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The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-08-03
BATTLE IN FLANDERS
PROGRESSES CONTINUALLY
IN SPITE OF HEAVY RAINS

the already heavy casualties the Ger
mans have suffered.
There is no indication in either the
British or French officIa1 communiea
ton jast when their combined pusl1
again will be started, but it is possihse
that at least day of warm sunsEaine
will be necessary to dissipate the
quagmire so that the big allied gums
can be realigned and to permit the
airmen to relocate the positions the
enemy is holding.
Although the Teutonic allies ans
still advancing against the Russians
in East Galicia, Bukowina and along
the Moldavia frontier, the allied eff
fensive On the western front appag-
entity is on the nerves of the German
emperor whose troops before have ha1E
to face with great losses of men aHt1
terrain, gigantic attacks by the British
and French, covered by countless pier
es of modern artillery of all cali6erss
and ranges.
1t is assumed that a war council az
the high military and naval leaders ffz
Germany, called by Emperor WILLIS
to meet in Brussels, had as its obien
tive an analytical survey of the ofFess-
sive, which, if it is carried out rs
planned by the allies, would prove q
menace to the German holdings INK
Belgium, and especially along the
coast.
Wednesday was the date set for the
conference, however, and nothing has
yet come through to indicate the trend
of the discussion or concerning any de-
cision to counter the allied plans ar
rived at.
Daily the situation of the Russians
on the eastern front grows increas
ingly acute. Across the Zbroc river,
in Russia, to the south, between tFlez
Dniester and the Pruth rivers, MS
Bukowina and in the Carpathians re-
gion bordering Rumania, the Rus
slams elsewhere are steadily falling
TDack. So lar nave tsle OPERATIONS 81
the Teutonic allies been advanced TIAs
Bukowina, that seemingly the little
Austrian crown land soon again Wiz
be returned to the Austrians. Nun1eT
Gus additional towns and vantage
points along the front have been cap
tured by the Teutons. Berlin asserts
that from the Pruth to the eastern
foothills of the Kelemen mountains, a.
distance of approximately hundred
miles, the Russians are steadily Civ
ing ground.
Advices reaching Petrograd FROM
the front are to the effect that retro
grade movement by the Russians has
been carried out fifteen miles south
east of Riga, the important Russian
port and naval base on the Baltic
Here the Germans have occupied the.
Ukskull bridgehead, which the Rus
slams previously had evacuated.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-08-03
FOREST FIRE TRAPS so.

Nelson, B. c., Aug. Fifty men
are reported today to have been trap
ped in a disastrous forest fire which
swept over the Elk Lumber company's
plant al Spruce Creek, twelve miles
east ofRere, yesterday.
Last reports said that four bodies
had been recovered, and that the fire
stiiImS burning fiercely. No estimate
made of the timber loss.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-08-03
GOVERNOR STEWART SILENT

Helena, Mont, Aug. 1.-Goverror
Stewart would 1''o'-e 10 statement
when asked if he c<ntemplated acs'r7
with regard to the lynching of Fran
Little, the Industrial Workers of the
World leader, by band of masked
men at Butte. Attorney General Ford
said he had asked County Attorney
Jaskson, at Butte, for statement of
the facts.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-08-03
ne f0nftll yeal' Of

