waiting for the reward.
The marshal says he knows nothing
of q reward having been offered. In
opium cases. where q defendant is con-
victed and fined. IL il customary to
award half Of the fine to the informer,
II there be one. But this custom Is
not known to apply to counterfeiting
or any other cases.
But Bonifacio is still looking for his
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-17
EXPECTS MUCH
BUILDING WORK

The scent Of big building in Homo.
lulu is in the air. C. w. Dickey, one
of the best-known architects on the
Pacific Coast, has caught the spirit
and is here probably on something
new. He admits something big is
about to break-has been, in fact,
since the Mahuka sale-but when or
how much or where he is not prepared
to say.
Dickey arrived from his home in
Oakland, Cal, in the Wilhelmina and
is looking after the building of the
Baldwin Memorial church, the H. A.
Baldwin and the Dr. w. d. Baldwin
residences, all on Maui, and also en-
joying short vacation. He was here
three months ago.
There will be some work done
here, believe, that will revoIutionize
the downtown business district" he
said this morning, "but it may not be
this year. 1t may be several years
yet, but | hope not. Some feel that
materials are too high to build to an
advantage now"
The visiting architect is really an
island man, having been raised here.
He was in charge of construction of
the Stangenwald building, the central
fire station and many private resi-
dences.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-17
.INSlRANCEFOR
!. DAISY IS Wanted

It was learned today that Ben Hol.
hnger has asked the Won Hamm-
Young Company to insure Daisy for
$4,000 under q livestock mortality pol
Icy. He is also trying to get insur-
arce on the birds.
It is understood, however, that the
insurance company is somewhat dubi-
Gus as to the aceeptability of the risk
on the elephant in view of the present
condition OF the city's funds. 1t
might have tendency to affect the
moral hazard, it was suggested, when
the, supervisors realize that $4,000 may
be collected by the death of Daisy.
In regard to the birds it is also I'M
derstood that unless proper housing
is furnished against kona storms
insurance will have to be refused them
also. /:
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-17
CHAMBER Listens
IOs. +. BOOSTER

+ Declaring that the, bigger mans
private business becomes the more
time he must give to community af-
fairs and that II private concern is
to thrive 1t can only do so because
the community Ia on sound basis, p. ].
Roster, president of the San Francisco
chamber of commerce, in a speech
before the members Of the local cham
Der this afternoon, TOLD what he and
his assistants we're doing to make
San francisco more progressive
city.
Our chamber has three rules" he
said I'VE never take action until we
have gathered all the information pos
sible We never refuse to consider
anything. no matter how large, and
when we once start we always com
plete it regardless Of time, courage
and difficulties encountered"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-17
DEMOCRAT SEES
NEEDS OF DUTY

!. T. Witherspoon, general manager
Of the American Sugar Refining Com
pany Of Louisiana, has a cheerful mes.
sage for Hawai-: There will be nc
reduction in the tariff on sugar; on
the contrary there is likely to be
an increased duty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Witherspoon; their
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Wither
spoon: their son, Wardlaw. who has
touch Of scarlet fever; Miss Einim
McNear and Miss Jessie McCray
school chums of Miss Witherspoon,
and a trained nurse. make up a party
OF seven which came In the WiIhel.
nina and Is now comfortably housed
in the Hustace cottage at the Moana
hotel, prepared TO spend about five
months here. All are from New Or
leans.
Although the louisiana sugar man
is here primarily to try out Hawaii
rs a health resort and has not been in
his office for nearly. a year on &C
count Of poor health, the facts and
figures which he has on the tip of his
tongue are right up to the minute and
he is not at all reticent about giving
them out.
Il was born a Democrat" he says,
but / have Just about lost faith
in that party. They never seem to
know what to DO next. The brains
of national politics is in the Repub-
lican party. But despite the fact
that the Democrats are pledged to free
sugar they will find such a deficit in
national revenues this year that they
will be obliged to continue it and pos
sibly increase it."
Witherspoon says he always
thought cane grew so prolifically here
that Hawaii could get along despite
free sugar but has been given to I'M
derstand different. Louisiana would
have to look for new fields, he says,
IL the great product ever started roll
ing in free of duty from Cuba.
Sugar and cotton both have brought
TO the South her first real prosperity
since the Civil war, according to
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-17
RECALLS
BROWN CONTRACT

That already much discussed
Quinn opinion" which Attorney-Gen.
eral Ingram M. Stainback handed
down q few days ago has brother
In an opinion in 1912 over a contract
which Senator John T. Brown OF Ha-
wall took for the construction of the
Big Islands belt road, according to
Auditor J. H. Fisher.
FisheT recalls that In 1919 he won
dered considerably about payments on
tins contract owing % the fact that
Brown Is senator had helped to vote
the very appropriation which later
paid him for his construction work
His teafa were stilled. however, by
Governor Walter Frear, Attorney
General Alexander Lindsay and by
Attorney Frank Thompson. legal adj.
wiser for one Of the rival bidders.
I thought as Brown was senator, =
said Fisher today, shat he could not
rightly draw pay from the territory
for this job and I wanted to be sure.
The average layman win read the act
differently from the lawyer who stud
les Il out carefully"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-17
WHERE ARE CRIMINAL +"
CASES? NO ONE KNOWS

Since Justice James l., Coke was
elevated TO the supreme .eaeh last
Saturday there have been no trials OF
criminal cases in circuit court. al
though many are pending. and no
movement to set any of these cases
for trial, No one seems to know--not
even the two remaining iudges--Shat
is to become OF the cases or what
their status is. When he left the
lower bench Justice Coke assigned
the criminal cases to Judge Ashfcrd's
division. but whether this assignment
BY a single judge will legally stand,
is Il matter of conjecture Judge Ash
ford says the cases are not in his
court.