NJ we ~ 1lse fotAfCn year u
the ID United States now a
beliigee snt, reviewers are inclined to
emphasize the physical, military and
economic aspects of the struggle more
than its moral phases.
There is such thing as getting used
to crime and being brutalized by bru-
tally, and it is upon this theory Of
psychology that the Prussian autocra-
CIV depends for support at home and
to some extent abroad. Deeds which
q few years ago would have Mortified
most of the German people are excus-
ed and applauded by them today. For
offenses aginst law and humanity
which in 1914 awakened worldwide
condemnation because they affrighted
the world, apologists are now to be
found in every country. Use has cal
loused thousands.
If by persistent and successful law
lessness autocracy can deaden the SEN
sibilities of a considerable portion of
mankind the triumph is as important
as any it has gained in the field. In
every expression of pacifsm we have
proof that propaganda, following
closely on the heels of outrage and
perfdy, is accustoning important ell
ements to massacre, vandalism, treaty
breaking, habitual treachery under the
guise of friendship and the enslave-
ment Of brave peoples. A world ca
pable of blinking at these things would
be ripe for the conquest which Berlin
long ago planned. A world without a
conscience is a world destroyed.
Contributing to this moral stupefac-
ton no less than the pacifists are
those frivolous Americans who have TO
be told every week or two, sometimes
every hour or two, why we are at war,
Civilization is fighting imperial say
agery in self-defense precisely as It
fought tribal barbarism, as exempil-
fed by Apache and Sioux, or fanatlcal
harbarism as illustrated by Boxers and
Mad Mullahs. Civilization is at war
with Germany not only because Of
wrongs committed but because OF
wrongs contemplated. When it ceases
to abhor the aggressions and atrocl-
ties Of unbridled power it will have
lost the courage and the strength to
sustain itself.
From this time onward Germany
win not depend upon physical agencies
alone for what it will be glad to con-
slider tolerable peace. To this enc
II will do what it can to promote q
failure Of memory on the part OF its
enemies. We see in Russia already
the results of one such lapse. In tne
last analysis the cause OF the ailles
and in special degree the cause o.
the United States must rest upon tneli
unforgettable detestation Of the delio-
erate villainy which forced tins wal
upon the world and their invincible de- !.
Termination that its end must be sucf
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-08-03
BUSINESS MAN OFFERS
SUGGESTION FOR ELIMINATING
ONE OF PRINCIPAL HOUSE
HOLD EXPENSES
Tells How Potato-Patch Campaign
Furnished Families With VIM
ter Vegetable Supply.


During the past three years of con-
tinually rising food prices, while con-
gressional committees and grand jul
ries have been. busying themselves
from one end of the land to the other
in the effort to place their fingers upon
the causes of the ever increasing adj
vances in living costs, one Of the pos
sible remedies has been at our very
doors" said Frank M. Wharton, OF
Tarpon Springs, yesterday.
when we consider that one of our
main articles of food-vege tables-
has risen in price from sixteen to six
ty-five per cent during the past few
years--we begin to realize the posi-
bilities for economy which lie in the
cultivation of our, for the most part,
unused back yard garden plots. It
really takes only a very small space of
ground to grow enough vegetables to
supply the average family, not alone
for daily use during the summer, but
also for use during the winter months
when prices go so high as to be almost
prohibitive.
"The Importance of the back yard
as garden has been emphasized in
Prussia since the war. The cultiva-
ton of every available spot of ground
was made mandatory and the increas-
ed production thereby proved an inn
portant factor in Gerrnany's successful
endeavor to feed herself.
"The value of back yard gardening
in this country was emphasized by the
unique Pingree Potato Patch plan.
TN brief, the plan was to utilize, for
garden purposes, back yards, vacant
lots, scattered about the city of De
|troit and the large stretches of unoe-
scupied lands in the suburbs. PERMITS
sion was obtained from the owners of
the land to allow men who were out Of
.employment4to turn this vacant prop
sssts sltiissat ien- ssssl llsereb.s 80.
|compiisEl q two-fold object-giv the
idle laborers something with which to
busy themselves, and at the same time
furnish them with a means Of provid-
ing subsistence for their families.
4"The seed was supplied free by the
committee in charge of the work, but
the crops were planted, cultivated and
harvested by the laborers themselves
and with remarkable results. In
1894, the first year of the experiment
about 450 acres in all were planted in
this way, the crops harvested amount
ing to thousands of dollars in value.
Close to a thousand families were
thus provided with provender to tide
them over the winter. Tt was estimat-
ed that the potato crop alone averaged
fifteen bushels per family, to say moth
ing of the crops of beans, turnips and
other vegetables which were raised
and consumed during the summer.
an 1895 the plan was repeated, lots
being distributed this time among
about fifteen hundred families. The
results the second year were even
more gratifying than they were the
first.
"The work of laying out garden
has been so much simplifed during the
past few years that gardening is now
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-08-03
WITHOUT A MORAL VICTORY
THERE WILL Be NO VICTORY
Autocracy Has Deadened the 'Sensibilities
Of Considerable Portion
q Of Mankind
of Mankind
70 prevell It's rsnefiifI0n.

as to preVel1g as fspetltI0h.
Without moral victory there VIII
be no victory for the nations which
Germany pillages and menaces. The
more fiercely that truth is set forth in
the forum as well as on the field of
battle the more complete will be their
triumph.-New York World.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-08-03

we might have called that confscation
a few years ago.
The situation in Washington prom
ises another issue of bonds-we have
been loaning money by the million and
may now have to pay higher rate of
interest than we charged for the loans
we extended! It is said that four mil
lion people subscribed to the liberty
bond issue and they may have done so
after a fashion, but what of the fol-
lowing issues? We need some finan-
ciers for this war as we'll as guns, but
we have the men.-Times- Union.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-08-03

Who was it in the Deserted Vii
lage" that poet wrote Of, "and even
his failings lean'd to virtues side?
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-05
ESCHEW GAY EASTER
RAINlENT IN CHICAGO
AND SAN FRANCISCO

SAN FRANCISCO. April 5,--Eas-
ter Sunday 1917 will be remarkable
for the fact that it's observance in
San Francisco churches did not con-
sist Of fashion show for the main
attraction and divine services as an
excuse, if Il movement started in
Chicago and taken up in San Fran
cisco is carried out.
A coterie OF girl members OF a
Christian Endeayon society in Chi
cago started the idea when they de-
eided to keep their fancy Easter bon
nets and their new spring clothes In
the dark recesses of the family
trunk on Easter day and to devote
themselves to the spiritual and not
the decidedly material form OF Wor-
ship. In San Francisco the Rev. j.
ii. Barney of the California street
church made the first step when be
requested that the cnoir OF MS
church, which is 10 render elano-
rate Easter music, come IN simple
raiment, Just TO set a good example
for the congregation.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-05

the old site. The work on the new
site we are informed now amounts
to about 100000.
Respectfully.
w b. RYRURN,
u. T. BHCkNER.
L. l.. LOHR,
j, +. McWHIRTER,
Il. r. RICHIE,
c, NJ. SUPPLE,
Committee.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-05
klI S MAOE By
| CITIZENS Committee
crrnlx;s or MASS MEET
u ~ SCHOOL BOARD SUP
~ aoprrRs ANSWERED. by
COMMITTEE.

..nIv n the resolutions adopt
and action taken by the sup
Ears Of Messrs, Coleman, henner,
'.,,,osh and Pierce, candidates for
,ras,ea we, the supporters OF
..rs. Harrison, Smith, Fudge and
r.,,TslI. citizens candidates for
so0l trustees, submit the following
~ voters and school patrons OF
aty for their consideration.
We assert that all political
,ver i inherent in the people and
!, Ill free governments are found
!. The authority of the people
I instituted for their benefit, and
Il, principle is, as 1t justly should
one dear to the hearts Of the
,,sle and all other questions in
.si,y the selection of school sites
81 little Importance in compari-
!. thereto. The majority OF the
MAN, school board have ignored
!, principle OF republican form
sovernment, shown by their ac-
n in refusing four different writ
i petitions Of citizens OF Waxa-
s,se 10 whom this bond money
agsed. presented at different
ms to said board, emhodying the
ussst and reasonable request ask
aid board to order, or sanction
election IN said city to determine
hire the new high school building
sald be located, the first petition
ayrg beer signed by $50 voters Of
q city and presented In January,
liz, before any contract was let
i the erection Of the high school
killing, and the last one presented
Iii The citizens themselves, at an
Eaton had voted 453 TO rs in ia
Eai placing the new high school
Marvin street lot and this last
Elton was moi only voted down.
Il 4 speech Of considerable feeling
ss made BY a member CT the
a:a who resisted granting this Pc
Co and il would appear from one
TIER spokesman's talk Tuesday
bit that these acts constituted
isrssslngs the school board.
The rebuke administered by the
tas Of our city TO the trainers Of
llrst charter seems TO have lost
Effect, or been forgotten by some
them, which charter was voted
lFn because the trainers thereof,
one Of whom took prominent part
Tuesday nights meetingl at
aHed therein to take from the
vas The power to elect their city
aasy, In the matter of electing
asa trustees next Saturday, this
al principle Of whether or not
people shall have the power to
'tfa their own affairs is directly
'a'ed. as the candidates for
-0A trustees, recommended by
assaaS nights meeting approve
~ bus been done by the majority
w present school board, who de-
! 'ae voters the right to vote as
saefe their money should be
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-05

/ spent ana the new building erected
three OF the present board WIN .,a
iasking the voters to re~elect them
all having persistently voted against
every one Of these four petitions
and who now contend. as do tha;,
supporters. that their position was
Icorrect. and that they did what thev
thought was to the best interests az
the people In selecting this new
lsehool site. We submit that the peo-
pie We're the better Judge as To
what was for their best interests.
and should have been allowed In
vote, as Il ~ their money and their
Ichildren's interests involved, and
/ we assert that this great prjnelnla
OF government that the power ID in
the people for which Harrison.
Smith, Fudge and Cornwell stand
was ignored by the school board
after having deliberately formed and
! followed a plan to keep from the
voters, before the school bonds were
voted, the fact that the school
board intended buying a new site
for this new high school building
knowing that to do so, would have
resulted in the defeat Of the bond
issue.
2. We assert that the school
board has Intentionally and deliber-
ately taken the right of appeal from
those citizens opposing the new
school site and opposing the trus-
tees action in selecting the new
site and refusing to permit vote
thereon. Under the laws OF Texas
and decisions of the supreme court
of Texas, such citizens had the right
to appeal from such actions OF said
school board, to the state superin-
the state board OF education and
then to the courts OF Texas, the law
specifying that the complaining eiti-
zens should be one party to the APP
peal and the school board the only
other party. After the school board
had refused to reconsider their ac-
ton in selecting the new site for the
high school building or To allow the
matter TO be decided by the voters Of
the city and while those citizens.
who opposed the new site, were pre-
pairing to appeal aud had given no
siee OF their intention to appeal from
said school board. s actions. the said
board, about the same day this pc
tltion was refused, IN haste closed
"a trade for the new site and re
ceived the deed therefor, not having
tho money to pay for same and then
proceeded with haste TO let the con-
tract for the new high school TO be
built on the new site. There were
two lawyers of skill and ability On
this school board. when all this was
done and they had been members OF
the school board for long time
prior to the time this school bona
issue was voted by the people. by
this action in thus letting this con-
tract, these two lawyer members
knew a third party's interest was
injected into this school building
and school site matter and they
knew that the law did not make any
provision TO Include such a party I'll
such an appeal, and that there was
no way. under the law, to set such
q contractor before the state super
intendent, or state board OF educa-
ton, unless such contractor Yolun-
tarily entered his appearance before
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-05

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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-23
HONOLULU OIL Is
STRONG feature

Honolulu OIL was the strong feature
Of the stock market today. After yes
terday's session on adVices Of higher
prices on the mainland the price Of
OIL rose rapidly from $3.50 to $3.55.
It held most Of its advance, the last
sale being $3.50 and final quotation
$3.45 and $3.50. In this trading $3.50
shares changed hands.
The market, for listed stocks was
rather narrow. Between boards sales
were 700 shares and at the session
only 10. Prices were Olaa 14A, Ha-
waitan Commercial 4sh, waialua
274, Brewery 1414 and McBryde 1oS
and 10h. >
Mineral Products was another IN
listed stock to be heavily traded In
but 1t suffered still further declines.
Sales of II 900 shares at 40 cents, 1850
at 80 and 100 at 80 cents. Engels
Copper was strong and advanced %
cents to $5.75 on sales Of $50 shares.
Montana-Bingham was "a cents, Made
"a quoted 81 and % cents, California
Hawaiian Development and 10 cents
and Mountain King 80 and 80 cents.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-23
FEW REALTY SALES
MADE IN LONDON AS
WAR CHECKS DEMAND
rRy Assoetsted Press1

LONDON, Eng. War conditions
have brought about serious diminu-
ton in the volume of~business done
on the London property market, and
also In the prices obtained for the
comparatively few properties that
have changed hands. i.
Figures just compiled show that
sales by auction or by private trans
action have declined so per cent. Re
garding the letting of house property,
there has been a sharp decline in the
leasing of large houses, and the letting
Of medium houses is almost station.
cry; small houses are let readily. In
the case Of shops there is a normal
demand for large and mediunn-sized
places, while the letting Of small shops
is at discount. Factories have found
tenants without difficulty and rentals
have followed the demand. -.. .
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-23
new JAPANESE
|. SUGAR CO. FORMS

All preparations to establish the
new Southern Pacific Sugar Manu-
featuring Company, promoted by Mr..
Senkichiro Hayakawa and more than
one hundred leading business men In
Toxic, are now completed, says the
Japanese Advertiser Of May 9. At a
recent inauguration meeting II was
decided to fix the capital Of the new
concern at COCO. 900 ven, divided into
10000 shares, 100000 Of which will
be taken up by the promoters, while
10000 will be offered for public sub
scription.
The principal object Of the new
company is to purchase several sugar
plantations which have hitherto been
operated BY Dutch capitalists In Java.
The new concern works In concert
with the Dutch colonial government in
Java. which viii render aid to Japa.
pese enterprises.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-23
/: Business And Financial News ):
ENGlS COPPER Co. MAKES BIG GAIN
IN FIRST QUARTER OF PRESENT YEAR

used, otherwise, II would have re-
Quired from six to eight months to get
an outfit from the factory. l am bend
Ing every effort to secure equipment
in this way all over the country, In
order to avoid long delays.
New Aerial Tramway
In order to get the ore from the
No. level to the new mill to supple
ment the ore coming from the Supe-
rior, a new rope tramway will have
to be built 10000 feet in length. The
material has been ordered and / hope
to have It in operation by the time
the mill is ready to run. .'~~~
Railroad
The railroad track was completed
to the mine on April 5, and all freight
Is now being handled over the road.
We have now a large steam shovel
equipment in creration. ballasting
track. which should be completed
within the nett three weeks. Passen.
ger service Will then be put on and
regular trains operated. The cost Of
the road was greatly increased by rea-
son Of winter construction and higher
cost OF material. The outside freight
is more than we expected and after
we get under regular operating condi-
tions will be source of revenue and
should pay a good rate Of interest on
the investment"
If the present price Of copper holds
the earnings will be sufficient to pay
for the improvements now being made
over and above the dividend, but II is
yet uncertain how much the federal
government may assess US for war
taxes, Paxton believes.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-23
MARCONI co. HAS
LUCRATIVE YEAR

Despite the fact that war conditions
prevented the operations Of several Of
its stations on the Atlantic Coast,
Marconi Wireless telegraph Company
Of America had O. profitable year. a.
seen from fits annual report Just Is
sued over the signature of Presiden:
John W. Griggs. The report shows Q
net income Of $4,000, as compared
with $2ss, 1874 for the previous year.
Service with Japan was successfully
inaugurated on the 18th OF November
last. and an increasing volume of
traffic 10 being handled, under Gov.
eminent cefsor1hip. at q tariff one
third lower than that Of the sub
marine cable. On the Pacific, as on
the Atlantic, operations are restricted
by war conditions, the Japanese sta.
tons being controlled by the Govern.
ment. as are The English plants by the
British Government. For the present.
therefore, the new service Is limited
to traffic between San Francisco, Ha-
wall and Japan. The company con.
tinuss 70 manufacture apparatus for
use by the United States Army and
Navy, and recently has been awarded
contracts for q large number OF wire
less sets OF various types.
The income from Investment Of sur.
plus funds, amounting to 3sS, 1o7.Ss.
decreased sss2i.9S in 1916 in compari-
son with 1915, due to the fact that
S8961.48 interest was received on stock
subscriptions during 1916, while IN
1915, 81, 922.s6 was obtained. This
reduction Is explained by the fact that
the stock previously subscribed for,
hut not issued, was during the year
1916, taken up. : J., ....... -. :
After setting aside all reserves, the
net profit for the year amounted to
$3.50. $3.50, or an increase Of 1856 per
cent over the profits Tor the previous
year. This amount has been added to
the surplus, increasing that amount
TO $S91,77e.S2 at December 81, 1916
and the reserve set aside at that date
against depreciation amounts to $439,-
1868 additional. FL
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-23
FIVE MEN KILLED WHEN 49,.
LOCOMOTIVE BOILER ExPLODES

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-Five men
were killed and another injured when
q shifting locomotive of the Pennsyl-
yania railroad exploded at the Phila-
delphia terminal. A super-expansion
Of steam In the boiler Is believed to
have caused the explosion
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-23

Between Boards: saIss: g olaa,
14.25; $50, so Meeryde, fo.37Is; is Nc.
eryde, 1850; 100 %. c. q. s., 4s.25; go
Waialua, 27.5o. sss.= Il ~
Session Sales: 10 II. 3. & N, 1850.